LEILA ABDUL-RAUF: Everything Is Noise Premieres “Summon” Video Featuring Guests From Tomb Mold, Weakling, More; Fifth Solo LP Calls From A Seething Edge, Out October 11th On Cyclic Law/Syrup Moose

photos by Mirror Void “…‘Summon’ beckons at its own title, sprouting forth a fully-fledged experience that swipes you off your feet quite easily.” – Everything Is Noise Everything Is Noise presents an exclusive video premiere for “Summon,” the new single Read More …

BYE BYE TSUNAMI: Experimental Meth-Metal, Post-Mental, Future Jazz Trio Prepares To Release Eating EP On Nefarious Industries October 4th; Title Track/Video And Preorders Posted

Nefarious Industries welcomes the return of BYE BYE TSUNAMI – the meth-metal, post-mental, future jazz trio from planet 無 – for the release of their new Eating EP here on planet Earth. BYE BYE TSUNAMI is a group of individuals Read More …

DISTANT DOMINION: No Clean Singing Premieres New Single From Philly Metal Band With Krieg, Polterchrist, Mortal Decay Members; Ripping Through Time Debut Nears Release On Fetzner Death Records

photos by Josh Mahesh Kost “…DISTANT DOMINION have pulled off an impressive feat, creating a pulse-punching experience that will appeal not only to addicts of teeth-bared extreme metal savagery, executed with technical aplomb, but also to fans of classic heavy Read More …

FUCK YOUR BIRTHDAY: Wenzhou, China-Based Alt-Grunge Duo Releases BBQd EP On Nefarious Industries Today; “Repeat Offender” Video And Entire EP Now Playing

photo by XiaTieNiu Wenzhou, China-based alt/grunge rock duo FUCK YOUR BIRTHDAY presents BBQd, a new three-song EP, out everywhere digitally today on Nefarious Industries. Formed in 2012, FUCK YOUR BIRTHDAY first existed as a trio, with vocalist/guitarist Christopher Henry and Read More …

COFFIN ROT: No Clean Singing Premieres “Hands Of Death” From Portland Death Crew; Second Album, Dreams Of The Disturbed, Nears September 20th Release On Maggot Stomp

“…the vocals are monstrously cruel and fanatical, and the tremolo’d whir of the riffage sounds like the maniacal scything of body parts.” – No Clean Singing No Clean Singing is currently the only place to hear “Hands Of Death,” the Read More …

ÇÖKÜŞ: The Obelisk Premieres “Hit The Mattresses” By Doom Quintet Uniting Earthen Grave, Lair Of The Minotaur Alumni; An Hour Of Lies Debut Nears September 13th Release On Qumran Records

photo by Chris Wozniak “…ÇÖKÜŞ bask in rock/metal glory-days in a way that nonetheless manages to be more about looking forward than back, and most of all about serving their songs.” – The Obelisk “Hit The Mattresses” from Chicago, Illinois-based Read More …

HATCHEND: No Clean Singing Streams Entire Summer Of ‘69 Debut By Swedish Thrash/Hardcore Act With Members Of Deranged, Birdflesh, And More; Album Out Friday On Selfmadegod Records

photos by Tobias Ankarbranth “…a non-stop, hugely cathartic, and criminally addictive thrill-ride…” – No Clean Singing No Clean Singing today unveils Summer Of ‘69, the debut from Swedish hardcore/thrash quartet HATCHEND, hosting an exclusive stream of the record ahead of Read More …

HOUKAGO GRIND TIME: MetalSucks Streams Koncertos Of Kawaiiness: Stealing Jon Chang’s Ideas, A Book By Andrew Lee From Solo Project Of Ripped To Shreds Guitarist; Album Drops Friday + UK Tour Nears

photos by Intetsu “…sure to cave your skull in like a Japanese school girl with a sledgehammer.” – MetalSucks MetalSucks today catapults the rabid tunes of HOUKAGO GRIND TIME’s third album, Koncertos Of Kawaiiness: Stealing Jon Chang’s Ideas, A Book Read More …

LEILA ABDUL-RAUF: Calls From A Seething Edge, Fifth Solo LP By Vastum Member, Drops October 11th On Cyclic Law/Syrup Moose; “Crimes Of The Soul” Video Premiered By BrooklynVegan + Preorders Posted

photo by Mirror Void “It’s an eerie, brooding, tension-building song…” – BrooklynVegan Multi-instrumentalist LEILA ABDUL-RAUF, acclaimed for her evocative and boundary-pushing soundscapes, presents her fifth, most ambitious solo album to date, Calls From A Seething Edge. The album will be Read More …

LIVLØS: Danish Melodic Death Metal Act Unleashes “Endless Majesty” Single/Video; Band’s Conceptual Third Album, The Crescent King, Nears October 4th Release

photos by Nikolaj Bransholm The triumphant ascendance of Danish death metal titans LIVLØS continues with the band’s epic third full-length, the concept album The Crescent King, which is set for release on October 4th. The album’s first single “Usurpers” was Read More …