Jack Owen On Next To Die And The Evolution Of Six Feet Under : Death, Groove And A Band Locked In

After more than three decades in death metal, Six Feet Under aren’t slowing down, they’re sharpening their edge. With their 15th studio album Next To Die arriving April 24 via Metal Blade Records, the band return with a record that doesn’t just revisit their past, Read More …

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VANTA Are Building Worlds and Burning Them Down

VANTA aren’t just writing songs—they’re building collapsing worlds and dragging you into them. Perpetual Selection feels less like an album and more like a warning signal, blurring the line between cosmic horror and human reality in a way that’s as unsettling as it is addictive. Read More …

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ULCERATE: THE SONIC APOCALYPSE APPROACHING AUSTRALIA

Ulcerate are coming for Australia — and they’re bringing total sonic annihilation. We sat down with the band ahead of their 2026 Aussie tour to talk their seventh album, Cutting the Throat of God, life in extreme metal, and the man behind the chaos on the drums, Jamie Saint Merat. Read More …

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Jack Owen on Next to Die: Death Metal, Lyrics, & Chaos Behind Six Feet Under

Jack Owen of Six Feet Under talks Next to Die, death metal riffs, lyric writing, touring, and the evolution of a genre-defining band.
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Dani Filth Talks Cats, Horror, and Chaos Ahead of Cradle of Filth’s 2026 Australian Tour

Dani Filth discusses cats, horror films, writing inspiration and the upcoming Australian tour with Cradle of Filth. Read the full Crannk interview before the 2026 shows. Read More …

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Death Metal Titans Immolation Drop New Track “Attrition” from Forthcoming Album Descent

New York death metal legends Immolation are ramping up anticipation for their upcoming twelfth studio album Descent, set for release April 10 via Nuclear Blast Records, with the arrival of their crushing new single “Attrition.” The track arrives just as the band prepares to embark Read More …

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Cryptic Shift Are Building A Cosmic Death Metal Universe — And We’re Just Trying To Keep Up

Progressive death thrash UK outfit Cryptic Shift take us on a journey through cosmic sci-fi dimensions in their latest album Overspace and Super Time. In this unhinged interview, Xander Bradley and Ryan Sheperson reveal the inspirations behind their concept-driven universe, their songwriting process, and the story of “The Recaller.” From riffs to alien worlds, dive into the extreme metal adventure that’s pushing boundaries across the galaxy. Read More …

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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 …

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Crannk Reviews Sylosis The New Flesh, a Defiant, Devastating Masterpiece

There is one thing I can say unequivocally when it comes to Sylosis — I am never worried they’re going to release a shit album. About 15 years ago, when I first heard 2008’s Conclusion of an Age and 2011’s Edge of the Earth, I Read More …

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Behemoth Descend on Australia with Chant of the Eastern Lands Tour

There are tours that feel routine, and then there are tours that feel like a line being drawn in fire.BEHEMOTH’s Chant of the Eastern Lands Australian run is firmly the latter. Descending on Australia next week, the Polish extreme metal titans have made it clear Read More …

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Antim Grahan Interview: Funeral Lament, Goat Legion, and 20 Years of Nepali Black Metal

Emerging from Kathmandu’s underground in the early 2000s, Antim Grahan stand as one of Nepal’s most enduring and influential extreme metal bands. Across more than two decades, shifting line-ups, and a discography that charts the evolution from symphonic black metal into ferocious blackened death, grind, Read More …

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Broken by the Scream Sign With Metal Blade Records As Japan’s Kawaii Deathcore Disruptors Prepare to Detonate Europe

Metal Blade Records has just pulled off one of their sharpest global signings in recent memory, welcoming Tokyo’s Broken by the Scream into the fold. Equal parts extreme metal assault and idol-pop chaos, BBTS have spent nearly a decade smashing genre walls with a volatile Read More …

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