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(Echo)'s Wounded Death Doom Leaves No "Witnesses" (Early Album Stream)
The Italian group’s fourth album spins woeful tales, influenced by the pandemic lockdown. Stream the album early here.
Building Mass Through Metal: The Five Most Anabolic Songs of 2022
Refresh your workout playlist with these killer songs (from equally killer albums) from throughout the year.
Imha Tarikat Unshackles Black Metal with Heartfelt Intensity and "Brute Majesty" (Early Track Stream + Interview)
The German black metal band’s new album “Hearts Unchained – At War with a Passionless World” escalates the passion behind their black metal. Stream a new track here and read an interview with Kerem Yilmaz.
Piercing the Veil #10: The Wakedead Gathering's Futuristic Class Warfare
We explore the terrifying theoretical future (and its moral implications) of Ohio death metal project The Wakedead Gathering’s latest album “Parallaxiom.”
Critical Extravasation Keeps Death Metal Vicious With "Redeeming Flames" (Early Track Stream)
Technical death/thrash metal that looks back to the early, early days is rare, but Critical Extravasation offers an inspiring take on it. Check out a track from their upcoming record “Order of Decadence” here.
Spider God Ensnares Us Like "Flies in the Trap" With A Forest of Stars and Revenant Marquis (Track Debut)
English “melodic blackcore”/”blackened pop” artist Spider God explores a modern curiosity from multiple perspectives with fellow members of the English black metal underground.
Terra's Challenging Black Metal Defies Perception: "Für Dich Existiert Das Alles Nicht" (Track-By-Track Rundown)
Translating loosely to “For You None of This Exists,” the Cambridge-based black metal band welds devastating technicality to dense mind-battering atmosphere on their new album. Check out a track-by-track breakdown from the band explaining the concept a little more.
Angmodnes Confront the "Weight of Eternity" Through Tragic Funeral Doom (Early Album Stream)
Stream the Dutch funeral doom/death group’s debut here in full (plus read a track-by-track rundown from the band).
Mo'ynoq Draw from "A Place for Ash" For Their Distressing Black Metal (Interview)
The North Carolina group tackles harsh emotions through powerfully harrowing black metal on their second full-length. We spoke to two members of the band about what went into its creation.