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The Portland band’s recent “Abhorrent Rapture” EP was another short-but-sick dose of the band’s uncompromisingly corroded death metal. Read an interview with the band.

Formerly known as Idle Hands, the Portland-based band combines traditional heavy metal with gothic rock for moody, huge heavy metal. Read our review of their sophomore release.

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.”

Stream the whirlwind sophomore album from these Portland death metal maniacs and check out a Q&A with guitarist/vocalist Kelly McLaughlin.

Portland sludge band Alltar unveils a live video to accompany their recent live album recorded at Portland’s Ceremony of Sludge. Worship the riffs, and then check out a Q&A with the band.

Open the door to madness with a track from the Portland noise/punk/sludge/death/grind trio’s upcoming full-length “Full Torso Apparition.”

We’re streaming the closing song from Portland black metal project Drouth’s upcoming second full-length “Excerpts From a Dread Liturgy.”

Here’s our dive into the debut album from Portland trio Tithe — within the sludge-ridden death metal depths of “Penance,” we saw nightmares.

We dissect “Cairn,” third full-length from Mizmor. This could easily be the doom album of the year.

We unveil the latest track from the Portland-based death-doom outfit Sempiternal Dusk’s upcoming second full-length “Cenotaph of Defectuous Creation.”