full of hell

We return with a devil's dozen of critical grindcore (broadly speaking) releases worth diving into for devout metalheads and the adventurous alike.

All the new metal releasing between September 26th, 2021 and October 2nd, 2021 -- spin (or skip) new music from Enslaved, Ministry, Churchburn, and more.

We're premiering a new music video for a song off of Fotocrime's last album; plus check out an interview with video director Frank Huang, who also directed a recent Full of Hell video.

Lots of great new metal today.

Hear the sorta-title track ”Tubba Lard” now.

Our noise-rock aficionado bursts through the seams of genre classifications with his year-end picks, featuring 20 eclectic picks from across the heavy spectrum.

We caught one of the year's strongest lineups in Chicago where each band delivered full-force badassery in their own respective styles -- photos and set reviews inside.

The IO family shares our top-10-so-far-this-year lists in this giant roundup -- dig in and stream some tremendous new albums you may have missed.

Our lookback at last month's onslaught of killer heavy albums, from Full of Hell to Spirit Adrift, plus news recaps on Abigail Williams, Ulver, Batushka, and more.

We explore the depths, mysteries, and meanings of the blindingly powerful new Full of Hell album.