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You’d expect competent Opeth worship to come from Sweden and such, but not necessarily from the US, however as bands like Daylight Dies, Iron Thrones and Gwynbleidd showed on 2006 excellent Amaranthine EP back in 2006, Opeth worship can come from anywhere. In the case of Gwynbleidd, the depths of Brooklyn, NY (albeit by way […]

My only real knowledge or experience with Boston’s Doomriders is that they feature Converge bassist Nate Newton and Cave In Drummer JR Conners, two bands I like but aren’t awfully obsessed with, so when I gathered that this outfit was a more rock based band to boot, my hopes weren’t extremely high. That all changed […]

Though plying the same basic musical style and shtick as the relatively enjoyable 2008 debut, Total Brutal, Tim Lambesis’s (As I Lay Dying) Arnold Schwarzenegger themed metal act has grown somewhat. First off, professional Arnold impersonator Josh Robert Thompson (The Howard Stern Show, The Late Late Show) now provides the excellent and amusing Arnold quips […]

Blackened death metallers ACHERON have signed with Ibex Moon Records for the US release of The Final Conflict: Last Days Of God. Founding bassist / vocalist Vincent Crowley had this to say about the signing: “We (ACHERON) have really been wanting to have someone license our new album The Final Conflict: Last Days of God […]

Second new Saattue song Taakka has been made available for listen at Saattue myspace (http://www.myspace.com/saattue). The song is taken from Saattue’s second album Vuoroveri. The album will be released on October 21st. Vuoroveri will include eight works of doomy, heavy, dark and multidimensional saatto metal. Saattue is signed to Spikefarm Records. Vuoroveri (Tide of Blood) […]

FREE DOWNLOAD OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONG “FROZEN” All That Remains will debut their video for their latest single “Forever in Your Hands” exclusively on MySpace.com at http://www.myspace.com/metal starting on October 7th. The video will also air on an episode of MTV2’s Headbangers Ball hosted by the band on the morning of October 18th at 2:00 […]

Death metal is full of brilliant, legendary songs. Songs that helped shape the genre, define a band or create a classic album. These are songs that every death metal fan knows by heart or can name at the mere hearing of a single note or chord; “Left Hand Path”, “Override of the Overture”, “Black Winter Day”, “Unas, Slayer of Gods”, “You’ll Never See”, “Infecting the Crypts”, “Hammer Smashed Face”, “Chopped In Half”, “Leprosy”, “Corporeal Jigsaw Quandary”, “Chapel of Ghouls” – “Victory March”- the list goes on and on. But what about those other songs that fleshed out albums both classic and overlooked? Songs by bands revered and unheard of that simply never caught the ear of the public, the fans or the critics?

Swedish Black metal tyrants WATAIN have – during and since their 111 date long “Fuck the World Tour” – been working in silence in secrecy on what is to become the band’s fourth full-length album. The band states: “We can now reveal the long awaited first live performance to break the silence. WATAIN will return […]

A new Dying Fetus album isn’t quite the event is once was as since the bands crowning moment, 2000s Destroying the Opposition a revolving line up has kept John Gallagher from attainting perfect chemistry that was achieved with the classic Netherton, Voyles (who of course left after Destroy the Opposition to form Misery Index) and […]

Gaza has revealed “Windowless House,” a scathing new track off its forthcoming second album, He Is Never Coming Back.“Windowless House,” described by BrooklynVegan.com as a “gnashing, antisocial beast,” is available here: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/10/gaza_debuts_new.html Hailing from the religious hotbed that is Salt Lake City, Gaza takes on religious delusions as its target on He Is Never Coming […]

Recently reformed Texas death metal veterans DIVINE EVE have issued the following update. “As writhing flames whisper to the darkness, winds of chaos fade into the abyss… DIVINE EVE is very eager to declare the 4 song E.P. is in its final stages of completion. The title Vengeful and Obstinate is a fitting banner to […]

Bogota, Colombia-based symphonic black metal band NEPHESH will release their debut album, “Inter Armas Silent Leges“, on October 15th via Nokternal Hemizphear (USA – http://www.nhmetal.com). The CD was recorded, mixed and mastered at Tempus Ater Studios. The track listing is as follows:  01. Vae Victus 02. Sangre Inmortal 03. Tormentor of Sin 04. Death I […]

“Confess”, the new video of Dutch progressive metallers THE SIN COMMITTEE, can be viewed here. The clip is the title track of their recently released EP “Confess“, which was produced by Erwin Hermsen (Mangled, Collision). The EP can be listened to in its entirety at the band’s website: http://www.thesincommittee.com.   “Confess” track listing:  01. Confess 02. […]

NEW ALBUM “BREATHING THE FIRE” OUT OCTOBER 13, 2009 Mighty Midwestern metallians SKELETONWITCH have unveiled “Repulsive Salvation,” a new track off of their upcoming full-length “Breathing The Fire” (due October 13 via Prosthetic Records). The song is available via the brand new “Breathing The Fire” widget, available here: http://prostheticrecords.com/widgets/skeletonwitch/ The widget contains coding to drop […]

Finally given a proper label release (and a nifty new cover) after a self released push from band members (notably the wonderful Jackie Perez Gratz) and friends earlier this year, Giant Squid’s second offering should finally get the attention it deserved before the tragic death of the band’s publicist, Adrian Bromley. And Translation Loss is […]

Originally released on vinyl back in 2008, this re-issued split features 3 songs from Bay Area sludgsters Stormcrow and 14 tracks (including 5 bonus tracks for those that own the original Agipunk Records release) from Vancouver grindcore acts Massgrave. The 3 lengthier Stormcrow tracks are festering, crusty, sludgy numbers that are self described ‘stenchcore’ and […]

I really wanted to like this. After all, it’s on Profound Lore Records, features the legendary Dan Lilker (Nuclear Assault, Brutal Truth), members of doom act Orodruin and they play a totally old school form of death/black/thrash metal culled straight from the early wave of extreme acts likes of Venom, Celtic Frost, Nifelhiem, Sodom, Bathory […]

Even after two utterly punishing albums in 2005s The Healing Process and 2007s The Ills of Modern Man, Canada’s Despised Icon have a bull’s eye directly on their back for the deathchore haters and scene haters to take pot shots at. From their cocked hats and Vans to their clinical triggered sound and shift from […]

Man oh man, this some heavy shit. Sitting squarely in the middle of the sludge genre, California’s Armed For Apocalypse, (featuring Cayle Hunter of Will Haven and The Abominable Iron Sloth) cull heavily from Crowbar and the expected gamut of down tempo, earthy, lumbering sludge bands like The Abominable Iron Sloth (duh), Blessing the Hogs, Blutch, […]

‘Our Twilight’ to be Released on Peaceville Records HELSINKI, FINLAND – Scandinavian Progressive Death Metal titans-to-be, Barren Earth, have announced the release date for their debut EP, Our Twilight. Recently signed to the Progressive powerhouse, Peaceville Records, Finland’s Barren Earth will unleash the Our Twilight EP on November 17th. Barren Earth features an experienced line-up […]

Stream “Bury Me An Angel” TodayHALMSTAD, SWEDEN – Swedish melodic Metal masters, Arch Enemy, have posted a second track off their upcoming release, The Root of All Evil, on the official Arch Enemy MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/archenemy). “Bury Me An Angel” joins “Beast of Man” as the first tracks to be posted off the new album, […]

Though regarded along with Heaven Shall Burn as one of Germany’s premier metalcore outfits and having been around since 1999 with 6 albums under their belt, Caliban have yet to garner huge success in the US and get the acclaim of their stateside metalcore peers. And while I don’t see that really changing with album […]

Death metal institution and Napalm recording artists JUNGLE ROT will be touring the United States next month with Earache recording artists DEICIDE. Touring in support of latest album (and Napalm debut) What Horrors Await, JUNGLE ROT will play the following confirmed dates/venues: October 7, 2009 US – Dallas, TX / House of Blues (w/ Deicide) […]

Though not quite as awe-inspiring as country mates Be’lakor, here’s some more quality Australian metal , this time in the form of unsigned but high quality Melbourne melodic death metal act, Orpheus. Though only a 6 track (one being an intro), 21 minute affair, Orpheus show enough skill and song writing ability to play with […]

South Carolina death metal act, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD have announced the title of their forthcoming release, on Prosthetic Records. The album, their third full length, will be titled, “SKEPSIS.” The band has been recording at New York’s Gellar Cellar Studios. Alan Douches has been tapped to master the effort. The tracklisting is […]