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Mawiza Premiere New Album ÜL

Posted on July 17, 2025

Like smoke from a shaman’s pipe, Mawiza have risen as a guiding force for indigenous metal. Integrating tribal rhythms and ancient instruments into groove metal has won these modern day Mapuche warriors respect from the Chilean Grammys and scene elders like Mercyful Fate, Mastodon, Slipknot and Gojira. Now, with their third album and first for Season of Mist, the band are summoning a towering defense of their ancestral land.

Billy Strings Joins Cryptopsy for “Blasphemy Made Fresh”

Posted on July 15, 2025

Not every underground icon lives long enough to lord above death metal’s crypt three decades into their career. But Cryptopsy are proving once again why they’re the most vile band of them all. A year after winning their first JUNO Award, the brutal Canadians have graced the cover of Decibel, snatched Metal Injection‘s Artist of the Month honor and cracked the Billboard charts with their critically-acclaimed new album An Insatiable Violence.

Stoned Jesus Expand Their Universe on ‘Songs to Sun’

Posted on July 14, 2025

Over the course of the past 16 years, Stoned Jesus have risen as true trailblazers. Whether it’s a radio-friendly banger or a 13-minute classic, frontman Igor Sydorenko has explored lush valleys of folk, proggy expanses, bouldering alternative rock and peaks of headbanging doom. Now, after a sneak peak at Hellfest, Sydorenko and his new bandmates are embarking on a three-part quest that will take their heavy progressive rock all the way to the sun, moon and back.

Cryptopsy Premiere Short Film for An Insatiable Violence

Posted on July 9, 2025

While only a year removed from winning a JUNO Award, Cryptopsy are already outdoing themselves. The most vile band in death metal have graced the cover of Decibel and snatched Metal Injection’s Artist of the Month, leading metal maniacs to quickly devour their latest offering. An Insatiable Violence has amassed more than one million streams while vaulting to #6 on the Billboard Current Hard Music Album chart in the U.S. So of course, they still have another shocking treat hidden up their longsleeves.

Green Carnation Announce First Part of Album Trilogy

Posted on July 8, 2025

No matter how long or where the journey has taken them, Green Carnation have always sought to climb the highest mountains. While founded by Emperor’s former bassist Tchort in the early ’90s, the Norwegians quickly amassed a cult following while blazing their own trail through fields of symphonic doom, hard rock, acoustic plucking and progressive metal.

Mawiza Join Forces with Gojira’s Joe Duplantier on New Single

Posted on July 7, 2025

Integrating tribal rhythms and ancient instruments with modern groove metal has earned Mawiza recognition from the Chilean Grammys and respected elders like Mercyful Fate, Slipknot and Mastodon. But on their upcoming third album, these modern day Mapuche warriors are fighting to restore our balance with nature.

Mawiza Release Unplugged Version of “Mamüll Reke”

Posted on June 23, 2025

Summoning thunderous tribal rhythms and indigenous instruments within the fields of modern metal has earned Mawiza recognition from the Chilean Grammys and respected elders like Mercyful Fate, Mastodon and Slipknot. But this band of modern day warriors are still a force of nature when paired down to their rawest form.

Cryptopsy Premiere ‘An Insatiable Violence’

Posted on June 19, 2025

More than three decades removed from their ungentle exhumation from the Canadian underground, Cryptopsy are truly more insatiable than ever. A year after winning a JUNO Award, the band have been reeling off cryptic teasers and blasphemous videos to feed pit-dwelling faithful ahead of their upcoming ninth album. While eerily prescient of our latest unholy obsession, An Insatiable Violence proves once more that Cryptopsy are the most vile band in death metal.

Bask Announce New Album ‘The Turning’

Posted on June 17, 2025

Ever since they came rumbling down from the Blue Ridge Mountains, it was clear that Bask are cut from a different neck of the woods than their fellow Southern trailblazers.

Cryptopsy Release Filthy Bass Playthrough

Posted on June 16, 2025

Just one year after winning a Canadian Grammy, this week, Cryptopsy are officially back with their eerily prescient ninth album. As the most vile band in death metal prepare to tear into An Insatiable Violence, today, their filthy bass player Oli Pinard is releasing a sharp and shiny new playthrough for lead single “Until There’s Nothing Left”.

Cryptopsy Named Decibel Cover Artist

Posted on June 12, 2025

While already enshrined amongst the magazine’s unholy Hall of Fame, in the 30+ years since their ungentle exhumation from the Canadian underground, Cryptopsy had never graced the cover of Decibel. But now, the band’s new album An Insatiable Violence has turned the worm in their favor.

Savage Lands Partners with ESP Guitars

Posted on June 12, 2025

Just like the trees they’re protecting, Savage Lands have roots that run deep. Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren and guitarist-turned-activist Sylvain Demercastel first joined forces in France during the late ’90s before reuniting two decades later to form the world’s first metal non-profit for biodiversity. Since 2022, their organization has protected more than 100 acres of endangered forest with help from environmentalists and metalheads.

Cryptopsy Release Eye-Popping New Single “Dead Eyes Replete”

Posted on June 11, 2025

After 30 years, Cryptopsy are no strangers to the spotlight. Since their ungentle exhumation from the Canadian underground in 1993, the Montreal natives have worn the horned crown as the most vile band in death metal. Their upcoming ninth album and first since winning a JUNO Award embodies the many malicious mutations that have defined their Hall of Fame discography. But while infectious, the latest single from An Insatiable Violence brutally illustrates that society’s viral takeover isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.