horror

Black metal’s spirit meets the bloody written word in this independent publisher’s two recent anthology releases, “In the Shadow of the Horns,” and “Into the Crypts of Rays.” Learn more about them here.

We spoke to Jonny Pettersson (also of Wombbath, Massacre) about the international death metal cabal’s upcoming album, which doubles down on their bloody B-movie horror approach.

We’re premiering the chilling-and-campy video for this Italian death metal band’s track “Voices,” off their recent full-length “Exhumed Information”. If you need a brief brush with death in video form, look no further.

Mixing pop-punk, death metal, hardcore and more into a singularly catchy offering, Cool Chair’s debut EP is a reminder that horror is generally pretty awesome, and that genre labels are increasingly ineffective. Stream it now and check out an interview with the band.

From the husband-wife duo of Terence Hannum (Locrian, Axebreaker, The Holy Circle) and Erica Burgner-Hannum (The Holy Circle), the horror-movie-esque soundtrack debut EP of Mother of Sighs takes inspiration from trauma and suffering. Read an interview with the band.

Watch an old-school horror mashup accompaniment to a new single off of the North Carolina doom band’s upcoming album “Morieris.”

Our podcast returns, this time with ex-editor-in-chief Andrew Rothmund sitting in for a special and lengthy discussion on how heavy metal and movies interact.

In this edition, Ted Nubel dissects the new (and super entertaining) ghost-hunting simulator “Phasmophobia” with the help of three especially horror-filled heavy albums — streams, game review, and analysis inside.

Check out excerpts from the upcoming “Blood on Black Wax” book (out May 13th) about horror film movie scores — plus, we interview authors Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas.

We highlight some belated album anniversaries: a trio of notable (and ever-awesome) albums which hit their 15, 20, and 25-year marks last year.