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The WWI-focused Ukrainian death metal band returns with a third full-length diving into intriguing tales of the world-shattering conflict.

Guelph, Ontario is a small city with a surprisingly robust heavy metal footprint. Check out four deadly releases from lesser-known acts that call this town their home.

Mixing pop-punk, death metal, hardcore and more into a singularly catchy offering, Cool Chair's debut EP is a reminder that horror is generally pretty awesome, and that genre labels are increasingly ineffective. Stream it now and check out an interview with the band.

All the new metal releasing between October 17th, 2021 and October 23rd, 2021 -- spin (or skip) new music from Cradle of Filth, Dream Theater, 1914, and more.

King Woman and Dreamcrusher are sonically dissimilar, but both foster an atmosphere of near-religious proportions in their live performances. Read our live report on their show at Saint Vitus on Friday.

Featuring members of Necros Christos, Sijjin's death-thrash stalks the exhilarating bloody corridors of death metal's past on their upcoming album "Sumerian Promises."

In honor of the just-ended Hispanic Heritage Month here in the United States, here's three Hispanic bands with killer recent-ish releases worth keeping an eye on.

Featuring members of Horrendous and Crypt Sermon, The Silver alchemizes extreme metal, progressive metal, and more into a delightfully mysterious debut album. Read an interview with the band.

Members of noted death metal acts Tomb Mold and Innumerable Forms join forces in Dream Unending to produce a colorful, engrossing take on gothic and doom metal. Check out a new track from the project now.

On this edition of Backpatches and Elbowpatches, we dive into the world of black metal theory, an esoteric offshoot of metal studies.