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  • 2012

    Ultra-technical, ultra-progressive madmen Dysrhythmia have a new album on the way from Profound Lore. The title: Test of Submission. The title track is streaming above, the album is looking at an August 28th release date. The band features underground metal icons Kevin Hufnagel (Byla, Gorguts, While Heaven Wept) and Colin

  • 2012

    I dunno if it’s the eerie organ, heavy riffs, or the devilish lyrics, but this new Greenleaf track just has me thinking of all this cult imagery: Robes, candles. Everything! Eh, it’s probably a combination of all three. Greenleaf hails from Sweden, and Nest of Vipers is the

  • 2012

    Baroness rides a pretty familiar chord progression on this new track titled “March to the Sea,” but they really trick it out with their trademark vocals, some great strings, and a pretty epic chorus. Look for the band’s new album, Yellow & Green, on July 17th via Relapse Records.

  • On Kreator’s 13th studio album, the band starts employing more melody, harmony, and righteous chord progressions with mixed results. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    Split EP by Full Of Hell / Code Orange Kids An ear-splitting, uh, split EP from Full of Hell and Code Orange kids via Topshelf Records. Considering Full of Hell’s Roots Of Earth Are Consuming My Home was one of the most abrasive things to drop last year, their side

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    Set for release in the middle of July, here’s a sludgy, heavy black metal tune from the forthcoming Howling Wind album, “the Mountain View.” This LP’s title is Of Babalon, and it’ll be this Portland groups third full-length album. Look for it on Profound Lore.

  • 2012

    SURF/SLUDGE 7" by Black Gum Hailing from Austin, Texas, Black Gum is a band that makes surf-influenced pop/rock that’s a little rough around the edges. They recently put out their Surf/Sludge 7″, which seems to be the followup to a self-titled cassette the group released

  • 2012

    It’s hard to imagine the American doom metal landscape without Saint Vitus.  The band released their self-titled debut album way back in 1978 and went on to release a series of consistently great releases up until their eventual breakup in 1996.  Now, fifteen years after the release of their