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Chicago’s self-dubbed velvet-grunge group LAVISHER presents a new video for “Preemptive Waltz,” the song found on the band’s second LP, Aligned & Vital, released last November on Nefarious Industries.

“The waltz is the eternal dance…

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“Kill The Guardian” is the latest single from long-running black metal juggernaut, KRALLICE. The track comes off the band’s new studio album, Scour Order, set for release on September 18th via Profound…

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Newly formed Indonesia-based label Jangjang presents Tortoise, the new album from ENSEMBLE TIKORO, an acapella choir of metal vocalists who create avant-garde compositions.

Jangjang – Sundanese word for “wing” – was forged and launched by…

Photo by Jessica Branstetter

After two years of meticulous crafting and the lasting impact left behind from their sophomore offering The Periapt Of Absence, which claimed a #11 spot on Decibel Magazine’s Top 40 AOTY and tore through countless year-end…

photos by Kristel Boucher

Artifice Dissolves is the searing second album by Quebec death/thrash trio DISSIMULATOR – formed by members of Chthe’ilist, Atramentus, Beyond Creation, Incandescence, and more – now aligned for early October release through their allies at 20…

photos by Katharina Fruehwirth

Vienna, Austria’s bitter hardcore punk trio DESOLAT will issue their acerbic third LP, People As Idiots & Idiots As Leaders, on October 9th through an anarchic DIY multi-label international coalition, with Reptilian Records and Exotic…

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Louisville, Kentucky-based black metal band ANAGNORISIS returns following a decade-long absence with their decimating fourth album, Caregriever.

Originally active from 2003 to 2016, ANAGNORISIS resurfaced behind the scenes in 2024 to begin work on…

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Existence Is Corruption, the new full-length from Santa Fe death metal squad STREET TOMBS, is currently streaming in its entirety. The premiere comes in advance of the record’s officially release this Friday, August 21st…

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Colorado’s DREADNOUGHT presents their new single, “Color Of Our Broken Hearts.” The track comes off the band’s Wars Of Spirit // Wards Of Light full-length set for release on September 11th via Vesperian/Metal Blade Records.

With …

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Decibel Magazine is currently streaming Hell Is Evil, the new full-length from the Bay Area’s favorite grindcore practitioners, DEATHGRAVE. The premiere comes in advance of the record’s release this Friday, August 21st via Tankcrimes.

On…

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“…each piece offers an abundance of sounds and textures woven into intense and complicated arrangements…” – Decibel Magazine

Decibel Magazine is hosting an exclusive stream of Haze, Cacophony, And White Light, the intense third…

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Sensory Records presents the compelling eponymous debut from THOMAS MILLER’S LAZARUS EFFECT, the new venture from the former founding Symphony X bassist.

Thomas Miller started his music career in central New Jersey and played in…

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Watch/stream DOWN’s “Blood Oath” video HERE.

American heavy metal icons DOWN will unleash their long-awaited new studio album, Volume V, on November 20th via Nuclear Blast Records!

DOWN was never just a band. It’s…

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Watch/stream FERVENCE’s “Zenith” HERE. 

Texas-based progressive metalcore outfit and recent Metal Blade Records signees FERVENCE will release their Constructs full-length October 16th.

Inspired by bands like Deftones, Architects, and Silent Planet, the FERVENCE sound is…

“…a chilling, cinematic soundtrack addressing some of humanity’s greatest fears.” – Everything Is Noise

Everything Is Noise is hosting the exclusive video premiere for “The Hunter,” the ominous new single from Oakland, California-based cinematic synthwave act S.C.R.A.M. The track/video arrive…

“It’s gritty, battle-scarred and snotty with a Velvet Underground-meets-trash rock vibe…” – Decibel Magazine

Decibel Magazine is hosting the exclusive premiere of “Speed Of Light,” from new Brooklyn-based avant rock collective EXP, the third track previewing the band’s eponymous…

photos by Tom Birch

Decibel Magazine is hosting the exclusive video premiere of “Bodies Dragged To Sunlight,” from Chicago-based sludge metal outfit SHRINEBURNER. The track is found on the band’s monolithic debut album, Hymns Of Despair, nearing release…

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Gore metal pioneers EXHUMED are pleased to announce the second leg of their North American tour this Fall! The Redder Asphalt Tour 2026 tour  will commence on November 7th and run through December 6th. Support will…

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Illinois thrash titans MISFIRE are pleased to unleash their new video for “Born To Die.” The ferocious track comes by way of the band’s Product Of The Environment full-length out now on MNRK Heavy. Directed by…

photo by Katia Sentry

New Noise Magazine is hosting an exclusive stream of The Enigmatic, the debut EP from Chicago-based ensemble AFROFUTURISTICS, ahead of its release this Friday.

The AFROFUTURISTICS ensemble blends the idioms of cosmic jazz fusion…