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Black 'n' Roll Purveyors, Thonian Horde Meditate on These Troubled Times with "The Narcissist" (premiere)

A doomy concoction with black and thrash metal undercurrents, Thonian Horde throws extreme metal some groove on this blast from the upcoming LP, Downfall.

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MetalMatters: March 2019 – Beware the Ides of Metal

From Drastus' monumental second LP to Mystifier's righteous comeback, to Venom Prison's evolution towards death metal infamy, and enthralling debut full-lengths from Devil Master, VLTIMAS, Heaume Mortal, and more, March's MetalMatters highlights a bounty of subversive brilliance.

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Chrome Waves Arrives With Debut Album, 'A Grief Observed' (album stream) (premiere)

Former members of Wolvhammer, Nachtmystium, and the Gates of Slumber unite as Chrome Waves on album that unites shoegaze, post-rock, and extreme metal.

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Sigh's 'Heir to Despair' Is a Stylistically Diverse Exploration of Madness

Japanese black metal stalwarts Sigh explore madness through folklore and experiment with new sounds on Heir to Despair.

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Vouna Introduce Their Blend of Extreme Atmospheric Music

In her debut record with Vouna, Yianna Bekris combines the ferocity of black metal and the weight of doom/death with traditional Greek folk influences to produce an intriguing release.

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Fave Five: Fire-Toolz

Fire-Toolz's debut album is one of 2018's most ambitious and self-sabotaging albums: a compelling, confounding listen that mixes vaporwave beats with death metal wails and somehow it all works. Mastermind Angel Marcloid's Fave Five pick? Her five favorite New Age jazz records.

Evan Sawdey

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Mutilation Rites Breaks with Black Metal Traditions on 'Chasm'

Brooklyn-based black metal band Mutilation Rites hone their style and with Chasm deliver their best album so far.

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Deafheaven's 'Ordinary Corrupt Human Love' Takes the Strengths of Its Predecessors and Refines Them Even Further

Sunbather will forever be Deafheaven's iconic album, but Ordinary Corrupt Human Love might just be their best record.

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The Antichrist Imperium Push Against Their Stylistic Confinements on New Album

On their second album, the Antichrist Imperium make an attempt to extend their progressive death/black metal sound by embracing thrash elements.

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At One with Nature: An Interview with Wolves in the Throne Room

Solidifying their return to black metal with Thrice Woven, Wolves in the Throne Room detail their connection with the essence of their home in the Pacific Northwest.

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Black Metal Group Lychgate Explores the "Unity of Opposites" Via New Video (premiere + interview)

Lychgate's complex and illuminating new album, The Contagion in Nine Steps, explores weighty philosophical and social themes. The band's James "J.C." Young discusses some of them.

Jedd Beaudoin

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Soul Dissolution Contemplates "Stardust" (premiere)

Belgian metal unit Soul Dissolution issues video for titular track from sophomore release.

Jedd Beaudoin

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Raven Throne Draws on Belarusian Poetry, Heritage for "Living Blood of Living Bodies" (premiere)

Sixth album from Minsk-based outfit Raven Throne arrives 2 May and promises to be one of the atmospheric dark metal releases of the year.

Jedd Beaudoin

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Portal's Carnage Continues with 'ION'

Australian extreme experimental alchemists Portal pursue a different approach to their devastating blend of death metal brutality.

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Summoning Traverse Middle-Earth on Black Metal Laden 'With Doom We Come'

Austrian Tolkien fanatics Summoning return five years after Old Mornings Dawn and continue to explore the lore and fables of Middle-Earth through their atmospheric brew of black metal.

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Watain: Trident Wolf Eclipse (album review)

Trident Wolf Eclipse is a traditionalist album for Watain; they have focused on straight-for-the-throat Swedish black metal without any stylistic detours.

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