blood incantation

We're carting our busted-up flesh vessels back from the fest right now, but check out some pictures and videos from the musical whirlwind of Oblivion Access.

All the new metal releasing between February 20th 2022 and February 26th, 2022 -- spin (or skip) new music from Blood Incantation, Allegaeon, HammerFall, and more.

We talked to Blood Incantation members Jeff Barrett, Isaac Faulk, and Paul Riedl about their upcoming synth/ambient record "Timewave Zero," which may not be death metal but is certainly as space-obsessed as the rest of their music.

Blood Incantation and Wayfarer members venture into a realm of high fantasy on Stormkeep's debut full-length album.

NYC metal lifer Rick Habeeb has stories to tell. Read about the ten albums that influenced his band's new Dan Swano-mastered album (which features members of Artificial Brain, Revocation, and Buckshot Facelift), hear a new track, and check them out at one of their three upcoming shows.

We crunched the numbers across our individual year-end lists and arrived at #1; then we said "fuck it" and "all these albums rule," so here those are in one handy spot.

Chris Butler lists out his top picks for the year, including Herod, Tool, Wormwitch, and more.

Rhys presents his death-and-war-metal-forward picks of the year.

Associate Editor Jon Rosenthal's unexpected picks for the year at large.

The "I'm Listening to Death Metal" mastermind likes more than just death metal... but still loves death metal.