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  • sMOTHERed Trailer Proves Home is Where the Hatred is

    Thereโ€™s something deeply unsettling about family in horror, especially when home starts feeling like a trap with better lighting. And if anyone knows how to twist that knife, itโ€™s Joko Anwar, the mind behind Satanโ€™s Slaves and Impetigore. Now heโ€™s circling back with something a little more intimate. And by intimate, I mean ‘your childhood…

  • The BMA Comes to The Cult Archives

    The Cult Archives isnโ€™t just your late-night gateway to underground cinema and unholy noise, itโ€™s also the beating, blackened heart of the BMA record label. This is where the theory stops and the damage begins. The BMA exists for one reason: to take everything we love about the underground, and press it into something you…

  • Louder Floor it With New Single: Speed Junkie

    Colombian speed freaks Louder have floored it with their new track Speed Junkie, the second single from their upcoming debut album Devilโ€™s Night, arriving May 14th, via Fighter Records. It lands as a lyric video, and this thing is built to burn rubber and stay loud. Speed Junkie sets the tone early: rapid-fire riffs, pounding…

  • 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…

  • 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 youโ€™re ready or not. The band will release their fourth studio album Syvyyden portit on saatava auki on May 29th, via Inverse Records, and theyโ€™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 Jyvรคskylรค 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

    Oaklandโ€™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 theyโ€™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…

  • 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 homelandโ€™s favourite pastime: making things sound beautiful and quietly devastating at the same time. The bandโ€™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…