Defeated Sanity Release Ripping Bass Playthrough of “Amputationsdrang”

Posted on January 9, 2025

Fans and critics have been losing their minds over Defeated Sanity. Last year, brutal death metal’s most relentless innovators returned to the raw brutality of their early classics, but the band’s new album has also taken their legacy to even greater extremes. Not only has Chronicles of Lunacy landed on notable year-end lists from across the world of metal, rock and pop. It’s also broken onto the Billboard charts.

Saor - The Sylvan Embrace

SAOR Unveils Latest Single: The Sylvan Embrace

Posted on January 8, 2025

The Sylvan Embrace calls out to those who yearn for the solace of nature’s eternal embrace. Like a journey into the heartland of an ancient forest, this majestic latest single of SAOR‘s newest album Amidst the Ruins invites one to find refuge and rejuvenation amidst the rustling leaves and the wise whispers of the ageless trees. Each note calls to introspection, a reminder of the serene power that nature holds, and its ever-present ability to mend the wearied soul.

DANHEIM Announces Munarvágr & Mannavegr Reissues

Posted on January 7, 2025

Reidar Olsen, the man behind DANHEIM has been producing music all the way back in his teenage years. Focusing on mostly electronic music, it wasn’t until 2016 that he fused this love for music production with his Danish roots. Loosely meaning ‘Danish home’, DANHEIM is the perfect marriage of old Norse mythology with ambient electronic music, à la Brian Eno. With his signing to Season of Mist, DANHEIM now reminiscences to the two albums that started it all: Munarvágr & Mannavegr. Munarvágr, the first of the two albums, is a 12-track showcase of thundering drums, subtle percussive instrumentation layered with deep chants. It’s an album that immediately sets the tone for what DANHEIM‘s music is all about – honoring old Nordic tradition in a majestic and fierce way. If you’re ever in the mood for a good workout while feeling like a viking about to conquer new lands, this is the the kind of album you’d put on.

Necrofier Headlining Texas

Posted on December 18, 2024

While many metalheads across the country brace for the beastly blizzards of winter, Necrofier are kicking off 2025 with their horns still blazing.

THIS GIFT IS A CURSE Reign Supreme on Lead Single Kingdom

Posted on December 17, 2024

Sheer atrocities are right around the corner. Combining the most violent extremities of hardcore, sludge and black metal, THIS GIFT IS A CURSE have a created a truly unique, visceral sound – one that they will be exploring further on their newest album HEIR. On the lead single, Kingdom, THIS GIFT IS A CURSE explores a new sonic palette by working together with Laura Morgan of electro/industrial project Livmødr. HEIR is out March 7th on Season of Mist.

Ne Obliviscaris Announce Chaos & Carnage Tour

Posted on December 16, 2024

2024 stood out as another memorable year for Ne Obliviscaris. The maestros of extreme progressive metal celebrated the 10th anniversary of Citadel with a newly definitive remastered version. The band performed both their acclaimed second album and their latest album Exul in their entirety during a two hour set on their fall headlining tour of Europe. They also reunited with original drummer Dan Presland and toured South America for the first time. Now, as this year winds down, Ne Obliviscaris are tightening their strings in anticipation for an even bigger 2025. The band will return to North America for their first run on the CHAOS & CARNAGE Tour.

Defeated Sanity Unleash on “Extrinsically Enraged”

Posted on December 16, 2024

Around this time last year, before the underground legends descended one last time into Menegroth, The Thousand Caves, Defeated Sanity felt like they were in need of an adjustment. Over the past 30 years, no other band has hit on more ways to spin death metal on its deformed head. But instead of concocting another heady bludgeoning of jazz-infused chaos, they wanted to double-down on the neck-snapping brutality that fans love about their earliest classics.

SAOR Share Playthrough Video of Amidst the Ruins

Posted on December 16, 2024

In the windswept grandeur of Scotland’s towering peaks and mist-laden lochs, the mythic resonances of SAOR‘s sound rise once again. Today, the band shares their masterful playthrough for their newest single, Amidst the Ruins. Amidst the Ruins draws inspiration from a bygone era, merging black metal’s raw intensity with Celtic folk’s heartfelt melodies. As echoes of forgotten paths and crumbling relics of history unfold before your eyes, this composition serves as a solemn reminder of heritage lost amidst the modern world’s clamor. Watch as the band eloquently intertwines guitar melodies, pounding drums and heavy basslines on Amidst the Ruins: https://youtu.be/wugVW7uwQsU

Obsidious Release Masterful Rafael Trujillo Guitar Playthrough

Posted on December 12, 2024

Though named after the ancient volcanic rock, Obsidious are bonded by a love for technical death metal. This group of  superb players features current and former members of Obscura, Dååth,  Eternity’s End and Juggernaut. No wonder their first album was instantly iconic.

MÖRK GRYNING Unleashes Fasornas Tid

Posted on December 12, 2024

Renowned as dark lords of the Swedish black metal scene, MÖRK GRYNING return with their newest opus, Fasornas Tid. This visceral journey into the depths of human psyche is set to shatter boundaries and invoke the raw essence of 90s black metal with a modern ferocity that cements their legacy.

Oceans of Slumber Cover “Alone”

Posted on December 11, 2024

This time last year, Oceans of Slumber gifted fans a sneak peak at their new album with the piano medley “Poem of Fire”. The Texas trailblazers of progressive metal have never bowed to convention, but on Where Gods Fear to Speak, they reached new, dark cinematic heights. This year, the band toured North America with Lacuna Coil and New Years Day before topping the charts at college radio and critics’ year-end lists.

Savage Lands Release New Single with Lord Of The Lost and Chloe Trujillo

Posted on December 10, 2024

As Savage Lands prove on their breathtaking new single,  metalheads aren’t ones to back down from a fight. After witnessing how land developers are tearing down Costa Rica’s rain forest, Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren and his old guitarist Sylvain Demercastel decided they weren’t going to sit around and rust in peace. In 2022, they started Savage Lands, the music industry’s first artist-run environmental non-profit.

Cryptopsy Reissue Self-Titled Album

Posted on December 9, 2024

Even the most legendary heroes have their downfall. Back at the end of the 2000s, the underground had left Cryptopsy for dead thanks to an album that’s best left unspoken. But when the recent JUNO Award winners returned from critic-imposed exile in 2011, they reclaimed their crown as the most vile name in death metal with their self-titled album.

Bask Touring Southeast to Close 2024

Posted on December 3, 2024

Hurricane Helene cancelled their first European tour of the decade, but Bask are closing out 2024 with some good old-fashioned home cooking to go along with brand new jams.

Prepare for Relentless Carnage on CRYPTOPSY’s Infernal Bloodshed Over Europe 2025

Posted on December 3, 2024

Seminal brutal death metal pioneers CRYPTOPSY will once again redefine the boundaries of extreme music with their forthcoming Infernal Bloodshed Over Europe 2025 tour. Double-kick ferocity and complex, technical compositions continue to be the hallmarks of a band that has spent over three decades tearing through the fabric of the underground metal scene Fans across Europe will have the opportunity to witness the unparalleled aggression and blistering precision that CRYPTOPSY has consistently delivered. Since their initial tearing of the metal veil, the band has become synonymous with musical innovation and relentless brutality. Ready yourselves for a tour that promises to be nothing short of a seismic event. CRYPTOPSY will be joining Decapitated across 35 dates in Mainland Europe & the UK, with support from Warbringer & Carnation. Infernal Bloodshed Over Europe 2025: 01 May: Kopervik, NO @ Karmbygeddon* 03 May: London, UK @ Incineration Festival 04 May: Exeter, UK @ Phoenix 05 May: Cardiff, UK @ The Globe 06 May: Newcastle, UK @ Anarchy Brewery 07 May: Glasgow, UK @ Slay 08 May: Manchester, UK @ Academy 2 09 May: Birmingham, UK @ XOYO 10 May: Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms 11 May: Norwich, UK @ The Waterfront 13 May: Lille, FR @ The Black Lab 14 May: Enschede, NL @ Metropool 15 May: Munich, DE @ Backstage 16 May: Aarau, CH @ KiFF 17 May: Lindau, DE @ Vaudeville 18 May: Vienna, AT @ Szene 19 May: Budapest, HU @ Dürer Kert 20 May: Prague, CZ @ Fuchs2 21 May: Schweinfurt, DE @ Stattbahnhof 22 May: Dresden, DE @ Blauer Salon 23 May: Krakow, PL @ Hype Park 24 May: Warsaw, PL @ Proxima 26 May: Berlin, DE @ Hole44 27 May: Aarhus, DK @ Voxhall 28 May: Hamburg, DE @ Logo 29 May: Vechta, DE @ Gulfhaus 30 May: Dortmund, DE @ Junkyard 31 May: Sint-Niklaas, BE @ Casino 01 June: Paris, FR @ La Machine 03 June: Frankfurt, DE @ Das Bett 04 June: Karlsruhe, DE @ Substage 05 June: Milan, IT @ Legend Club 06 June: Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv 07 June: Lyon, FR @ Lions Metal Fest 08 June: Maastricht, NL @ South of Heaven**Decapitated Only

Tsjuder Announce New Drummer

Posted on December 2, 2024

Through unholy sacrifice and hellish Norwegian winters, for 20 years years, Tsjuder were blessed by Anti-Christian. But when the band’s heretical drummer bowed out ahead of their first album in eight years, founding members Nag and Draugluin needed another maniacal player to take their drum throne.

CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX Unleashes Horrific Honorifics Number Two (2)

Posted on November 27, 2024

Horrific Honorifics Number Two (2), an unapologetic declaration of reverence, sees CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX laying bare the influences that have long seared their spirits with incandescent defiance. Within Horrific Honorifics Number Two (2), the band transforms seminal tracks such as Fugazi’s Blueprint and Laura Branigan’s Self Control into haunting renditions that challenge the listener to peer into these classics through a new, unflinching lens. The intricate layers woven by founder Justin Greaves and Belinda Kordic’s haunting melodies envelop each note with authenticity and raw power.

Defiled Add More Dates to Asian Tour

Posted on November 26, 2024

After carving out three albums in almost as many years, even the band’s most disciplined disciples can be forgiven for believing that Defiled had reached the highest level of old school death metal. But on their new album, the Japanese samurai wield deadly lessons that only a true legend can master.