entering the underground

We speak to Mustafa Gürcalioğlu (also of Decaying Purity, Hyperdontia, Engulfed) about Diabolizer's debut full-length and the fine-tuned aggression behind the project.

Decrepisy, the latest project of Kyle House (Vastum, Acephalix, and more), has come into existence following House's move to Portland. Read an interview with House about the band's debut "Emetic Communion."

The 13th entry of Entering the Underground is suitably wicked: Florida's Hexorcist has set out to make swampy, unrelenting Satanic death metal and their just-out-yesterday new full-length proves they've succeeded. Read an interview with drummer "Hexorcist IV."

This Minneapolis death-thrash released their debut album back in April, but the sound captured within it seems much older than that. Read an interview with guitarist Scott Fryxell.

Read an interview with Atlanta's Malformity, who formed back in 1991 but released their debut full-length just earlier this year.

White Magician (whose members also comprise Demon Bitch) plays a beguiling form of traditional metal rooted in adventurous hard rock. Check out an interview with the project mastermind The Great Kaiser.

On their debut album "Endless Halls of Golden Totem," the Pennsylvanian heavy metal band Blazon Rite circumvents some of heavy metal's norms to bring more riffs and lyrical intrigue to listeners. Read an interview with lead songwriter James Kirn.

Featuring members of Wode, Aggressive Perfector, and Eliminator, Heavy Sentence is a blast from the past with NWOBHM and speed metal running deep in its veins. Check out an interview with lead songwriter Tim Orrocks.

Featuring members of legendary Greek black metal bands Rotting Christ and Necromantia, Yoth Iria carries the powerful traditions of the style into the future.

Though it took more than ten years to produce a full-length, the debut album from this German black/death outfit is a cosmic terror worth the wait. Read an interview with founder "R."