metal

Scarcity

Scarcity announces new album The Promise of Rain

Hear “In the Basin of Alkaline Grief”

Pallbearer

Pallbearer announce new album, Mind Burns Alive

Hear “Where the Light Fades”

Necrot

Hear a new song from Necrot, “Drill the Skull”

‘Lifeless Birth’ is out in April

HEALTH live - Richmond

HEALTH live in Richmond: The goth metamorphosis is complete

We caught the veteran noise rock/industrial group live in their gloomy element

Darkthrone new album It beckons us all

Darkthrone announce new album, It Beckons Us All

Watch a trailer for the black metal legends’ new album

Judas Priest Invincible Shield review

Judas Priest : Invincible Shield

Fifty years into their career, the heavy metal gods keep up a late-period winning streak

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum of the last human being review

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum : of the Last Human Being

The eccentric cult prog band return with their signature dissonance after 17 years

Gouge Away interview

Gouge Away choose a new path

We spoke to the band about new album ‘Deep Sage’, spending time apart and doing justice to what they started

Full of Hell

Full of Hell announce new album, Coagulated Bliss

Hear “Doors to Mental Agony”

darkest hour perpetual terminal review

Darkest Hour : Perpetual | Terminal

Rife with nuance and sophistication, the D.C. death metal band’s latest showcases their unique knack for melodic heavy music

Pelican

Pelican releases new EP, Adrift/Tending the Embers

Hear the group’s first new release in five years

Eye Flys review

Eye Flys : Eye Flys

A punchy and thrilling sub-half-hour of noise rock

Drain tour

Drain announce spring tour

The “Good Good” tour features Terror, End It, Scowl, Angel Du$t and more

The Body Dis Fig Orchards of a Futile Heaven

The Body & Dis Fig : Orchards of a Futile Heaven

A collaborative triumph of extreme aesthetics.

Inter Arma

Inter Arma announce new album, New Heaven

Hear the title track

Knocked Loose

Knocked Loose announce new album You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To

Hear new song “Blinding Faith”

Slayer final tour announced

Slayer reunites for two festival performances

Riot Fest and Louder Than Life performances announced

Couch Slut

Couch Slut announce new album, You Could Do It Tonight

Hear new song “Ode to Jimbo”

Year of the Knife

6 Bands Collapsing the Boundary Between Hardcore and Death Metal

A roundup of contemporary bands delivering a versatile and heavy fusion

Glassing

Glassing announce new album, From the Other Side of the Mirror

Hear new song “Defacer”