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Kavyk Shows Us The “Radiant Abyss” (Early Track Stream)
The title track of the Louisiana extreme metal group's upcoming album focuses on mortality and the dread that comes with it -- dive into their prog-minded death/doom/black metal now.
A Decade of Disquiet: Chicago’s “Angry Peasants” Compilation Logs Its Tenth Volume
The long-running D.I.Y. institution released "Angry Peasants: Volume 10" last week, marking ten years of riff aggregation with a compilation of old and new heavy music from the Chicago scene.
Fuzz For Your Friday: Tigers On Opium’s Ear-Flooding “Dark Electric”
Stream a new single from these Portland stoner rockers, set to release a new EP next January with more to follow throughout the year.
Grime’s Caustic Barrage Shreds You Like a “Piece of Meat” (Early Track Stream)
If ever there was a year to lose hope in humanity, it'd be this one. Check out a new track from Grime's side of their upcoming with -16-: unadulterated sludge to rot your mind.
“Nembutal”: Opium Warlords Lace Expansive Doom With Disembodied Sorrow
Finland's premiere doom export Albert Witchfinder (of Reverend Bizarre) unleashed another monstrosity on the world this week with a new record from his drone/doom project. Read our full review.
Corrupted Saint Begins a Brutal “Process of Elimination” (Early Track Stream)
Florida death/thrashers Corrupted Saint offer up the first track from their upcoming EP "Mutilated Before the Masses" for an early peek at the carnage to come.
Flood Peak Buries The Misery of Self-Doubt In The “Urnfield” (Early Track Stream)
Portland blackened sludge/post-metal trio Flood Peak are set to follow up their 2018 debut with a new EP, "Fixed Ritual" -- check out the doom-spiralling opening track.
Throwing Bricks Mourns an “Irreparable Crack” (Early Track Stream)
The Dutch Sludge/post-metal/black metal group is set to release their 2020 album "What Will Be Lost" on vinyl, which will include a previously unreleased track as well. Listen to that track now, which takes the band's sound and puts a dynamic, more post-metal-leaning spin on it.
Hadal Opens A Bleak Door to “December” (Early Track Stream)
Check out the title track to the Italian doom/death group's upcoming full-length "December" -- just in time for the month itself, the band's melodic take on the genre is infused with a touch of black metal to really chill the bones.
Shepherd Offers a “First Hand” Account of Heart-Piercing Doom (Early EP Stream)
Stream the debut EP from this Denver trio, who fuse immense doom and post-metal textures with heavy, nimble rock elements.