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A journey into space descends into madness—stream a track from this New York doom quartet’s upcoming debut album, out early next year.

King Woman and Dreamcrusher are sonically dissimilar, but both foster an atmosphere of near-religious proportions in their live performances. Read our live report on their show at Saint Vitus on Friday.

The New York stoner-doom outfit returns with their second full-length “Blood of the Old Gods” later this year, enhancing their already-potent mix of heavy metal, stoner, doom, and more. Check out a video for new single “Cascade Immolator.”

The New York industrial-tinged post-metal project is an eccentric, emotional exploration of merging sonic extremes. Stream their debut EP now.

Listen to the positive-minded and death-grind-fueled debut of Manipulator ahead of its release.

Pulling together black metal, spoken word, art rock, electronica, and much more into a whirlwind sub-twenty-minute EP, “La Canzone del Cefaloforo” is a peculiar offering that must be heard to be believed—and still somewhat defies belief even then. Read our full review.

Read an interview with the intensely punishing black/death metal outfit Impure, who just released a new 7″ full of wicked bile.

Watch a new video for “Tooth & Nail,” off the New York progressive sludge three-piece’s upcoming album “Nefarious Wave,” showing off the mean and fast side of their diverse sound.

The New York-based avant-garde metal trio aims to tell the story of their home city, taking aesthetic inspiration from its near-mythical past. This edition of Piercing the Veil explores the band’s musical and conceptual ties to the Big Apple.

Focusing on albums from the month before that may not have gotten their just dues, the first edition of this column looks at a blackened progressive metal band who released a new EP a week ago– plus, we premiere the wonderfully fractal music video for “And We Are Already At Sea.”