Cryptopsy Release NSFW Video for “Malicious Needs”

Posted on May 13, 2025

These JUNO Award winners have worn the horned crown as the most vile band in death metal since the mid-’90s. But with the latest single off their upcoming ninth album, Cryptopsy are making blasphemy sound fresh. “Malicious Needs” feeds into a human urge that is so revolting, so shameful, that it couldn’t be shown on YouTube. Still, even the censored version of the new video from An Insatiable Violence uncovers the evil obsessions that lie beneath our digital fantasies.

Bask Cover The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Posted on May 12, 2025

After a smoking hot tour with their labelmates and fellow North Carolinians Weedeater, Bask are now ready to turn over a different kind of leaf. The Asheville natives will release their fourth album later this year. But first, the band are looking back at one of their influences.

MAWIZA Announce New Album ÜL with Defiant Lead Single “Wingkawnoam”

Posted on May 6, 2025

Like a smoke signal, over the past decade, Mawiza have risen as a guiding force for indigenous metal. By incorporating native instruments, shamanic chanting and tribal rhythms into their contemporary influences, the band represent both the ancestral and modern sides of Mapuche culture. Their fresh yet timeless take on groove metal has won  them a Chilean Grammy along with the respect of scene elders like Mercyful Fate, Mastodon, Slipknot and Joe Duplantier from Gojira, who’s featured on their upcoming new album.

Nightfall Release In-Studio Playthrough of “With Outlandish Desire to Disobey”

Posted on May 2, 2025

Nightfall have stood alongside Rotting Christ and Septicflesh as the pillars of Greek metal since the early ’90s. But now, Efthimis Karadimas and his Athenian band of rebels have once again returned from the shadows to unite blackened souls everywhere with Children of Eve, the darkest and most epic creation in their pantheon-level discography.

Nightfall Premiere New Album ‘Children of Eve’

Posted on May 1, 2025

Ever since they formed in the early ’90s, Nightfall have stood alongside Rotting Christ and Septicflesh as the pioneering trinity of Greek metal. Fearsome frontman Efthimis Karadimas and his band of Athenian rebels are still out for revenge on their new album, but Children of Eve is backed by the biggest hooks in their pantheon-level discography.

Blackened Death Metal Titans PESSIMIST Announce 2025 European Tour

Posted on April 29, 2025

Season of Mist proudly announces the return of American blackened death metal pioneers PESSIMIST to European stages this December. Following their recent East Coast tour and a blistering performance alongside Venom Inc. in San Diego, PESSIMIST is set to co-headline a European tour with death metal stalwarts Sinister and Graceless.

Anciients Announce First U.S. Tour in 8 Years

Posted on April 28, 2025

After almost a decade of soul searching through the Canadian wilderness, once again, Anciients have reached the summit of progressive metal. The heavy, heady and heartfelt Canucks just won their second Canadian Grammy for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year. Now, sage frontman Kenny Cook, steadily pummeling drummer Mike Hannay and new axemen Brock MacInnes and Rory O’Brien are finally returning to the States to bask in the prog metal glory of Beyond the Reach of the Sun.

…AND OCEANS Explore Metamorphosis in Motion on “Förnyelse i Tre Akter”

Posted on April 24, 2025

Season of Mist is proud to present “Förnyelse i Tre Akter,” the stunning new single from Finnish symphonic black metal architects …and Oceans. The track is the third and final single before the release of their highly anticipated album The Regeneration Itinerary, set to arrive on May 23.

The Lion’s Daughter Announce Farewell Show

Posted on April 23, 2025

Whether it was a Dog Shaped Man, the Midnight Animal or a hospital run by werewolves, not even the most nightmarish creatures could tame The Lion’s Daughter. What began in the mid-2010s as a horror-stricken, blackened and sludgy trio rabidly evolved into a frightening, futuristic, synth-metal foursome.

Cryptopsy Announce New Album ‘An Insatiable Violence’

Posted on April 15, 2025

A person spends all day building a machine, only for it to torture them at night. As if this thought wasn’t malicious enough, they enjoy it. In fact, they enjoy being tortured so much that, come morning, they wake up rejuvenated, eager to tweak their creation until it runs perfectly in their mind.