redefining darkness

The Swedish thrash metal revival continues: with all members currently under 20 years old, Eternal Evil is poised to usher in a new era of vintage thrash. Listen to a new fast-paced single now.

Heavily inspired by the first wave of thrash metal and its violent power, this new track from Boston thrashers Black Mass nods to Mercyful Fate as well -- listen now.

Read an interview with Tim Rowland of Georgia-based, internationally-inspired death metal act Alchemy of Flesh, who tackle video game and fantasy subjects on their upcoming debut album.

Hear the first single from the Indiana thrash/speed metallers' third album, which harnesses the energy of early thrash metal as well as the filthy legacy of speed metal.

Listen to a devastating Quake-themed death metal track from this Athens, Georgia one-man outfit's upcoming album "Ageless Abominations."

Death metal so repulsive you can smell it—listen to an early track from the Rhode Island band's debut EP "Effluviatorium du Jour"

The Seattle kaiju-obsessed death thrashers drop a ravaging new single; stream it here with our exclusive premiere.

This seething, infective death-thrash track from the Texan band's debut album "Pulled from the Pit" is ready to burrow into your brain with our exclusive premiere.

Stream a single from the Michigan death/black metallers' upcoming album "Pestilent Dawn" -- for fans of Suffocation, Hate Eternal, and more, this is complex, killer stuff.

We're premiering a track from the Swedish progressive thrashers' upcoming album "Empyrean."