The disturbing and deliciously blasphemous artwork that adorns Lord Mantis's new album sets a tone, even before listening to the music, of s...

Olympia's Christian Mistress admirably uphold the standard of prefix-free metal with this, their Relapse debut. Possession doesn't need to b...

Royal Talons play that interesting form of doom that, while epic in sound, also manages to be unpretentious and in an unusual way, laidback....

Take female-fronted, doom-influenced acts Blood Ceremony and Jex Thoth, remove the better part of the long guitar solo explorations and loos...

The weight associated with G. Stuart Dahlquist's name ― we're talking physical heaviness, in addition to musical influence ― wou...

The most intriguing thing about Jucifer is just how removed from the rest of the world the nomadic duo are. Now approaching two decades of m...

Chicago, IL quartet Rabid Rabbit have chosen to bite off a fair bit with their sophomore effort; it isn't obvious by the end of the record w...

If Speedwolf put hometown anthem "Denver 666" as the opener for Ride With Death, they'd have a far better chance of rallying the ragers toge...

The normally frenzied, atonal, abysmally black aesthetic of Blut Aus Nord's "typical" material is already on the verge of unclassifiable. Wi...

Acting as the swansong for British noise rock outfit Part Chimp, this split successfully keeps the heaviness at record levels without sacrif...

Reaching out from the abyss, with no goal other than the total desecration of all things Christian, Finland's Archgoat return with Heavenly...

Elks' mini-saga, Destined for the Sun, immediately brings to mind the rough-and-ready sludge popularized by Bison B.C. and Black Tusk, combi...

The aesthetic of Texans True Widow is an interesting one; it hints at all the crushing severity of the plodding post-rock from which it's un...

Being a multi-faceted sludge metal band is never easy. With one part of their music "accessible" to fans of slow, low and heavy, and the oth...

For a split between two acts that share little, aside from hailing from Calgary and possessing a love of loud guitars, this offering from Br...

Although their brand of straight-ahead D-beat thrash isn't usually regarded as being too gifted in the subtlety department, Hard Charger app...

Give anything to the Body and they'll make it bleak. This collaboration between the Providence avant-doom duo and North Carolina atmospheric...

Old School death metal revival be damned. Having spent the past several years sharing stages with prominent underground acts, Landmine Marat...

Hot Graves have made impressive use of the heat they've garnered over their short existence. The band's EP, Desecration Time, was a mere sam...

Given the show's eight-hour duration, one would think that the metal-loving masses who attended this year's Summer Slaughter Tour would grad...