Irish death metal outfit Leadbelcher have released a video for Immured In Holy Excrement, serving up a final warning ahead of their debut album With...

Italian black metal outfit Amthrya return on October 11 with their new album Onnen. Fronted by Kasumi Onryō and working with a revised lineup, the band mix...

Extreme metal unit YHWH have released Heavenly Blasphemies, the third single taken from their upcoming EP Baghavat. Where the previous two singles leaned...

Belgian ritualists Wyatt E. and UK avant-garde doom outfit Five The Hierophant are dragging their shared obsession with heavy, hypnotic noise back across...

Chicago quartet Selenoplexia are back with their second full-length, Beneath the Lunar Tyrant, throwing their brand of progressive blackened death metal...

Shudder has snapped up the rights to Split Rock, the second supernatural horror feature from director Ryan Glover (The Strings), securing distribution...

If your idea of a good time involves painting your face, wandering into the woods, and plucking an ancient stringed instrument while screaming about Druids,...

American indie maverick Henry Jaglom spent much of his career making films that thumbed their noses at Hollywood’s studio system. Now his 1980 mob-robbing...

There are questions in life that demand answers. Why are we here? Is there a God? What would a nuclear explosion sound like if it was localised in your...

Stockholm melodic black/death metal outfit Hyperion have announced their long-awaited second album, Elysia, which is set for release on November 6 via...

Finnish-Mexican melodic death metal outfit Ulthima have released the title track from their upcoming second album, Midnight’s Call, ahead of its release on...

Finnish gothic metal outfit Horizon of Aeons have released their new single Yksi Ainoa Ikkuna, putting a heavy dark-metal spin on a track made famous by...

Epic Pictures imprint Dread have announced October release dates for Devour, a new supernatural horror film from Bad Candy director Scott B. Hansen. The...

Bogotá brutal death metal outfit Decarabion have announced their second full-length album, Desacralization, which is set for release on December 11, 2026...

Finnish solo project Wooden Shadow have released their new single Blackened Roses Fall, the latest track from their upcoming second album Silverlake, which...

Writer and director Andrés Beltrán (Quicksand, Tarumama) is bringing his new psychological horror Postmortem to Screamfest LA, where the film will make its...

Oulu-based melodic death metal crew Morbid Intent have announced their debut EP Marionettes, set for release on 16 October 2026 via Inverse Records....

Severin Films have just announced what looks set to be one of the most ridiculously ambitious physical media releases ever put together. Titled Morbid...

If you have an interest in Cult Cinema, then you know who Charles Band is. If you don’t, I highly recommend you go do some research before reading any...

Relentless. That was the first word that sprung to my head when I hit play on In silbernen Sprachen by Urzirkel. Relentless. Not in a look how many blast...

It took them fourteen bloody years and a decade of relentless nagging from their mates, but Swiss heavy outfit Bagheera have finally got around to dragging...

If the Butthole Surfers had ever done a ton of PCP and decided that Glassjaw wasn’t extreme enough, they would have been rolodex darko and their debut EP...

If you’ve got a soft spot for mid-90s metallic hardcore, heavy grooves and music that sounds like it wants to punch you in the fucking face, Birmingham’s...

If your idea of a proper Halloween doesn’t involve costume parties and cheap jump scares, Polish black metal veterans Black Altar are taking over The Garage...

If you’ve spent any time wading through the Funeral Doom underbelly, you’re likely familiar with Aimeric Lerat, better known as Hangsvart, the man behind...

There is a moment during track two of 黒獄 Kurogoku by Enterré Vivant, Ningendô, where, amidst the atmospheric black metal spell this French/Japanese project...

A mysterious chunk of magnetic stone buried in the badlands, a couple of geologists, and an ancient consciousness looking for a way out. Yeah, Split Rock...

Director Ron Krauss is bringing his new psychological thriller Wounds to Screamfest LA for its World Premiere on October 8, starring Jack Kilmer and Paris...

Colombian melodic black/death metal outfit Eshtadur have released their new full-length, In Darkness All Shadows Gone, via Rockshots Records, alongside a...

Thy Sanatorium are my breakout band of 2026. I have raved about their self-titled debut album to anyone who will listen, as well as here on the site, and I...

Right, cards on the table. I know Sean Decker, the man responsible for the guitars and programming behind -VOX PRO DEI- by MOG. In fact, his other project...

Wormholedeath Records and Southern Soundclash Records have released Absolute Fucking Possession, a new split bringing together Brazilian black/death metal...

Everlasting Spew Records have shared Echoes, the first single from Portuguese atmospheric black metal outfit Chants. Taken from their upcoming self-titled...

There are no words, only a hollow, black rage at the news. Conrad “Cronos” Lant is dead at 63. If you listen to anything faster, heavier, darker or more...

Make no mistake. Bruul by Bruul is a black metal EP. Except it isn’t. Except when it is. Confused? You will be. In spirit, it is a monstrous black metal EP...

US black metal duo Stormruler have set December 4th as the release date for their next full-length, Morning Nautical Twilight, which will arrive via...

Tommy Wiseau, a possessed lake, and a character stating: “This is some weird shit, Rick.” The trailer for Silt has landed, and this looks like some properly...

Portuguese black/death metal outfit Azzaya have released a self-released two-track digital single, Ira / Glory Upon Thee. The first track, Ira, is taken...

Finnish melodic black metal outfit i Helvete have shared Hiljaisuuteen, the second track taken from their upcoming third album Halla, which arrives on...

Tommy Wiseau, a possessed lake, and a character stating: “This is some weird shit, Rick.” The trailer for Silt has landed, and this looks like some properly...

Portuguese black/death metal outfit Azzaya have released a self-released two-track digital single, Ira / Glory Upon Thee. The first track, Ira, is taken...

Finnish melodic black metal outfit i Helvete have shared Hiljaisuuteen, the second track taken from their upcoming third album Halla, which arrives on...

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For me, black metal begins and ends with two specific high-water marks: Darkthrone’s Transilvanian Hunger and Mayhem’s Freezing Moon. Darkthrone gave us the...

If Stephen King tells you a horror film is a cross between The Thing and The Silence of the Lambs, you pay attention. That’s the pitch for The Cycle, the...

Horror-infused black/death metal collective Thy Sanatorium have announced the official video premiere for I Monster, with the video landing on YouTube this...

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For me, black metal begins and ends with two specific high-water marks: Darkthrone’s Transilvanian Hunger and Mayhem’s Freezing Moon. Darkthrone gave us the...

If Stephen King tells you a horror film is a cross between The Thing and The Silence of the Lambs, you pay attention. That’s the pitch for The Cycle, the...