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Lionlimb, aka musician and Angel Olsen collaborator Stewart Bronaugh, will release new album ’Spiral Groove’ on November 12 via Bayonet.

As always, there’s a ton of metal happening right under everyone’s nose, so now that it’s October, let’s round up some of the scary stuff…

Metal festival Maryland Deathfest (which returns this May) is expanding westward and presenting California Deathfest as well this year. It happens October 9-11 at Oakland Metro in Oakland, CA, and the lineup includes Worship, Infest, Antediluvian, Autopsy, Bolzer, Disma, Dispirit, Immolation, Excel, Loss, Lycus, Cretin, Despise You, Ghoul, Nader Sadek, Noothgrush, Poison Idea, Xibalba an…

Morbid Saint at MDF 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro) Since it’s impossible to avoid, you surely already know that the Super Bowl is this Sunday…

; video Disparish is a brand-new band featuring Toby Driver of Kayo Dot on vocals and Andrew Hock of Castevet on guitar, among others. Those bands are both pretty outré by metal standards, but Disparish’s music is conservative and maybe even a little retro…

Pyrrhon at the 2013 Invisible Oranges CMJ showcase (more will be power electronic-fueled, with noise pro Prurient headlining a bill with Azar Swan and husband and wife duo Clay Rendering…

Labyrinth Constellation, the debut full-length by zany Long Island death metal troupe Artificial Brain, has been a long time coming. They’ve been around since 2009, but their other commitments — notably, guitarist Dan Gargiulo’s duties in Revocation — have kept the band in the demo stages and away from the live circuit for almost that entire period…

Decibel Magazine is back with its annual top 40 albums of the year list. Two of the top three (including the #1 spot) are reunion albums from death metal veterans, though many younger bands place highly as well…