brutal death metal

Evil Itself: Devangelic's Brutally Sinister Death Metal Reigns on "Xul" (Early Album Stream)

The Italian brutal death metal band returns with a majestically malicious fourth album. Stream it here before it drops Friday.

Heretic Plague Fashions a "Pentacle of Broken Teeth" with Unhinged Death/Grind (Early Track Stream)

The UK band’s debut album “Context is a Stumbling Corpse” combines brutal, gurgling death metal with frenzied grindcore-check out a new track here.

"Extirpated Mortal Process": Stabbing Unleashes Bludgeoning Brutality (Interview)

Earlier this month, the Texas brutal death metal band released their debut LP – we spoke to drummer Rene Martinez about the record, his drumming style, and what’s next for Stabbing.

Maltese Metal: A Look at the Island's Diverse History of Heavy Metal

The small Mediterranean island holds a remarkably fierce metal scene, with notable bands like Beheaded and Forsaken clearing the way for newcomers to ascend.

Mutilatred Present the Tortured Truth: "Everyone's Doing Shitty" (Early Track Premiere)

While we hope the song title doesn’t apply to our listeners, it probably does. Stream a commiserating new track from the pummeling Ohioan death metal outfit’s upcoming album “Determined to Rot.”

"Summoning the Cosmic Devourer," A Task for Deformatory's Fifth-Dimensional Death Metal (Music Video Premiere)

Watch the video for a new single from this Canadian tech-death outfit’s brutal and blackened upcoming album “Inversion of the Unseen Horizon.”

Records of the Week With Jon and Ted #4

In this new installment of “Records of the Week With Jon and Ted,” our intrepid editors look back to the mid-to-late 2000s for some decade-and-a-half-old death metal nostalgia.

Cytotoxin's Brutal Death Metal Spawn Rules "Nuklearth"

Applying the maximums of brutal death metal with a thoughtful extension of technicality, Cytotoxin mutates their formula for their fourth full-length album. Here’s our full review.