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Review: The Last Stand, This is Real (Irish Voodoo, 2017)

Heavy, true-to-form NYHC done right.

Song of the Day: Code Orange, “Bleeding in the Blur,” from Forever (Roadrunner, 2017)

The song that single-handedly made me a Code Orange believer.

Thoughts of Ionesco Peer Clear Into “The Alt. Light”: Track Premiere + Interview

Cult "metalcore" comeback looks to the guiding light...

EP Premiere: Annihilust/Cease to Exist Split

U.S. and U.K. malcontents unite in cacophonous chaos.

Track Premiere: This Sect, “Pink in Red”

Oslo "post-punk weirdos" return for an efficiently memorable new EP.

Song of the Day: Vain, “Inside Out,” from Rolling With the Punches (Jackie Rainbow, 2017)

The '80s are in the eye of the beholder...

Track Premiere: Gridfailure, “Condescender”

A six-minute spread of sinister dark ambient swaths, murky melodies, and vengeful vocal textures.

Quick Hits: Apocalyptic Witchcraft Recordings—Crimson Throne, Gods, and Cnoc an Tursa

Taking a closer look at three excellent new metal releases from the U.K. imprint.

Song of the Day: Ravage Ritual, “Spiritual Power,” from Higher Power (Unquiet, 2016)

"Seinäjoki Negative Hardcore" act proves that Finland's still got it.

Song of the Day: Cruelty of the Heavens, “Growing Up,” from Grow Up and See (Encapsulated, 2016)

Still screaming about the best (and most underrated) album of 2016...

Two Steps Forward and One Look Back With Three New Cassettes From the Judas Chair Collective

Finnish label preps a set of "new" releases from Vegas and Timescape Zero.

Song of the Day: ...But the Shadows Have Foes, “VIII,” from Asabiyya (Self-Released, 2017)

Mysterious Illinois outfit worships at the altar of His Hero is Gone.

Song of the Day: Thoughts of Ionesco, “Culture of the Eternal Snake,” from Skar Cymbals (Corpse Flower, 2017)

Detroit metalcore madmen return as strong as—if not stronger than—ever.

Song of the Day: The Wraith, “Barbed Wire Somber,” from Shadow Flag (Poison Cult, 2017)

Mandatory listening for any fan of deathrock-tinged '80s post-punk...

Track Premiere: Black Harvest, “Attrition”

A brand new slab of aggressive progressive metal that's as brutal as it is beautiful...

Review: Broken Cross/Vegas, Split (Apocalyptic Visions, 2017)

A perfect pairing of dark metallic hardcore/punk enigmas...

Pray to Keep Feels Free to Write From the Heart: Single Stream + Interview

Another great new Philly act prepares to make some waves...

Song of the Day: Embryonic Cryptopathia, “Gangrene Bizarre,” from Uterine Excretor of Carcinovomit (Bestial Onslaught, 2006)

A quick, fun throwback of decade-old brutal underground goregrind.

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