IRON FRONT: Metal Injection Streams Hooked LP From Oakland-Based Brutal Death Metal Crew; Album Sees Release This Friday On Creator-Destructor Records

photo by Bobby Kirwin “IRON FRONT is here to throw you straight into the meat grinder…” – Metal Injection Metal Injection is hosting an exclusive stream of Hooked, the second album from Oakland, California-based brutal death metal outfit IRON FRONT, Read More …

Housecore Records Recording Artists NEST, CHILD BITE, And SNAFU To Open Select Pantera Shows Next Month!

Heavy metal icons Pantera will return to the stage this February on the second leg of their North American headlining tour with special guest, Lamb Of God. Much like last Summer’s run, each show will feature an opening performance by Read More …

OBSIDIAN TONGUE: Maine Black Metal Duo Formed By Members Of Shabti And Falls Of Rauros Presents The Stone Heart EP; Decibel Magazine Debuts Video For Track Featuring Obsequiae’s Tanner Anderson

photos by Stephanie Sintra “…a moody, slow burn that builds from clean, strummed minor chords to a full-on melodic and majestic black metal attack…” – Decibel Magazine Portland, Maine-based atmospheric black metal outfit OBSIDIAN TONGUE presents their most epic work Read More …

IRON FRONT: Decibel Magazine Premieres “Slam Of ’87” From Oakland-Based Brutal Death Metal Crew; Second LP, Hooked, To See January Release On Creator-Destructor Records

photo by Bobby Kirwin “…a gut-eviscerating slam-fest of epic proportions.” – Decibel Magazine “Slam Of ’87” is the newest auditory savagery from Oakland, California-based brutal death metal outfit IRON FRONT. The track makes its public debut today through a premiere Read More …

VIO-LENCE: Bay Area Thrash Icons Announce April Headlining Dates; Band To Play Classic Debut Album, Eternal Nightmare, In Its Entirety!

Bay Area thrash icons VIO-LENCE will return to the stage this April for a special eight-date headlining tour featuring the band performing their classic 1988-released debut full-length Eternal Nightmare in its entirety! The tour runs from April 5th in Cambridge, Read More …

THE 69 EYES: Death Of Darkness USA Tour 2024 Confirmed; Band Nominated For Finnish Emma Gaala Award In “Best Rock” Category

Helsinki’s favorite vampires, THE 69 EYES, will return to US stages this Spring on the Death Of Darkness USA Tour 2024. The sixteen-date journey runs from March 26th through April 13th. Support will be provided by The Bites and Budderside. Read More …

HULDER: US Black Metal Act To Release Second LP, Verses In Oath, On 20 Buck Spin February 9th; “Vessel Of Suffering” Single And Preorders Posted + Band To Headline The Decibel Magazine Tour 2024

photos by Liana Rakijian The hauntingly grandiose new HULDER album Verses In Oath, created during the dreariest cold months of the Northwest Winter, constitutes the most majestic, untamed manifestation thus far in the band’s journey of conquest, as new territory Read More …

GHOUL: Creepsylvanian Splatterthrashers To Release Noxious Concoctions EP February 2nd, 2024 Via Tankcrimes; New Track Streaming + Preorders Available

The world-famous cannibal splatterthrashers and all around jovial masked mutants in GHOUL have risen from the bowels of Creepsylvania to let loose their Noxious Concoctions EP. Set for release on February 2nd, 2024 via Tankcrimes, the five-track offering serves as Read More …

WHUT?: Decibel Magazine Premieres “C.A.P.S.” Video From Chicago Crossover Practitioners; Band To Play Special Hometown Show This Saturday

Chicago-based crossover practitioners, WHUT?, are pleased to unveil their timely new video for “C.A.P.S.” The track comes by way of the band’s No Hope – No Soul full-length, released last year via Demon Head Records. Issues the band, “’C.A.P.S.’ is Read More …

20 Buck Spin Presents The Decibel Magazine Tour 2024 Headlined By Label Artist HULDER, Joined By Devil Master, Necrofier, And Labelmates WORM; Tickets On Sale Friday

photos by Liana Rakijian 20 Buck Spin presents The Decibel Magazine Tour 2024, the extreme metal label’s first-ever sponsored national tour. The month-long trek features label acts WORM and HULDER, the latter of which is headlining the trek. Running from February Read More …