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Exploratory subterranean music source Avant Music News presents an exclusive stream of Parallax, the debut from avant drone/jazz duo MADAM ORANGE, ahead of its release this Friday on Amalgam.

MADAM ORANGE unites Chicago-based musicians…

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Watch/stream LIFESICK’s “All Eyes On Me” video HERE.

Danish death metal/metallic hardcore champions LIFESICK will unleash their When Brutality Becomes The Language full-length on January 22nd, 2027 via Metal Blade Records.

With When Brutality Becomes…

Chicago-based electronic music veteran, artist, and multi-instrumentalist MARK SOLOTROFF will release his new solo offering, A Diagnosis Of Distance, on November 20th.

A Diagnosis Of Distance treats separation – from places, from people, from earlier iterations of the self…

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Italian death doom outfit ASSUMPTION unveils the title track to their engulfing third album, Paradox Of The Arrow, nearing release on their new home at 20 Buck Spin.

ASSUMPTION returns with Paradox Of The Arrow…

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The Sleeping Shaman is hosting an exclusive stream of Tortoise, the haunting and enigmatic album from West Java, Indonesia-based avant metal acapella choir ENSEMBLE TIKORO, on the eve of its release on Jangjang Records, the…

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Denver metal mavericks NECROPANTHER return with their long-awaited new full-length, The Book Of Change, set for release on November 13th.

NECROPANTHER blends thrash, death, and black metal into a distinctive sound built…

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In the parched wasteland of these tumultuous times, the extreme music underground finds itself staggering across a scorched landscape, desperately begging for anything to quench its insatiable thirst. Fortunately, the omens are favorable. The mash tun…

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“…devastating circumstances demand devastating music… This is gripping music that matters.” – Decibel Magazine

Caregriever, the intense conceptual fourth LP by Louisville, Kentucky-based black metal crew ANAGNORISIS, is now streaming exclusively on Decibel…

Back in 1990, in the unassuming beach community of Encinitas, California, a band emerged that would define the emerging West Coast powerviolence movement: CROSSED OUT. Surrounded by a quagmire of overbearing military bases, clueless surf culture, suburban decay…

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Watch/stream FERVENCE’s “Oculum” HERE.

Texas-based progressive metalcore outfit, FERVENCE, are pleased to present a video for “Oculum.” The track appears on their stunning new full-length, Constructs, out now on Metal Blade Records.

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Akron, Ohio sludge metal crew RADIAN continues to slam audiences across the US in support of their third album, Subterfuge, and is preparing to launch their East Coast Fall tour in two weeks.

Following shows…

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Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of Berlin, Germany’s CHAOSBAY, welcoming one of the most forward-thinking bands in the modern metal landscape to the label’s international roster. To mark the beginning of…

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“Gata” is the newest single from Madrid-based power trio ELECTRIC VALLEY. Now playing at Decibel Magazine, the track comes off the band’s Echo full-length set for release on November 6th via Small Stone Recordings.

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New York City classic/hard rock outfit TEN TON MOJO delivers their latest single, “Broken Down Blues,” along with a new video. The track offers a view of the struggling, underappreciated, hard-working American blue-collar worker trying…

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DIGITAL NEGATIVE is the industrial/electronic project from Richard Johnson (Drugs Of Faith, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Enemy Soil) and Daniel Euphrat (Person918x, Timmy Sells His Soul, Bodied). In the past five years, the band has released three five-song…

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Rebecca Vernon (SubRosa), the driving creative force behind THE KEENING, returns with her second album, Devotion, out today on Relapse Records!

Devotion sees Vernon and company releasing one of the year’s most evocative…

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Existential black metal outfit, THE MOSAIC WINDOW, presents their latest single, “Lightning Be Thy Guide.” The track comes off the band’s Answered Prayers full-length, set for release on November 13th via Vesperian/Metal Blade…

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“PLUG AND PLAY” is the newest single from Italy’s MASTER BOOT RECORD. The track comes off the band’s impending new Computer Metal full-length, set for official unveiling on October 30th via Metal Blade Records.

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The Light That Keeps Us, the new full-length from Indianapolis death/doom metal alchemists, MOTHER OF GRAVES, is streaming in its stirring entirety. The premiere comes on the eve of the record’s official unveiling on…