black metal

Hissing Brings Free-Jazz Frenetics to Minutely Detailed Metal (Album Review)

The Seattle black/death metal band pushes the limits on extreme metal on their newest album.

On New Album, Gauntlet Ring Feels a "Tyrannical Bloodlust" for Black Metal (Review)

Mysterious New York black metal duo Gauntlet Ring write a love letter to black metal’s early days on their second album.

Flesia Wades Into Hellish Waters on "Essenz I" (EP Stream)

Stream the new EP from the German black metal group here.

Penance Stare and Atvm Pair Perfectly On "The Split" (Full Split Stream + Interview)

Experimental metal acts Penance Stare and Atvm display their takes on black and death metal (respectively) on a stunning new split. Listen to The Split in full and read an interview with Penance Stare.

Sunrise Patriot Motion Condense Gothic Darkness Into a "Black Fellflower Stream" (Review)

Helmed by Will and Sam Skarstad of Yellow Eyes, Sunrise Patriot Motion merges gothic rock, post-punk, black metal, heavy metal, and more into a weird, wondrous affair. Read our review.

Exploring Volcandra's World-Hopping Black Metal on "Border World" (Track by Track)

Vocalist Dave Palenske takes us through the video game lore that inspired the Kentucky melodic black metal band’s newest EP.

Abhorrency Look Beyond War Metal On New Single (New Track Debut)

Abhorrency’s Climax of Disgusting Impurities is a gross meditation on war metal’s potential in 2022. Listen to the title track now.

Anticreation's Purifying Horror Materializes on "Kathagiasis" (Video Premiere)

The Greek black/death metal group (members of Burial Hordes, Enshadowed, Merciless Crucifixion) releases their debut album next month, unleashing a swarming mass of antipathy upon us. Witness just a tiny sample with our video premiere.

Light Dweller Construct a "Lucid Offering" of Thoughtful Death Metal (Review + Interview)

The one-man death metal band’s fourth album explores conflicts of the mind with anxious intensity. Read about it here and check out an interview.

Nubivagant Carries "The Wheel and the Universe" on Droning New Album (Full Album Stream)

Drummer Gionata Potenti unveils his talents as a multi-instrumentalist and singer on Nubivagant’s powerful sophomore album, which is now streaming in full.
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