Stream full atmospheric, folky new album from SOJOURNER May 30, 2016

New Zealand/Scotland band, Sojourner have just released their latest albumthrough Avantgarde Music, Empires of Ash. From the band: Our goal was to create an odyssey with our music. We hope you, the listener, feels it as well. The album itself takes you on a journey. In a sense the album can be ba...

Haiku Review: Vainaja May 27, 2016

Eerie Finnish Myth Transcribed to Doomy extremes Rise, o' blood caster ...

DESIRE FOR SORROW share their side of New Split, THE ROTTEN BROOD May 26, 2016

Desire of Sorrow is a metal band from, Ceske Budejovice...wherever that is (Czechnia). They have recently released a split and will bee hitting the road for a Mexican tour. Check out their side and further information at the links below. https://soundcloud.com/user-702427065/sets/th...

New Song from Israeli Prog/Core Project ARP Rocks! May 26, 2016

This song was the perfectstartto myday. The heavy parts get me pumped up, and dat chorustakes me straight to the summit. Can't wait to hear what elseARP has in store. Full EP coming "later." ...

MERCURIAL shares a Technical, Spacey Song May 25, 2016

Missouri band Mercurial has shared a new track "Capacitance" from the album Of Mercury due for release on June 1st. It has kind of an old-school Between the Buried and Me vibe, though the style leans further on the extreme and drops any 'core elements. Check it out. ...

Gnome Metal Split May 24, 2016

If you like weird, this is weird. We've had slug metal, troll metal, and now gnome metal. With The Decline and Fall of the Gnomen Empire, you get three bands invested in the avantgarde tale of these little, red-capped bastards. Forget about David the Gnome...this is the real deal. ...

Interview with Patrick Anthony of HOLLOW BONES May 23, 2016

It's that time again: interviews! This time I had the pleasure of corresponding with Patrick Anthony, frontman of metalcore/post-hardcore group Hollow Bones. To hear what he had to say about defending the genre, women in metal, the upcoming album, and much more, hop on over to my home away from ho...

Drift Through The Clouds with the Post Black of TRAUTIONIST May 23, 2016

German musiciansTrautionist are yet another group to add to the ever-growing pool of "post-black" and "blackgaze" bands like Deafheaven and Ghost Bath. I have only just begun to listen to their latest self-titled album, but already I'm filled with a certain awe of the world and hope for the day befo...

Flight's Metalcore-ner May 20, 2016

Hop on over to Transcending Obscurity to check out my latest installment of "Flight's Metalcore-ner." The highlights this month are Pelgrim, Hollow Bones, and Halcyon Days....

TIDELESS Is Something You Have Not Heard Before May 20, 2016

I get a lot of emails. Usually bands like to share a little info along with a link or zip file of the music. Tideless won me over instead with mystery and brevity. Upon opening this one, all I found was a link. You got me, guys. Curiousity piqued, I headed over to the San Diego band's Bandcamp. I'm ...

NOKTURNAL MORTUM Release Remastered Album May 20, 2016

Nokturnal Mortum make my page yet again. When I saw a notice with their name on it, I had hoped that the new album had finally arrived. Unfortunately this is not the case, but one of my favorite albums of theirs, To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire, has now been remastered and rereleased. I wouldn't ca...

Emoviolence Mix Tape ($1) May 19, 2016

Emoviolence Generation is a DIY blog out of the UK supporting the spread of, you guessed it, emoviolence. The genre is known for its passionate performances, aggressive delivery, and punk leanings. A mix of various artists within the genre is now streaming and available for purchase for just $1. I h...

YÜTH FOREVER share the woes of "Growing Pains" May 17, 2016

Illinois-based downtempo/groove metallers, YTH FOREVER, have revealed yet another track from their upcoming sophomore effort via PROSTHETIC RECORDS, "Skeleton Youth Forever". Stream the new single, "Growing Pains", below or directly via YouTube athttps://youtu.be/MCP2kz29Hbk. Scheduled for worldw...

New Interview with IN TWILIGHT'S EMBRACE May 17, 2016

I was recently able to ask some questions of the new princes of melodic death metal, In Twilight's Embrace. You can check out the full interview with frontman Cyprianwhere wetalk influences, the new EP, and Poland. Head over to Transcending Obscurity to read it....

Enjoy some tortured psyche with PLUUM's "Sanglots" May 16, 2016

MTL,QcsPluumis amelodic hardcore/emo quartet focused on creating emotionally tormented music. The band has put out a new single single titled "Sanglots" off their upcoming Ep Superstar Feelings. Check it out below and let the depression in. Watch for the full album on June 10th. ...

DEADSPACE returns with a new album of unreleased material (it's good too) May 16, 2016

After putting out one of my personal favorite post-black albums of 2014, Deadspace has returned with material that was originally planned for a personal concept album. You can now stream this excellent, passionate (and of course depressive) black metal material below in the form of In Ecstatic Sorro...

Support Melodeath Band CHARIOT OF THE GODS in their Kickstarter (plus new song) May 13, 2016

Skip ahead for the song. COTG comments: "After all this time of not releasing new music, we are really excited and proud to finally present you some new material from the new lineup. With the coming of this new record, we thought that a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter could not only help us ...

Holy Crap WOLF KING Guys, Srsly May 13, 2016

This band is the sh#t. There's more and more blackened hardcore bands these days, but it's a genre that has to be done just right. Wolf King got the memo on that one. Wear a cup. ...

GRUESOME channel Horror Movies in new video "Dimensions Of Horror" May 12, 2016

Gruesome's new EP, Dimensions ofHorror dropsMay 20th. Check out the new horror-inspired video for the title track below. ...

GET YOUR MUSIC ON FALLOUT 4! May 12, 2016

CALIFORNIA - Rogue Records America is now accepting hard rock/heavy metal music submissions for a Fallout 4 radio station MOD called 'Rogue Radio.' The in-game radio station will launch in Fallout 4 next month on Steam, Xbox One and PS4. Bands of any size can submit their music (16-bit lossles...

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