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The California heavy metal band is set to release their third album "Outsider" this week, which pays special tribute to the chaotic creativity of the NWOBHM movement. We spoke to Jarvis Leatherby, vocalist/bassist, about the record.

The San Jose-based band released a new album back in October full of beefy and memorable metal. Read an interview with guitarist Steven Rice (Imagika) here.

The California-based, Relapse-signed band returned this year with another exhilarating offering that tackles less-common subject matter with similarly uncommon creativity. We talked to founder Andrew Lee about the new record and the band's past.

The hard-to-pin down post-metal collective offers up a new track from "Future Mirror," ten years in the making and due out in December.

Try out a furious slice of the anime goregrind band's (featuring Andrew Lee from Ripped to Shreds) upcoming sophomore album "Houkago Grind Time 2: The Second Raid" now with an early track stream.

We spoke to Tideless guitarist/songwriter Carlos Gautan about the San Diego band's debut album, which combined death metal, shoegaze, black metal, and more into a dazzling new entity.

Nine full-lengths and 35 years later, Autopsy remains one of the best death metal bands in existence, as gruesome and creative as ever. With that ninth full-length on the horizon, read an interview with original guitarist Eric Cutler.

The veteran stoner rockers unveil their newest album, an eight-course meal of fuzzy rock delight. Stream a track here.

The Los Angeles-based blackened punk/doom band will release their debut album "Love & Hatred" next month — stream a track from it here.

The well-established Californian death metal practitioners try out an EP after five full-lengths, offering a short-form look at their diverse influences and adaptability.