FRESH TRACKS: Discordant Grinding Death from MALEVICH Sept. 6, 2019

"Our Hollow is a twisting ride through bleak, discordant catharsis. Malevich distort the boundaries between the aggressive and esoteric; angular guitars with pulsing blast beats pull the listener into moments of tortured reflection." Listen to "Held By The Throat" below and watch for the album on Oc...

STREAM: Sci Fi Progressive Metal from CHAOS OVER COSMOS Sept. 5, 2019

Chaos Over Cosmos is a truly epic, sci-fi themed progressive metal band based out of Kansas. While I've never been big on the traditional forms of prog metal, I have to say that The Unknown Voyage still manages to capture my attention and imagination with its deep atmosphere and catchy songwriting. ...

STREAM: Black Metal Meets 8Bit ("Blackbit") w/ DARKHAN Sept. 4, 2019

"Darkhanhails from the sweltering hellscape in the dark depths of Norway. Moulded by the crack of the whip, bodies burned in liquid fire, devils prodding their spears through skin and bone, which melts into the utter receipe of multitudes combining black metal, chiptunes, 80's dark synth music, dist...

STREAM: Experimental Dissonant Assault from CRYPTAE Sept. 3, 2019

"The deranged dutch experimentalists return with another enigmatic mess of malformed and deviant experimental raw death metal, unfolding a single staggering eighteen-plus-minute track of complete aural delirium. Within the mammoth headfuck of a song the duo cover an enormous amount of ground, lettin...

STREAM: Weird Hardcore/Screamo from PORTRAYAL OF GUILT Sept. 2, 2019

Somewhat experimental hardcore/screamo band Portrayal of Guilt have followed up last year's Let The Pain Be Your Guide with a new EP via Closed Casket Activities. I enjoyed the previous album, but felt that the overall execution and songwriting left something to be desired. That said, Suffering Is A...

TRACK PREMIERE: GRAYSCALE SEASON Go Car Bomb on "Kobayashi Maru" Aug. 30, 2019

Gothenburg, Sweden metalcore/djent band Grayscale Season are gearing up for the release of their new album Everything Hurts on September 16th. Expect to hear a lot more about these underground giants in the coming weeks, but in the meantime you can hear the first time premiere of mind-blowing, Car B...

STREAM: OSDM from CRYPTIVORE Aug. 30, 2019

"Cryptivorewas first conceived in 2015 by Chris Anning with the idea of writing short, precise, and catchy death metal/grindcore songs with an old-school vibe, drawing influences from the early days of Carcass, Dismember and Benediction. Chris, currently living in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, A...

STREAM: Lush Atmospheric Black Metal from TOADEATER Aug. 30, 2019

"Three dudes from lower Saxony deliver the soundtrack for the darkest days to come and continue with blasting and atmospheric black metal with a strong DIY-Attitude...it's introverted, aggressive but also massive and unique in itself." Couldn't have put it much better myself. Toadeater perfectly bal...

STREAM: Industrial Metal from Connecticut's MONOLITH Aug. 29, 2019

If you enjoyed that new 3Teeth album and/or are just a general glutton for aggressive industrial music in the vein of Mindless Faith and Skinny Puppy, youth should check out Connecticut band Monolith. Their new album Decent News is out tomorrow. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Cas...

STREAM: Groove and Death Metal from Ecuador's SOLUS ERIS Aug. 28, 2019

Solus Eris is a death metal project with more than a little Pantera-eque groove based out of Ecuador. This one is another pin to add to the Metal Trenches map as I don't think we've covered a band from Quito before. In any case, the band's new EP Pursuit of Persistence is streaming below. Give it a ...

STREAM: Chicago Hardcore from GONE AWRY Aug. 28, 2019

Fronted by a good friend of mine back in Chicago, Gone Awry is hardcore that throws back to the days when Hatebreed reigned supreme. Their new album, Two-Dimensional Identity, is a no bullshit good time that delivers exactly what it sets out to. Be sure to follow them on social media and buy the alb...

MUSIC VIDEO: "Dethroned" from VESTIGIAL Aug. 27, 2019

Grand Rapids Michigan death metal powerhouse metal, Vestgial, draw influence from the likes of Sylosis, Dyscarnate, and DevilDriver.Theyve performed numerousshows in Michigan, suppor:ng such household names as We Came As Romans, Whitechapel, Miss May I, and DevilDriver, among others. Keeping the mom...

STREAM: Old School Post Hardcore from ABE Aug. 27, 2019

Abe is a UK old school influenced post-hardcore act following in the footsteps of the likes of Fugazi. Their self-titled EP is streaming below and calls me back to the early 90's when non-metal music was still willing to have some edge. Now perhaps more than ever, we need bands like Abe to rescue us...

STREAM: Progressive Death/Thrash from BROTTHOGG Aug. 26, 2019

"Brotthogg deals in epic, progressive black/death/thrash metal that owes its allegiance to bands like Emperor, Old Man's Child, Symphony X and Dissection.With this first full length album following the 2017 EP The Last Traveler, Brotthogg presents a fine mixture of modern, melodic, fast-paced epic b...

MUSIC VIDEO: "Blood & Soil" from Hardcore Crew KENNEDY Aug. 26, 2019

After a 4 year slumber, hardcore stalwarts Kennedy follow up their 1st full length The Guilty Poorwith the upcoming Fall releaseBlood Soil.The band has been touring Canada coast to coast, from basements to 200+ cap clubs sharing the stage with the likes ofCounterparts, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Obey The B...

STREAM: Progressive Metal from INFINITY SHRED (FFO: Periphery) Aug. 23, 2019

Infinity Shred is an instrumental djent/progressive metal band based out of New York, and first non-Periphery band member related project to come from 3DOT Recordings. Had I more time, I would love to get in depth about how great this band is, but alas, I was buried in other commitments when its rel...

STREAM: Doom/Sludge from UK's SWAMP COFFIN Aug. 23, 2019

Swamp Coffin is a sludge, doom, stoner, trio from Rotherham, England. True to their name, the massive, reverb-laden chords and sluggish pace are straight out of some forgotten bog just waiting to swallow you bones and all. Listen to their new albumFlatcap Bastard Features out today! SUBSCRIBE to ...

STREAM: Crusty Norwegian D-Beat from AGENDA Aug. 23, 2019

"Fist-pumping anthemic crust punk celebrating the downfall of modern civilisation and the coming of the apocalypse.For fans of: From Ashes Rise, Tragedy, Wolfbrigade and Trap Them." Listen to Norwegian band Agenda's new albumApocalyptic Wasteland Blues below. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast ...

STREAM: Israeli Post-Metal/Neofolk from ZERESH Aug. 22, 2019

Zeresh is an atmospheric dark neofolk project based out of Israel and fronted by Tamar Singer. The style is made up of ambient, psychedelic folk and depressive doom influences. I'm hearing everything from My Dying Bride to Myrkur over the course of their debut full length, Farewell.The album is some...

STREAM: Grindy Mathcore Madness from FAWN LIMBS Aug. 21, 2019

Pennsylvania band Fawn Limbs slaps together all of the best abrasive and noisey elements in crafting their sound. The vicious, acerbic vocals and high rpm segments are grindcore through and through, but they also throw in plenty of Dillinger-esque noodly guitars, electronic touches, and panic chords...
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