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ASCENDED DEAD: West Coast Primitive Death Metal Cult Unleashes Live Apocalypse On Carbonized...

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West Coast death metal cult, ASCENDED DEAD, today unleashes Live Apocalypse through Carbonized Records.

Formed in 2011, ASCENDED DEAD emerged with a singular vision of death metal as something dark, primitive, chaotic, and visceral. Inspired…

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: “Baad Man” And “Lose Yourself” Live At Sweetwater Studios Video Now...

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American heavy metal icons CORROSION OF CONFORMITY are pleased to present a video for “Baad Man” and “Lose Yourself” recorded live at the legendary Sweetwater Studios during the band’s North American tour earlier this year. Sweetwater…

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GATES OF KIEV: Eponymous Debut Album By Dutch Psychedelic Progressive Rock Trio Out Today And...

Dutch psychedelic progressive rock trio GATES OF KIEV today releases their eponymous debut LP worldwide through prog juggernaut The Laser’s Edge.

GATES OF KIEV is a progressive rock band founded in the Netherlands by childhood friends, organist Tomas Mesman and…

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WHITECHAPEL Presents Their New Video For “Bedlam;” 20th Anniversary North American Headlining...

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WHITECHAPEL is pleased to present their latest video for “Bedlam.” The ferocious track comes off the band’s critically adored Hymns In Dissonance full-length released last year Metal Blade Records!

Comments vocalist Phil Bozeman, “In the album …

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ELECTRIC VALLEY: Echo Full-Length From Madrid-Based Stoner Doom Power Trio Now Streaming; Record...

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Echo, the new full-length from Madrid-based power trio ELECTRIC VALLEY is now streaming in its entirety! The premiere comes on the eve of the record’s official release Friday, November 6th via Small Stone Recordings.

Recorded…

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BROKEN BY THE SCREAM Announces 2027 North American Tour; Tickets On Sale Now!

Japanese metallers BROKEN BY THE SCREAM…

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BOSCO SACRO: Everything Is Noise Hosts Exclusive Stream Of Ethereal Inhabit LP By Italian Ambient...

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“BOSCO SACRO has cast me under their spell, and it is a great pleasure to introduce this record.” – Everything Is Noise

Inhabit, the second album from Italian ambient doom/trip-hop quartet BOSCO SACRO…

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VORLUST: California Beast Metallers Join Tankcrimes; “Pleasure Drive” Single Out Now

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Oakland-based blackened death thrashers VORLUST have officially joined the Tankcrimes family!

VORLUST is fueled by venom, pleasure, and rage. Marcelle Marais, AKA Cunnus, forged the band in 2018 out of a primal need for expression, confrontation…

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ANAGNORISIS: Announces Seasonal Depression Tour Hitting The Midwest US In December; Acclaimed...

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Louisville, Kentucky-based black metal crew ANAGNORISIS announces a Midwest tour of the US in December, supporting their acclaimed fourth LP, Caregriever, which just dropped in October.

Beginning December 8th, the Seasonal Depression Tour will…

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IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT Signs To Metal Blade Records; New Record Underway

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Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of New York City’s IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT!

IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT stands among the most singular and uncompromising forces in contemporary extreme metal. Over the course of their acclaimed…

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OCEAN OF ILLUSIONS: Slam Worldwide Debuts “Illuminating In Pain” Video From New Jersey Death...

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New Jersey death metal practitioners OCEAN OF ILLUSIONS today present their video for “Illuminating In Pain.” Now playing at Slam Worldwide, the track comes off the band’s Nexus EP, out now on Bleeding Art Collective.

The…

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CLOAK: Atlanta Black Metallers To Release Above, Below, & Through Full-Length February 12th, 2027...

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“It flows within, but moves without.
This timeless curse that binds us now.”
– CLOAK, “Nigredo – Initium”

Watch/stream CLOAK’s “Nigredo – Initium” HERE. 

A season of change, hibernation, and inspiration fueled CLOAK in…

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STRICKEN: Everything Is Noise Streams From Dark Dimensions An Unspeakable Presence Awakens LP By...

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“…the twists and turns within will likely appeal to fans of Neurosis who want a little Conan energy thrown in for good measure.” – Everything Is Noise

Everything Is Noise presents an exclusive stream of From…

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NECROPANTHER: No Clean Singing Premieres “The Thing From Another World” From Denver Blackened...

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“The Thing From Another World” is the latest single from Denver blackened thrash alchemists, NECROPANTHER. The track comes by way of the band’s impending new full-length, The Book Of Change, set…

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MALHAVOC: Ghost Cult Magazine Premieres “The Masque Of The Red Death” By Toronto...

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Ghost Cult Magazine is premiering “The Masque Of The Red Death,” by the infamous, long-running Toronto, Ontario-based industrial/thrash metal band MALHAVOC. The new song opens the band’s conceptual new album, The Masquerade’s Death…

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SAKNA: Hypaethral Records Releases Cassette Edition Of De Syv Dødssynder Full-Length From Late...

In honor of its one-year anniversary, Hypaethral Records is pleased to unveil the cassette edition of SAKNA’s lost De Syv Dødssynder full-length.

SAKNA, a one-man band shrouded in mystery since its inception in 2006, is a bastion of…

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THOMAS MILLER’S LAZARUS EFFECT: The Gripping Eponymous Debut Album From Former/Founding Symphony...

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The intense eponymous debut from THOMAS MILLER’S LAZARUS EFFECT, the new venture of former/founding Symphony X bassist Thomas Miller, is out today worldwide on Sensory Records.

Thomas Miller started his music career in central New…

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200 STAB WOUNDS Premieres “Sweet Suicide” Video/Single; Lowest Form Full-Length To See Release...

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“…one of the most exciting young bands in death metal…” — Metal Injection

“Sweet Suicide” is the new single from 200 STAB WOUNDS. The latest  bruiser comes by way of the band’s punishing Lowest…

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DUNGEON SERPENT: Lamentations Of The Shadowkingdoms, The Second Album By Vancouver Melodic Death...

Lamentations Of The Shadowkingdoms, the spellbinding second LP from Vancouver, British Columbia-based melodic death metal collective DUNGEON SERPENT, is now streaming in its entirety, ahead of its release this Friday on Profound Lore Records

After five years of…

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OCEAN OF ILLUSIONS: Decibel Magazine Premieres Nexus From New Jersey Death Metal Merchants; EP To...

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Decibel Magazine is currently streaming Nexus, the latest EP from New Jersey death metal merchants OCEAN OF ILLUSIONS, in its relentless entirety. The premiere comes in advance the EP’s official release this Friday, October 30th…

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