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GOBLIN HOVEL’s Gobischkevrot Now Streaming

The clan of the moon fist has arrived! The new album from the genre-defying collective known as GOBLIN HOVEL is now available on CD and digital formats. Stream and purchase Gobischkevrot The album is a synthesis of avant-garde metal and comedic audio drama. Gobischkevrot recounts the story of a beleaguered clan of goblins seeking mystical power in a desperate struggle for survival in a human-dominated world. A concept album in the truest sense, Gobischkevrot blends intense folk-inspired metal with spoken-word narration from the Goblin RaidBoss known as Skraptif. With over 20 releases under their belt, GOBLIN HOVEL fully embraces their […]

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MANTAR To Release Post Apocalyptic Depression Full-Length February 14th, 2025 Via Metal Blade Records; New Video/Single Now Playing

MANTAR will release a brand new full-length, Post Apocalyptic Depression, on February 14th, 2025 via Metal Blade Records. 2022’s Pain Is Forever And This Is The End saw the German duo bring a sonic richness to their madly heavy blackened death-punk grooves, assisting the record to its position at #2 on Germany’s Official Top 10 album chart. The record added smoother, calmer, more harmonic textures to MANTAR’s expanding palette, but on 2024’s Post Apocalyptic Depression, the band smashes the palette and punches a hole in the canvas. “We wanted to do everything different from the last album,” affirms guitarist/vocalist Hanno […]

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GODZILLIONAIRE: new album and track announced on Ripple Music

Kansas-based dark and soulful heavy rockers GODZILLIONAIRE have signed to Ripple Music for the release of their sophomore full-length, Diminishing Returns, this January 17th, and present its groovy first single ‘3rd Street Shuffle’. Check out new single ‘3rd Street Shuffle’ via Outlaws of the Sun Fronted by legendary singer, poet, and artist Mark Hennessy from grunge band Paw, GODZILLIONAIRE is known for creating focused music equal in ferocity and lovelorn sensitivity and bringing raging, emotionally intense live performances. Hennessy is joined by Ben White (guitar), Michael Dye (bass), and Cody Romaine (drums) in creating music with focus and intention, rooted […]

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KVELDSTIMER Release Physical Edition of Scripture Of The Woods

The debut album from old-school black metal duo KVELDSTIMER is now available on CD via Alte Seelen. Scripture Of The Woods delivers a sound that harkens back to the early ’90s Norwegian scene. Originally released as a limited-edition cassette earlier this year, Alte Seelen is now offering these seven black metal rituals on CD. Order and stream the album now at Alte Seelen’s Bandcamp alteseelen.bandcamp.com Scripture Of The Woods Track List: 1) Emerging Glare 2) Folk Of The Blossoming Sky 3) Sommar 4) The Field’s Arrival 5) Washed Away Among The Stones 6) Fiendish Lore 7) Moon’s Melody Of Death […]

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WITCHPIT: new video ‘Through Eyes Of Apathy’ available, Forever Spoken out on Heavy Psych Sounds

South Carolina-based sludge metal warriors WITCHPIT unleash their bone-crushing new single and video ‘Through Eyes Of Apathy’, via No Clean Singing. Their new album, Forever Spoken, is out now on Heavy Psych Sounds. “Denny Stone has a hell of an intensely impassioned voice, which ranges between jagged bay-at-the-moon wails and the screams of someone being strangled with barbed wire but still trying to get at his executioner’s throat.” – No Clean Singing Watch the video for ‘Through Eyes Of Apathy’ About the song, the band says: “‘Through Eyes of Apathy’ explores the theme of making a bold decision to abandon […]

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THE SABIANS: Shiver album reissue coming on Ripple Music

Bay Area heavy rock project THE SABIANS (with former Sleep members Justin Marler and Matt Hakius) will reissue their 1993 album, Shiver, this December 9th, as part of Ripple Music’s “Beneath The Desert Floor” vinyl series. Shiver is the sixth chapter of Ripple Music’s “Beneath The Desert Floor” series, which unearths long-lost treasures from the golden days of stoner and desert rock. Hailing from the San Francisco Bay area, THE SABIANS feature two former members of doom metal legends Sleep, whose three seminal early ’90s albums were among the most influential of the genre. After taking part in the sessions […]

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Cruz Del Sur Music Releasing THE WATCHER’s Out Of The Dark November 29

Boston (MA) – Cruz Del Sur Music is proud to announce Out Of The Dark, the triumphant first full-length album from emerging U.S. doom-tinged heavy metal outfit, THE WATCHER. Nearly four years removed from their cult Your Turn To Die EP, Out Of The Dark will be released November 29 on CD, vinyl, and digital formats. Fans of Iron Maiden, Pentagram, Trouble, and Satan should take note! Listen to ‘Burning World’ The song is also available on Bandcamp The 2021 release of THE WATCHER’s debut Your Turn To Die EP was the culmination of delays, false starts and good, old-fashioned […]

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NEPENTHE: Heavy Blog Is Heavy Premieres Of The Wand & The Moon Cover From Atmospheric Blackened Doom Outfit; The Fading Promise Of Tomorrow + Elegies Of Loss And Doom To See Release November 15th On Hypaethral Records

Heavy Blog Is Heavy is currently streaming NEPENTHE’s rendition of ‘Time Time Time’ from Danish neofolk project Of The Wand & The Moon. The cover appears on NEPENTHE’s forthcoming compilation release which features their new EP, The Fading Promise Of Tomorrow, and their 2020 debut, Elegies Of Loss And Doom. Forged in 2018, the NEPENTHE collective emerged from a shared desire to compose music that leaves a lasting impression on the world. Although rooted in doom and atmospheric black metal, NEPENTHE expands these genres’ boundaries by incorporating elements of post-metal, goth rock, and neo folk. The result is an emotional […]

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NOROTH/GRAVE INFESTATION: Two-Song Split Out Now On Carbonized Records; New Video Now Playing

Carbonized Records is pleased to announce a brand new split between Seattle, Washington’s NOROTH and Vancouver, British Columbia’s GRAVE INFESTATION. Featuring two new tracks of rabid death metal, the split release coincides with the bands’ Sacrificial Carnage Japanese Tour set to commence on October 27th in Nagoya and run through November 1st at Asakusa Deathfest in Tokyo. NOROTH’s ‘Trepanation Ritual’ was recorded by Nick Emard. GRAVE INFESTATION’s ‘Necroslaughterhouse’ was recorded by Greg Wilkinson. Both tracks were mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at his famed Earhammer Studio. Cover art was created by Paolo Girardi with additional artwork by Kyle Bowen. […]

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WILL HAVEN: Sacramento Dark Hardcore Act To Release Retrospective LP, No Stars To Guide Me: 30 Years Of WHVN, On Minus Head Records December 6th; New Single ‘KIRE’ + Preorders Posted

Sacramento, California-based dark hardcore outfit WILL HAVEN celebrates thirty years as a band with the release of the vinyl-exclusive retrospective LP, No Stars To Guide Me: 30 Years Of WHVN, set for release December 6th on Minus Head Records. No Stars To Guide Me: 30 Years Of WHVN is a collection that spans WILL HAVEN’s ongoing lifecycle, collecting tracks from each of their records. Additionally, the record closes with the brand new single, ‘KIRE’, which has been unveiled with the news of the LP. Guitarist Jeff Irwin states, “As we approach thirty years of WILL HAVEN, we had a lot […]

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