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Photo by Chris Johnston NECROT will return to stages this Winter supporting Cavalera on the Third World Trilogy US tour. NECROT will join the tour on February 20th in San Deigo, California. From there, the journey will wind its way through over two dozen cities, coming to a close on March 30th in Phoenix, Arizona. Additional support will be provided by Dead Heat. Tickets are on sale now. See all…

Metallic hardcore, powerviolence, and harsh noise collide in a two-way split between Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas-based YATSU and Minneapolis, Minnesota-based WANDERER, out now on via The Ghost Is Clear Records and Mummified Gasp Records. Coming hot on the heels of their 2023 debut full-length, It Can’t Happen Here, YATSU returns with two new tracks that see the band continuing to refine their…

Photo by StageDive Photography “Dark Oblivion” is the brand new single from British death metal collective, AS THE WORLD DIES. The track comes by way of the band’s second studio album, Nebula, set for release on March 21st via Reaper Entertainment. Nebula is a gripping journey through the realms of crushing death metal and cosmic mysticism. Band leader and death metal veteran Scott Fairfax…

photos by Chris Johnston Oakland, California’s ominous death metal faction VASTUM will embark on one of their most intense tours to date this Spring, on the Violations On The Cross US Tour 2025. Between the sporadic but legendary live performances and a worshipped discography of modern era true death metal with five albums in twelve years all released through 20 Buck Spin, VASTUM has become a…

Photo by Jeremy Saffer Watch KING DIAMOND’s video for “Spider Lilly” HERE.  Fresh off a massively successful North American headlining tour, KING DIAMOND offers up a brand new single, “Spider Lilly.” “Spider Lilly” is the first single and video taken from KING DIAMOND’s forthcoming new Horror Trilogy, of which part one is titled Saint Lucifer’s Hospital 1920. A first-time…

Photo by Alex Morgan WHITECHAPEL will return to North American stages this Spring on a month-long headlining tour! The Hymns In Dissonance Tour runs from March 18th in Raleigh, North Carolina through April 19th in Atlanta, Georgia. Support will be provided by Brand Of Sacrifice, 200 Stab Wounds, and Alluvial. The journey follows WHITECHAPEL’s recent sold out run with Lorna Shore.  Comments…

Photo by Heidi Kosenius Finnish black metal outfit HAVUKRUUNU will unleash their Tavastland full-length February 28th via Svart Records. After three albums, the pieces of the puzzle fit, and HAVUKRUUNU returns with a vengeance. The sorrowful guitars of Stefa and Bootleg-Henkka draw threatening dark shadows on the wall, Kostajainen’s drum bombardment pulses like embers of a dying fire in the…

photo by Terrell Grannum Long-running New York City doom metal quintet GREY SKIES FALLEN has just released a two-song EP, Fate 25, celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary of their debut album, The Fate Of Angels. To celebrate this milestone, GREY SKIES FALLEN decided to go back and re-record a couple of their favorites from The Fate Of Angels. Having lost the original master tapes, the band…