Necrofier Headlining Texas
Posted on December 18, 2024While many metalheads across the country brace for the beastly blizzards of winter, Necrofier are kicking off 2025 with their horns still blazing.
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THIS GIFT IS A CURSE Reign Supreme on Lead Single Kingdom
Posted on December 17, 2024Sheer 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, 20242024 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, 2024Around 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, 2024In 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, 2024Though 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, 2024Renowned 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, 2024This 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, 2024As 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, 2024Even 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.
Revenge Announce New Album
Posted on December 4, 2024Revenge continue to forge a solitary path.
Bask Touring Southeast to Close 2024
Posted on December 3, 2024Hurricane 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, 2024Seminal 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, 2024Through 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, 2024Horrific 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, 2024After 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.
Retromorphosis Announce ‘Psalmus Mortis’
Posted on November 26, 2024True legends never die, especially in death metal.
Keep of Kalessin Reissue ‘Kolossus’
Posted on November 25, 2024While they’re busy sharpening their blades in the studio, Keep of Kalessin are taking stock of their treasured discography. The Norwegian pioneers of epic extreme metal are reissuing several albums through their new label Season of Mist. And they’re starting with one of their most decorated crown jewels.
VLTIMAS Announce First North American Tour
Posted on November 22, 2024VLTIMAS have so much history under their bullet belts that some gatekeepers may have wondered if there were any new realms for them to conquer. After all, David Vincent, Rune Eriksen and Flo Mounier are all legends in their own right. But their new album takes these unholy deities of extreme metal to truly EPIC heights.
Defeated Sanity Premiere New Album
Posted on November 21, 2024No band has flipped death metal on its deformed head like Defeated Sanity. The band’s uniquely potent concoction of punishing technical proficiency and jazz-infused chaos has delighted metalheads from their familial beginnings in Berlin to Maryland Deathfest and India. Now, after breaking onto the Billboard charts with their last album, these underground champions are returning to the brutal slamming that cemented their legacy.