entering the underground

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.”

With their full-length debut “Death Fugue” out last month and physical releases on the way, we spoke to the Massachusetts band about their wide-ranging influences and their path so far.

After a well-received demo six years ago, the French heavy metal band Herzel released one of the best heavy metal albums of the year last week. Read an in-depth interview with the band.

This edition of Entering the Underground looks at an Indiana death metal band that followed up a promising demo with a devastating full-length—check out an interview with the band.