SHRINEBURNER: No Clean Singing Hosts Exclusive Stream Of Hymns Of Despair, The Vicious Debut LP From Chicago Sludge Metal Trio; Album To Be Released This Friday

photo by Graham Marcy “…the word ‘crushing’ comes to mind, but sometimes that word seems too timid for the intensity of SHRINEBURNER’s Hymns Of Despair…” – No Clean Singing Hymns Of Despair, the debut album from Chicago-based sludge metal outfit Read More …

CARTILAGE: Decibel Magazine Streams Operating Altar, The Gorestrewn Third LP By Bay Area Deathgrind Crew; Album Out Friday On Everlasting Spew Records + Tour With Goetia To Begin

photos by Kei Mowry “…a concept album chronicling medical nightmares, malpractice and a surgeon whose Hippocratic oath appears to have been misplaced somewhere near the bone saw.” – Decibel Magazine Operating Altar, the carrion-corroded third album from San Francisco deathgrind Read More …

DAVID CARESS: New Noise Magazine Premieres “Shatter” From New Post-Punk Project Headed By Manic Abraxas Member/Seger Guitars Owner; Debut Album, Azure, Nears October 9th Release

photos by Michael Hallahan New Noise Magazine is hosting the exclusive premiere of “Shatter,” the latest single from DAVID CARESS – the enigmatic new venture from Dallas Seger, founder of Maine-based alternative metal trio Manic Abraxas and owner/luthier of Seger Read More …

SHANNON JAE RIDOUT And DUSTIN BOTHWELL: Two New Titles In Anti-Corp Music’s The Magnolia Sessions Are Out Today And Streaming Everywhere

DUSTIN BOTHWELL by Ericka Poore SHANNON JAE RIDOUT by Ericka Poore SHANNON JAE RIDOUT and DUSTIN BOTHWELL are the latest two additions to Anti-Corp Music’s adored The Magnolia Sessions, both out today and streaming everywhere. The Magnolia Sessions showcases bluegrass, Read More …

DESOLAT: Austrian Political Noise Rock Act Drops “Pig Race To The Apocalypse;” Third LP, People As Idiots & Idiots As Leaders, Nears October 9th US Release On Reptilian Records And Exotic Fever Records

photos by Katharina Fruehwirth Vienna, Austria-based political hardcore punk/noise rock trio DESOLAT today unloads the tumultuous new “Pig Race To The Apocalypse,” the first single previewing their third LP, People As Idiots & Idiots As Leaders. The album will be Read More …

GREAT FALLS: Seattle Sludge/Hardcore Trio To Release The Bite That Grows Up LP On Neurot Recordings October 16th; “Nicotine In The Spine” And Preorders Posted + Tour With Kowloon Walled City Draws Near

photos by James Rexroad Seattle, Washington-based GREAT FALLS, uniting a cast of underground lifers hailing from the likes of Kiss It Goodbye, Undertow, Playing Enemy, Bastard Feast, Gaytheist, and more, present their most unhinged and harrowing release to date with Read More …

EXP: New Noise Magazine Premieres Debut LP By Brooklyn Alt/Noise Rock Band Uniting Cop Shoot Cop, Swans, Amber Asylum Members/Alumni; Album Drops This Friday On Reptilian Records

photos by AE Csaky New Noise Magazine is hosting an exclusive stream of EXP, the eponymous debut LP from new Brooklyn-based avant rock collective EXP, ahead of the album’s release this Friday on Reptilian Records. From the twisted family tree Read More …

LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT: Cosmic Putrefaction And Vertebra Atlantis Mastermind Arrives With New Project; In The Wide Vale Of Uncreated Night LP Due October 16th On 20 Buck Spin; Single And Preorders Posted

photo by Nicolò Brambilla Following the ferocious declaration of intent laid down by 2025’s Demo MMXXV, Milan-based musician Gabriele Gramaglia offers the first full-length manifestation of LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT, In The Wide Vale Of Uncreated Night. Known for his work with Read More …

CARTILAGE Drops “S.C.D. (Sudden Cardiac Death)” Video From San Fran Gore Crew; Third LP, Operating Altar, Nears September 11th Release On Everlasting Spew Records + Tour With Goetia Nears

photos by Kei Mowry San Francisco’s CARTILAGE presents a grimy visual accompaniment to “S.C.D. (Sudden Cardiac Death),” found on their impending third full-length slab of sinewy gore metal, Operating Altar, nearing release on Everlasting Spew Records. Despite being the first Read More …

ZERO HOUR: Revered Progressive Metal Outfit Returns With New EP, No Man’s Land, To Be Released Through The Band’s Own CynNormal Lab Recordings On October 16th; Song And Preorders Posted

Long-running California progressive metal icons ZERO HOUR present their new EP, No Man’s Land. ZERO HOUR’s new studio EP No Man’s Land sees the revered band’s incredibly technical and dynamic prowess put on full display, as expected from this top-tier Read More …