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New HERETIC Documentary Chronicles Career of Metal Legends

The story of a legendary metal band is finally being told thanks to a new documentary from an up-and-coming filmmaker. Don’t Turn Your Back: The Story Of HERETIC tells the story of the Los Angeles-based band’s humble beginnings, from forming Reverend in 1989 to ultimately disbanding and reforming once again in 2011. This is a story of perseverance through the world of heavy metal. The documentary marks the first-ever film by Tanner Poppitt, guitarist/vocalist for MADROST and host of the Poppitt’s Corner podcast. Poppitt comments on the film, Don’t Turn Your Back: The Story Of HERETIC is my debut film […]

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Detroit Melodic/Power Thrashers, AMONG THESE ASHES, Premiere Video for ‘Faceless War Machines’

Detroit (MI) – Melodic/Power Thrashers, Among These Ashes, in collaboration with Decibel Magazine, have premiered a lyric video for new single, ‘Faceless War Machines’. The song is taken from the band’s forthcoming new album (title and artwork will be announced at a later date). Watch the video for ‘Faceless War Machines’ AMONG THESE ASHES have completed their sophomore album, which will be announced and released later this year. The lead single, ‘Faceless War Machines’, chronicles the life of conscripted soldiers forced to a doomed fate by their tyrannical overlords. The lyrics are accompanied by the band’s colossal, machine-gun rhythms and […]

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CASTLE: Bay Area Occult Doom Trio Cast A ‘Black Spell’ With New Song; Sixth Album Evil Remains Pre-Orders Now Available

Bay Area occult doom trio CASTLE is proud to present the second single, ‘Black Spell’ taken from their upcoming album Evil Remains, due out September 6 via Hammerheart Records. Fall under the ‘Black Spell’ “We’re really excited to share another song from the new album. ‘Black Spell’ is a straight-up, classic metal-inspired barn burner, a throwback to the music I started off playing in the ’80s,” says guitarist/vocalist Mat Davis. “The lyrics deal with the immortal tale of history repeating itself…this time against the backdrop of Egyptology; 5,000 years of doom as told through the eyes of the Great Sphinx. […]

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arottenbit: Italian experimental digital/metal act announce new album, You Don’t Know What Chiptune Is

Italian experimental digital/metal act arottenbit is now pleased to reveal that their new album, You Don’t Know What Chiptune Is, is set for release on October 4th 2024 via Time To Kill Records. In celebration, the project is now sharing the new single ‘SPECIMEN_SETTE__(PROBE#1012010)’ arottenbit commented: “Nuns, blastbeat, wrestling, dissonant melodies, satanism, exploding heads, speedcore, blasphemy, hardcore, sludge. Game Boy. In a word: Post-Chiptune. This is my new single. A changing mix of all the influences that a city has to offer in its most violent days. The incredible Sister Margherita plays herself arm in arm with the Italian wrestling […]

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DRAGSHOLM sign to Horror Pain Gore Death Productions – Sorrow Hexen set for release September 6th, pre-orders + single live now

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions are set to release the new EP from New Jersey’s Blackened Death Metal desecrators DRAGSHOLM. Sorrow Hexen is up now for pre-order and will be released September 6th on CD and Digital formats along with merch. Horror Pain Gore Death Productions has added DRAGSHOLM to the roster with their 3rd EP, Sorrow Hexen. Hailing from the crypts of Northern New Jersey, DRAGSHOLM was founded in 2017, and in 2022, a full lineup was formed. Sorrow Hexen weaves a tapestry of melodic riffs, thunderous drums, and punishing vocals. The EP’s atmosphere is a blend of the […]

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LIZZARD: Prog-Rock Power Trio Releases Introspective New Single, ‘Elevate’; Mesh Full-Length To See Release September 27th On Pelagic Records

France-based, prog-rock power trio LIZZARD has released ‘Elevate’ the latest single from their forthcoming fifth studio album, Mesh, set for release on September 27th via Berlin’s Pelagic Records. Capturing the energetic, lightning-in-a-bottle optimism of the late ‘90s post-punk/art-rock scene and reigniting it with simmering potential, Mesh sees LIZZARD out to reclaim the creative, collaborative energy that has fueled them for over a decade. Having first met in 2006, drummer Katy Elwell, guitarist/vocalist Mat Ricou, and bassist Will Knox quickly realized they shared not only similar creative influences but also a distinct musical vision. The trio set out to craft an […]

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LORD OF PLAGUE: Ukrainian Death Metal Duo Releases Passage To None EP On Carbonized Records

Ukrainian death metal duo LORD OF PLAGUE has released their debut EP, Passage To None, on Carbonized Records. LORD OF PLAGUE was initially forged in 2016 by guitarist/vocalist Vlad A and drummer Andrii Zagovora, two longtime comrades in metal united under their passion for OSDM. Named in honor of Morbid Angel’s classic ‘Lord Of All Fevers & Plague’ and influenced by the likes of Monstrosity, early Deicide, Cenotaph, and The Chasm, the two composed several tracks of sonic savagery before putting things on hold for a time. Fueled by an enduring appetite for heaviness and a penchant for the macabre, […]

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MAMMOTH CARAVAN Streams Video for ‘Tusks Of Orion’ – Cover Art & Tracklisting for Frostbitten Galaxy Revealed

Little Rock doom trio MAMMOTH CARAVAN has launched the official music video for ‘Tusks Of Orion’, the first single off the band’s new album, Frostbitten Galaxy. MAMMOTH CARAVAN bassist/vocalist comments on the song, “’Tusks Of Orion’ is meant, in the grand scheme of the album’s story, to serve as a war anthem from a bloodthirsty mammoth king hell-bent on conquering all life in the galaxy. Musically the song was inspired by bands like Dillinger Escape Plan, Zao, and Mastodon and we think that it perfectly encapsulates what we are going for with the new album in terms of intensity, and […]

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HIGH REEPER: new single + album announced on HPS Records

US heavy metal quintet HIGH REEPER return strong with their third studio album, Renewed By Death, to be released on October 4th through Heavy Psych Sounds. Stream their fierce new single ‘Torn From Within’ exclusively on Distorted Sound Magazine. Three years after appearing on the Doom Sessions Vol. 5 split, HIGH REEPER are back with their most ambitious album yet. Renewed By Death is a true heavy metal assault: eight tracks that take you on a journey to the darkest depths and leave you there to rot, featuring monolithic riffs that pummel you from the opening of the album to […]

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Black Metal Duo Hammerfilosofi Announce Solus… EP

International black metal duo HAMMERFILOSOFI will unleash a new EP this fall on Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum (ATMF). After their much-acclaimed debut album, The Desolate One, HAMMERFILOSOFI returns with a fiery assault on the senses, in the shape of an EP entitled Solus (Igne Natura Renovator Integra); four psalms of relentless, multi-layered, and hellish madness. “The EP is an inward journey of spiritual violence and cathartic soul-searching”, comments NKTFR, and adds: “Both musically and lyrically, it picks up from where The Desolate One left off and continues in a bold leap into the dark unknown”. Behind the music is as […]

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