Ivan Belcic

Ivan Belcic's eclectic list runs the gamut from the horrifying to the exuberant.

Staff writer Ivan Belcic recalls his favorite 2020 EPs in a special, non-ordered list.

We're premiering the Indian death metal act's latest EP, plus an interview with the mastermind Sahil Makhija -- who also happens to be a YouTube chef ("Headbanger's Kitchen"), diving into two delicious subjects: metal and cooking.

The Spanish melodic death metal group's second full length explores the damage that man has done to the earth and where it will take us next. Check out a thoughtful interview with the band and stream the whole album now.

On their upcoming sophomore record "Into the Red," the UK/Germany scare-obsessed death metal group further refine their approach to grisly death metal. Stream a track from the album now.

The Toledo outfit offers up the closing track from their upcoming album "Darkness Devours," detailing the panic-strewn thought process of brutal survival.

Stream the new EP from these technical death metal standouts, which delves into Lovecraftian madness.

Ivan tackles three less lauded Coheed and Cambria albums in this addendum to his recent So Grim, So True, So Real edition on the legendary prog rockers.

Stream a sludge-ridden new single from doom outfit Jupiterian's upcoming third full-length "Protosapien" -- this one will cave your chest in.

This Icelandic quartet elevates the darkness within all of us -- their new album "Myrkurs er þörf" (trans. "darkness is needed") is a postmodern tome of atmospherics, and we've got a new song now.