• Elder Unveil New Single Capture/Release, Ahead of Upcoming Album: Through Zero

    Heavy psych voyagers Elder are back in orbit, having unveiled Capture/Release, the second single from their upcoming album Through Zero, landing May 29th via Stickman Records (Europe/UK), Blues Funeral Recordings (North America), and Bird’s Robe (Australia). This one hits more direct than you might expect. According to vocalist/guitarist Nick DiSalvo, Capture/Release pulls from an older…

  • Wooden Shadow Releases New EP: Age of Tree

    Wooden Shadow has dropped a new EP, Age of Tree, out now via Inverse Records. The project, helmed entirely by Jeremia Ponto, sticks to its lone-wolf formula: every instrument, every vocal, every note handled by the same pair of hands. No bandmates, just one guy in the sonic woods building something that shifts between Melodic…

  • Vampire Zombies… from Space! (2024): Plan 9 with a Body Count

    If Ed Wood was still alive, he would not only have been a huge fan of Vampire Zombies… from Space!, he would’ve probably found a way to at least produce it. Which is the highest praise I can think of. In fact, it’s so influenced by The Master of Schlock Cinema that they have a…

  • Se, Josta Ei Puhuta Unleash Muinaiset jumalat kuuntelevat Ahead of Forth Album

    Finnish Blackened Death Metal band Se, Josta Ei Puhuta are opening the gates of Hell again, whether you’re ready or not. The band will release their fourth studio album Syvyyden portit on saatava auki on May 29th, via Inverse Records, and they’ve just unleashed the third single, Muinaiset jumalat kuuntelevat. The track is a slower,…

  • Distressed Release Masters of Doom, From Latest Album: Made of Stone

    Finnish Stoner Rock/Metal outfit Distressed ha e released a new video for the track Masters of Doom, taken from their latest album: Made of Stone. Following their 2023 debut Nothing For No One, the Jyväskylä crew return heavier, broader, and clearly less interested in staying in one lane. The core is still there, but this…

  • Disastroid Release Live At Tiny Telephone EP

    Oakland’s volume merchants Disastroid are back with something raw, loud, and very much live. The band have released Live At Tiny Telephone, a two-track EP captured inside Tiny Telephone Studios and dropped via Doom Stew Records. It marks their first release with new drummer Jordan Perkins-Lewis, who wastes no time making his presence felt across…

  • Aurora Borealis Release New Album: Disillusioned By The Illusion

    Thirty years on from their first recording, US Black/Death veterans Aurora Borealis are still doing what they’ve always done best, staying aggressive, precise, and completely uninterested in slowing down. Their new album Disillusioned By The Illusion arrives as a focused, standalone collection rather than a tightly locked concept record. Instead of following a single narrative…

  • Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon (1990): Nunchaku, Narcotics, and Total Property Damage

    Today, my Kung Fu freaks and geeks, we are digging into a 1990 classic that is essentially a high-octane love letter written in blood, sweat, and cheap cologne. We are talking about Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon. Now, if you’ve been hanging around the Archives for a while, you know I have a deep, borderline obsessive…

  • Segmentia Hit Reset Button With New Single: Before The Dawn

    Finnish outfit Segmentia have hit the reset button and come back leaning hard into their homeland’s favourite pastime: making things sound beautiful and quietly devastating at the same time. The band’s new single Before The Dawn lands as the first taste of their upcoming debut album, blending heavy guitar work with slower, more reflective melodic…

  • Undercroft Unleash First Album in 29 Years With Original Vocalist: The Killer Sword

    There’s a long gap, and then there’s 29 years. Undercroft just smashed that silence to bits. The band have officially released their new album The Killer Sword via NB Extreme Recordings, and it comes with a pretty big moment baked in, the return of original vocalist Tito Melín to a full-length release for the first…