Back in 1990, in the unassuming beach community of Encinitas, California, a band emerged that would define the emerging West Coast powerviolence movement: CROSSED OUT. Surrounded by a quagmire of overbearing military bases, clueless surf culture, suburban decay…

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Watch/stream FERVENCE’s “Oculum” HERE.

Texas-based progressive metalcore outfit, FERVENCE, are pleased to present a video for “Oculum.” The track appears on their stunning new full-length, Constructs, out now on Metal Blade Records.

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Akron, Ohio sludge metal crew RADIAN continues to slam audiences across the US in support of their third album, Subterfuge, and is preparing to launch their East Coast Fall tour in two weeks.

Following shows…

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Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of Berlin, Germany’s CHAOSBAY, welcoming one of the most forward-thinking bands in the modern metal landscape to the label’s international roster. To mark the beginning of…

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“Gata” is the newest single from Madrid-based power trio ELECTRIC VALLEY. Now playing at Decibel Magazine, the track comes off the band’s Echo full-length set for release on November 6th via Small Stone Recordings.

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New York City classic/hard rock outfit TEN TON MOJO delivers their latest single, “Broken Down Blues,” along with a new video. The track offers a view of the struggling, underappreciated, hard-working American blue-collar worker trying…

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DIGITAL NEGATIVE is the industrial/electronic project from Richard Johnson (Drugs Of Faith, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Enemy Soil) and Daniel Euphrat (Person918x, Timmy Sells His Soul, Bodied). In the past five years, the band has released three five-song…

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Rebecca Vernon (SubRosa), the driving creative force behind THE KEENING, returns with her second album, Devotion, out today on Relapse Records!

Devotion sees Vernon and company releasing one of the year’s most evocative…

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Existential black metal outfit, THE MOSAIC WINDOW, presents their latest single, “Lightning Be Thy Guide.” The track comes off the band’s Answered Prayers full-length, set for release on November 13th via Vesperian/Metal Blade…

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“PLUG AND PLAY” is the newest single from Italy’s MASTER BOOT RECORD. The track comes off the band’s impending new Computer Metal full-length, set for official unveiling on October 30th via Metal Blade Records.

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The Light That Keeps Us, the new full-length from Indianapolis death/doom metal alchemists, MOTHER OF GRAVES, is streaming in its stirring entirety. The premiere comes on the eve of the record’s official unveiling on…

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Copenhagen, Denmark-based heavy rock band EMPATH has shared the second single from their impending eponymous debut LP – nearing release on Indisciplinarian – today unveiling the song “Only The Dead,” alongside a visualizer created by vocalist…

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Denver sludge/doom metal trio IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS will return to the road this November on a Midwestern/Northeastern US tour. The fifteen-date journey will commence on November 5th in Rapid City, South Dakota and close…

Decibel Magazine is running an exclusive early stream of No Man’s Land, the new EP from California progressive metal icons ZERO HOUR, ahead of its release this Friday on the band’s own CynNormal Lab Recordings.

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“…there’s so much going on from the Converge-esque chaos, to the crushing reminders of death metal, grindcore, and math-rock mixed in with all the noise.” – Decibel Magazine

Decibel Magazine is hosting an exclusive stream of…

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Watch/stream MIDNIGHT’s “Violence On Violence ” HERE. 

MIDNIGHT is pleased to present a visualizer for “Violence On Violence” live. The track comes off the band’s Satanic Attack Live! recording set for release on November 6th…

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“…As an accomplished solo artist, with over a decade of recording and releasing extreme music under his belt, there’s nothing stopping him from crafting a work this insane. He went for it on this album, and…

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“Amore Mio,” the latest single and video from German progressive/krautrock outfit SEK, is now premiering via The Sleeping Shaman. The track can be found on the band’s Wallensteins Garage debut, nearing release through Exile On…

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The Haunted, the hammering fifth LP by Chicago-based noise rock trio SALVATION, is now playing exclusively at New Noise Magazine, ahead of its release this Friday on Reptilian Records.

The Haunted delivers an expectedly…

Watch RAM’s “Against” video HERE.

Today, Swedish heavy metal goliaths RAM present their video for “Against,” the title track of their latest full-length, out now on Metal Blade Records.

The title track was written in a burst of inspiration,…