metal

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

  • 333

    The North Carolina metal band Hour Of 13 have a new record on the way, 333. One particular highlight is the 8-minute epic “The Burning,” a chugging, highly melodic slice of traditional doom metal with some great riffs and vocals that evoke the classic British heavy metal bands of the

  • 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

  • On the band’s sophomore album, Black Breath combines various strains of punk and metal for one of the most abrasive headbanging experiences of 2012. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • bass

    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

    Six Brew Bantha – s/t LP by To Live A Lie Records Some mosh-inducing powerviolence from the new, self-titled Six Brew Bantha album. Stream it via the Bandcamp widget above. The record is set to be released on To Live A Lie, but its physical release date doesn’t seem

  • Horrorscension by Behold… The Arctopus Instrumental death metal monsters Behold… The Arctopus are back with a vengence on this new track, “Disintegore.” The New York trio continues to write some of the most technical and difficult-to-comprehend metal think pieces like it’s absolutely nothing. It’s been about five years

  • album

    Some pretty unsettling visuals on the new Saint Vitus video for the track “Let Them Fall.” The doom metal veterans have released their new LP, Lillie: F-65, on Season of Mist this week, and it’s certainly a torchbearer for the most vintage sounds in doom. Enjoy!

  • Though I’m not really a big fan of this new Manson record, I can’t help but get nostalgic over his past albums, because I used to be such a huge fan of them. Eh, maybe I still am to a degree. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 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