DOWN appears on the latest cover of Decibel Magazine (December 2026). The feature celebrates the band’s long-awaited new studio album, Volume V, set for release on November 20th via Nuclear Blast Records.

DOWN’s bond runs deep. For over…

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Maryland-based deathcore practitioners THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA are pleased to present their new single and accompanying video for the track “In My Dreams…,” out now on Prosthetic Records. 

When you shed past regrets, insecurities, and heartaches, you…

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Today, Hypaethral Records is pleased to unveil a special reissue of Exordium, the debut full-length from Canadian black metallers SCALDING, on limited edition CD and vinyl.

Founded in 2021 in Vancouver, British Columbia, SCALDING emerged…

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Exploratory subterranean music source Avant Music News presents an exclusive stream of Parallax, the debut from avant drone/jazz duo MADAM ORANGE, ahead of its release this Friday on Amalgam.

MADAM ORANGE unites Chicago-based musicians…

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Watch/stream LIFESICK’s “All Eyes On Me” video HERE.

Danish death metal/metallic hardcore champions LIFESICK will unleash their When Brutality Becomes The Language full-length on January 22nd, 2027 via Metal Blade Records.

With When Brutality Becomes…

Chicago-based electronic music veteran, artist, and multi-instrumentalist MARK SOLOTROFF will release his new solo offering, A Diagnosis Of Distance, on November 20th.

A Diagnosis Of Distance treats separation – from places, from people, from earlier iterations of the self…

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Italian death doom outfit ASSUMPTION unveils the title track to their engulfing third album, Paradox Of The Arrow, nearing release on their new home at 20 Buck Spin.

ASSUMPTION returns with Paradox Of The Arrow…

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The Sleeping Shaman is hosting an exclusive stream of Tortoise, the haunting and enigmatic album from West Java, Indonesia-based avant metal acapella choir ENSEMBLE TIKORO, on the eve of its release on Jangjang Records, the…

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Denver metal mavericks NECROPANTHER return with their long-awaited new full-length, The Book Of Change, set for release on November 13th.

NECROPANTHER blends thrash, death, and black metal into a distinctive sound built…

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Following up…

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In the parched wasteland of these tumultuous times, the extreme music underground finds itself staggering across a scorched landscape, desperately begging for anything to quench its insatiable thirst. Fortunately, the omens are favorable. The mash tun…

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“…devastating circumstances demand devastating music… This is gripping music that matters.” – Decibel Magazine

Caregriever, the intense conceptual fourth LP by Louisville, Kentucky-based black metal crew ANAGNORISIS, is now streaming exclusively on Decibel…

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.

Recorded live…

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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…