Carcerous aren’t just making music—they’re building systems of destruction. We dive into Doomsday Factory, a black/death metal album exploring war, faith, and collapse.
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Tag: black metal
Eight Years in the Void — Dimmu Borgir Return With Teeth
Silenoz of Dimmu Borgir discusses Grand Serpent Rising, songwriting discipline, and why the band refuses to compromise after eight years. Read More …
Ron Vento of Aurora Borealis on Disillusioned By The Illusion and 30 Years of Extreme Metal
Three decades in, Aurora Borealis still sound like a band answering to nobody but themselves. That has always been part of the appeal. Across the years, Ron Vento has built Aurora Borealis into something that feels fierce, atmospheric, and deeply personal, never settling into one Read More …
Crannk Metal Blade Roundup: April 2026 Delivers Brutality From Six Feet Under, Ingested, Necrot And Yoth Iria
Metal Blade Records continue to prove exactly why they remain one of the most important forces in heavy music, delivering a stacked wave of releases that span the full spectrum of extreme metal. From underground stalwarts to genre defining legends, this latest run is a Read More …
Enslaved Embrace Their Roots with Sea Shanties “Fire Marengo” and “Anna Lovinda”
Few bands in extreme music carry their heritage as deeply as Enslaved. Now, in a move that feels both unexpected and entirely natural, the Norwegian progressive pioneers have unveiled a new two track digital release, presenting their interpretations of the sea shanties “Fire Marengo” and Read More …
Necrofier Interview: Bakka On Transcend Into Oblivion And Black Metal Evolution
Houston black metal outfit Necrofier have been steadily building momentum since emerging in 2018, combining the icy atmosphere of second-wave Norwegian black metal with a distinctly American intensity. With their latest album Transcend Into Oblivion, released through Metal Blade Records, the band have taken a Read More …
MUNT’s Tim Richmond: The World Is Not Yours, Urban Hellscapes & East Coast Spite Tour
MUNT don’t just play extreme music, they drag you through an urban hellscape and dare you to feel something. On their long-gestating debut full-length The World Is Not Yours, the Melbourne outfit weaponise black metal, death metal, grindcore, hardcore and sludge into a dense, precision-engineered Read More …
MALEFIC Strike With “Blood Of The Throne” — A Ruthless Opening Statement From Impermanence
Atlanta blackened thrash extremists MALEFIC return swinging with “Blood Of The Throne”, a ferocious new single that opens the gates to their long-awaited full-length Impermanence, due out February 13, 2026 via Terminus Hate City. From its first second, “Blood Of The Throne” is not a Read More …
WINDSWEPT Conjure Darkness and History with “The Potion” – A Haunting Glimpse into The Devil’s Vertep
Ukrainian black metal trio WINDSWEPT have unveiled their latest single “The Potion,” a harrowing descent into witchcraft, hysteria, and human cruelty — drawn straight from the historical witch trials that plagued 18th-century Western Ukraine. The track is lifted from their forthcoming full-length, The Devil’s Vertep, Read More …
CRANNK REVIEWS: GOROTICA – Daily Grind of the Medieval Age
Formed in 2022, Gorotica are a cannibalistic delicacy from Sydney, Australia. Daily Grind of the Medieval Age is their second full-length release, following on from their debut album Morbid Menagerie in 2022. Gorotica have unleashed a veritable feast of deathgrind, serving up 18 tracks clocking Read More …
Inside the Fog with V/HAZE MIASMA – A Descent into the Haze
There’s something otherworldly about V/HAZE MIASMA — like a fever dream caught between beauty and rot. Their sound doesn’t just fill a room; it crawls through it, slow and deliberate, until it finds a nerve and starts to pull. On the verge of releasing their Read More …
BASTARD CRÖSS – “Crossripper”: Philadelphia’s Blackened Thrash Horrorshow Unleashed This Halloween via Morbid and Miserable
From the haunted crypts of Philadelphia, blackened metalpunk fiends BASTARD CRÖSS are clawing their way to the surface with their full-length debut Crossripper, set to strike fear (and joy) into the hearts of the underground this Halloween via Morbid and Miserable Records. Equal parts thrash, Read More …