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BLKIIBLK is proud to announce the signing of Chilean progressive death metal force Decessus to the label’s growing roster of established and emerging heavy artists. Combining technical precision, crushing heaviness, soaring melodies and uncompromising intensity, Decessus has quickly carved out a unique identity within modern extreme music. The quartet’s sound is both ferocious and forward-thinking,...
The second day of Kaaos Festival began under perfect weather conditions. Forecasts that had looked rather uncertain earlier in the week had turned in the festival’s favor, allowing attendees to enjoy the opening hours of Saturday bathed in glorious summer sunshine. One of the more unique attractions on the festival grounds was The Growl Container,...
After a long and painful hiatus for melodic death metal fans, legendary Finnish band Norther has officially broken their silence. Yesterday, the band posted a cryptic yet explosive message across their social media channels reading simply: “15 years of silence is over.” The post immediately sent shockwaves through the metal community, with fans frantically speculating whether the announcement...
Few guitarists have left as lasting a mark on death metal as Jack Owen. As a founding member of Cannibal Corpse, later a key songwriter in Deicide, and now the driving creative force behind Six Feet Under, Owen has spent more than four decades helping shape the genre. Before Six Feet Under took the stage...
Hamburg death metal act Endseeker have released a music video for “True Survivor”, their cover of the David Hasselhoff track from the 2015 short film Kung Fury. The cover features fellow Hamburg band Lord Of The Lost and appears on the band’s farewell EP “Coffin Born”, out now via Metal Blade Records. The band describe...
We may have already experienced all that melodic death metal has to offer to the world. In the end, big names like Amorphis, Children of Bodom, or Dark Tranquillity have given us countless hits and tours, and every metalhead has likely been a melodic death metal fan at some point in their lives. However, there’s...
Third time’s the charm, the Americans say. “No Place of Warmth” by Frozen Soul is a slab of frostbitten death metal delivered with absolute conviction, but also with a level of cohesion that sometimes works against its own intensity. The Dallas quintet have been refining their identity into a mechanized assault built on muscular riffs, hardcore-inflected aggression, and relentless mighty. This album is the...
There is a new band in the death metal scene going by the name of Avliden [Swedish for: Deceased]. Hailing from Sweden’s capital Stockholm, the trio consists of Isabelle Romhagen (guitars and vocals), Johanna Orozco (bass and backing vocals) and Marcus Dalmanner (drums and backing vocals). Both Isabelle Romhagen and Marcus Dalmanner were previously part...
Finnish death metal outfit Devenial Verdict has kicked off 2026 with the release of two new singles, “Elysium” and “Fall of Faith”. The fresh material marks the band’s latest output and continues their steady presence in the underground extreme metal scene. “Elysium” was released on January 8, 2026 as part of a label sampler, making...
During a recent episode of the “100 Songs That Define Heavy Metal” podcast, hosted by Metal Blade Records CEO Brian Slagel, Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster discussed his early musical influences and the development of his interest in heavier music, as per Blabbermouth. Well, when I was really young, single-digit age or whatever, I listened...
