Rounding up new releases from To the Grave, Brymir, Amon Amarth, From First To Last, Imminence, Hippotraktor, Dissimulator, Frozen Crown, Lustmord Lombardo, Haunt, Miss May I, Hekatoxen, Temic, Convulsif, Firtan, Sgàile, Endspace, Haywire, Pabllo Vittar and more.

Let's listen to some absolutely sick music together, shall we?

Rounding up new releases from The Ocean, Godflesh, Europe, Tom Morello, Gåte, Burner, Critical Defiance, Lacrimas Profundere, Crown Magnetar, Pure Reason Revolution, Scorpion Milk, Ordeathral, Slaughtercult, Yarotz, Brat, Barren and more.

It all builds up to something much more exciting than just a retread. Rather, it's a rethink, an approach to the band's past that insists not just on regurgitation but a reprocessing that results in a new approach towards the same goal and sound.

Noise rock and sludge metal collide on the new split from Love•Love•Love and Ølgod. Listen to the full album before it drops on Sept 25th.

Rounding up new releases from Dreadnought, Green Lung, Harlott, Cartilage, Filth, Whispered, Raphael Weinroth-Browne, Wrong Man, Hole Dweller and more.

what's on this album is very good - no one will catch me skipping a Green Lung track when I want to rock the fuck out. But sometimes I want other things and Green Lung's previous albums gave that to me. Necropolitan does not.

Another big release day, rounding up new ones from Judiciary, Februus, Sigh, Sleep, Arab Strap, Chat Pile, Audrey Horne, Castle, Acausal Intrusion, 156/Silence, Stick Men, Rebecca Black, Devil Master,...

Wars of Spirit // Wards of Light is a further step in the band's career, deeper into the beating, shadowed heart of their sound.

Tim Rowland's ambient dualities are perfect for introductory dungeon synthers.

Steve²

This is an incredibly promising debut release showcasing a serious vocal talent that will likely be filling arenas in years to come.

It's been a while since we've visited with one of my favorite microscenes - the French stoner and doom metal scene. Luckily, one of my favorite bands from that area of the world are back!

Marrow Deep feels fresh and inspired, pushing forward once again when it felt like Mastodon had maybe run out of things to say.

It's a big one, featuring new releases from Mastodon, Perpetual Paradox, Gorod, Russian Circles, Dinosaur Jr, Flotsam and Jetsam, Kanmelot, Airbourne, Exumer, Dreamwell, Ninth Realm, Squid Pisser, Triosphere, Sev Lezu, Besvarjelsen, Carceral, Black Spikes, In This Moment, Turnstile and more!

This kind of post-rock, for me, these days, either speaks to me in this fashion or not at all. And Winter At Sea do, piercing me to the core with their deft approach to sorrow, memory, persistence, and hard-won triumph.

Perpetual Paradox's new EP, May Misery Befall You, delivers a killer combination of Psycroptic, Rivers of Nihil, Lamb of God and Fit for an Autopsy, along with an array of other delicious influences.

It's not easy to keep pushing and rethinking your approach after twenty-two years of operation and nine albums. Russian Circles have done it; Nine feels like an album worthy of their legend.

This week's roundup is brought to you by the letter C, with new releases from Cancer Bats, Citizen, Ceremony, John Carpenter, Christian Cosentino and Electric Callboy, along with Avocado Pornujo, Papangu, Neptunian Maximalism, Jamie Lenman, Hulder, Initiate, Negative Frame, Lammoth and more.

If you clicked on this review, you probably already knew I was only going to be able to capture a slight part of one of progressive rock's most intricate bands and you were right.

That's what Hollowborn's When the Land Reclaims is: a true joy for any fan of heavy metal. Heavy metal will never die!

Welcome once again, Hellions one and all, to the Death's Door mid-year report. Pop a squat and listen to our objectively correct opinions on 2026's current output. We are the overlords, and our word is law. JK (kind of). We sure as hell listen to a lot

Rounding up new releases from Sinner, Nothingness, Disfiguring the Goddess, Altarage, Bedtimemagic, Sinner, Bear McCreary, Sir Richard Bishop, The Salt Pale Collective, Dumb Waiter, As Bright As The Stars, Complexant, Arca and more.

HB's favorite grindcore maniacs are back with a tribute to a trve warrior just trying to have a good time in warmer climes.

If you're looking for Burden 2.0, this is not that and I, for one, am very happy about that. I want REZN, who are one of my favorite doom metal bands in operation, to keep pushing their sound and see what else they have to say.

Rounding up new releases from Rezn, Sallow Moth, Cypress Hill, Madball, Ripper, Yeti on Horseback, Lockstep, Combichrist, The Hu, Shotgun Messiah's Zan/Cody, Charli XCX, The Strokes and more!

Lists are fun... so here are ours!

In which Ahmed contemplates the nostalgic appeal and staying power of full-album anniversary tours.

In which JD details the ritualistic experience of seeing Oranssi Pazuzu live.

In which Eden muses on the merits of slowing down your music intake.

In which JD contemplates the extent to which the brevity and novelty of new music is meant to appeal to our decreasing attention spans at the hands of social media platforms.

Rounding up new releases from Protest the Hero, Haken, Quicksand, Motionless in White, The Menzingers, Fuming Mouth, Boundaries, Coffin Hunters, Eaten by Sharks, Left to Die, Tyrant and more!

In which Boeli regales you with tales of the most memorable (and mostly great) gigs I’ve seen in the past 8-ish months, adding some from the tail end of 2025.

The first time I wrote about these guys was nine (!!!) years ago when they dropped their debut album. People have been sleeping on them since.

In which Josh contemplates how all of his favourite bands are releasing new albums! …That are often only ok... and sometimes terrible.

In which JD showcases numerous bands who have released forward-thinking noise rock releases this year that have not received the recognition they deserve.

It's a love letter to heavy metal made as it should be: with a band's own ideas but also with a deep understanding of why heavy metal became one of the most popular musical genres of all time.

In which Jonathan reckons with being a firmly entrenched millennial with his own fears of outward perception. Because here’s the thing: We’re all a bit cringe.

We’re lucky Protest the Hero haven't fizzle out over time, and luckier still that they continue releasing fresh material with their singular blend of progressive metal and unapologetic punk.

In 2026, there were many, many excellent releases in the field of technical/progressive thrash metal. Why? How? Also: holy shit YES!

It may have taken a near-complete line-up change to make it happen, but Strike and Kill is the best album DevilDriver have put out since their original, classic run.

Rounding up new releases from No Cure, DevilDriver, Bring Me the Horizon, If These Trees Could Talk, Sojourner, Dysgnostic, The Xcerts, Show Me the Body, The Devil Wears Nada, Apogean, Volubilis, Arise from Worms, The Plot in You and more.

Did I mention there's a saxophone? No? Well, there's a saxophone.

Rounding up new releases from Madonna, Deep Purple, Lynch, Moonspell, Solace, Todomal, Soothsayer, Illwind, Troy the Band and a few others that also aren't really worth listening to.

Sotera is a magisterial comeback album and a very interesting past/present/future step in the resurgence of a darker, more gothic style of post rock and metal.

Rounding up new releases from Masterplan, Muse, Butthole Surfers, Shane Embury, Janius, Entgeist, Plaguestorm, Verdun and Entropist—none of which are as good as the 7th or 8th-best/4th or 5th-worst Metallica album, which may or may not be remastered.