MANIC ABRAXAS: Bangor, Maine Punk/Metal Trio To Release Steve Austin-Produced Third Album, Foreign Winds, In September; Cover Art, Track Listing, And Lead Single “Black Destrier” Issued

Bangor, Maine-based blackened doom/punk/thrash trio MANIC ABRAXAS has completed work on its third album, Foreign Winds, confirming it for independent release in September and issuing its cover art, track listing, and lead single, “Black Destrier.” MANIC ABRAXAS formed in 2012 Read More …

MINE COLLAPSE: Chicago Hardcore Trio To Release Debut Album, Delusions, Through Nefarious Industries In June; “Empty Void” Streaming + Preorders Posted

photos by Michael Rataj Nefarious Industries presents the debut album from Chicago, Illinois-based trio MINE COLLAPSE, Delusions, confirming the record for June release and issuing its cover art, track listing, preorders, and lead single, “Empty Void.” Formed in the Fall Read More …

ABOVE & BELOW: New Noise Magazine Premieres “Isolate” From Solo Industrial Project Formed By Plaguewielder Guitarist; Debut Album, Suffer Decay Alone, Nears Release Via Disorder Recordings

New Noise Magazine is hosting an exclusive stream of “Isolate,” the lead single from Ohio-based industrial metal entity ABOVE & BELOW, preceding its debut album, Suffer Decay Alone, set for June release through Disorder Recordings. Directly following the release of Read More …

RADIAN: Ohio Doom/Sludge Metal Quartet With Former Members Of Fistula, Rue, And Sofa King Killer To Release Second LP, Discordian, In June; “The Discordian” Streaming + Preorders Posted

photo by Josh Fitzjarald Akron, Ohio-based doom/sludge metal merchants RADIAN – formed by former members of Fistula, Rue, Sofa King Killer, and more – have completed their crushing second album, Discordian. Confirming the album for release in June, the band Read More …

MIDNIGHT: North American Tour Supporting Mayhem And Watain Draws Near

In just a few short weeks, Cleveland, Ohio-based black ‘n’ roll thrash punks MIDNIGHT will join black metal icons Mayhem and Watain on The Sanguine Sodomy Of North America Tour! The journey will commence March 7th in San Francisco, California Read More …

INTERESTING TIMES GANG: Electronic / Instrumental Solo Project Of Kowloon Walled City’s Ian Miller To Release Are We OK EP In March; Title Track Streaming + Preorders Posted

photo by Rachel Z Photography Ian Miller is the bassist for Kowloon Walled City, Less Art, Stangelight, and several other punk and metal bands. But INTERESTING TIMES GANG, the sobriquet for Miller’s solo experimentations, is a radical departure from those Read More …