ENSEMBLE TIKORO: The Sleeping Shaman Streams Enigmatic Tortoise Full-Length By Indonesian Vocal Avant Metal Choir; Album Drops This Friday On Jangjang Records

photos by Kevinmattt 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 label spawned Read More …

ANAGNORISIS: Decibel Magazine Streams Caregriever, The Riveting Conceptual Fourth LP From Louisville Black Metal Outfit; Band’s Decade-Long Absence Ends With The Album’s Release This Friday

photos by Matt Simpson Photography “…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 Magazine’s website. The Read More …

TEN TON MOJO: New York City Classic/Hard Rock Outlaws Drop “Broken Down Blues” Video/Single; Additional New Material To Be Released Through 2027

photo by SMAY Design Inc 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 to Read More …

DIGITAL NEGATIVE: Industrial/Electronic Project Formed By Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Drugs Of Faith, Bodied Members To Release Collected Assets With New Songs Via Pig Destroyer Vocalist’s Label

photo by Andy Drog 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 EPs Read More …

EMPATH: Danish Heavy Rock Band Releases “Only The Dead” Video, The Second Single From Forthcoming Eponymous Debut Album, Out November 13th On Indisciplinarian

photos by Martin Goltermann Copenhagen, Denmark-based heavy rock band EMPATH has shared the second single from their impending eponymous debut LP – nearing release on Indisciplinarian – today unveiling the song “Only The Dead,” alongside a visualizer created by vocalist Read More …

ZERO HOUR: Decibel Magazine Streams No Man’s Land From Lauded California Progressive Metal Act; EP Sees Release Friday Through The Band’s CynNormal Lab Recordings

Decibel Magazine is running an exclusive early stream of No Man’s Land, the new EP from California progressive metal icons ZERO HOUR, ahead of its release this Friday on the band’s own CynNormal Lab Recordings. ZERO HOUR’s No Man’s Land Read More …

GREAT FALLS: Decibel Magazine Premieres The Bite That Grows Up LP From Sludge/Hardcore Trio With Kiss It Goodbye, Undertow, Playing Enemy Members; Album Out Friday On Neurot Recordings

photos by James Rexroad “…there’s so much going on from the Converge-esque chaos, to the crushing reminders of death metal, grindcore, and math-rock mixed in with all the noise.” – Decibel Magazine Decibel Magazine is hosting an exclusive stream of Read More …

SEK: The Sleeping Shaman Premieres “Amore Mio” Video; Wallensteins Garage Debut From Berlin Trio Formed By Elder, Gavial, Gaffa Ghandi Members Drops October 30th Via Exile On Mainstream Records

photos by Toni Petraschk “Amore Mio,” the latest single and video from German progressive/krautrock outfit SEK, is now premiering via The Sleeping Shaman. The track can be found on the band’s Wallensteins Garage debut, nearing release through Exile On Mainstream Read More …

SALVATION: New Noise Magazine Premieres The Haunted, The Fifth LP From Chicago Noise Rock Trio; Album To Be Released This Friday On Reptilian Records

photos by Ryan Bardsley The Haunted, the hammering fifth LP by Chicago-based noise rock trio SALVATION, is now playing exclusively at New Noise Magazine, ahead of its release this Friday on Reptilian Records. The Haunted delivers an expectedly slamming dose Read More …

THOMAS MILLER’S LAZARUS EFFECT: “Fear No Evil” Video From Former/Founding Bassist Of Symphony X Now Playing; New Project’s Eponymous Debut Album Nears October 30th Release On Sensory Records

photos by Danny Sanchez THOMAS MILLER’S LAZARUS EFFECT, the new venture of former/founding Symphony X bassist Thomas Miller, delivers a new song and spellbinding corresponding video for “Fear No Evil.” The song can be found on the project’s eponymous debut, Read More …