Antigama

Polish grind vets Antigama return with the thrashy hardcore of new ripper ”Holy Hand.”

Also: Obituary, The Ocean (with Jonas from Katatonia), Weedeater, ASG, Toke and more...

Maryland Deathfest is less than a month away (May 21-24), and the lineup was already stacked with Neurosis, Napalm Death, Yob, Triptykon, Primordial, Inter Arma, Tombs, D...

Polish grinders Antigama are coming over to the US this May for Maryland Deathfest, and ahead of that they'll go on a short East Coast tour with Virginia grind n' rollers Drugs of......

Australian death metallers Portal are coming over to the US for Maryland Deathfest in May, and not long after that they'll play an MDF-presented NYC show on May 27 at Saint Vitus with MDF-mates and related band Impetuous Ritual, plus Negative...

Tombs at Saint Vitus in July (more by Greg Cristman) Maryland Deathfest is getting a little more New Yawk with the late addition of NY old-school death metal band Suffocation and Skinless and Brooklyn's own post-metal greats Tombs...

The final round of bands for Maryland Deathfest 2015 was announced and a stacked lineup was stacked even higher. The highlights are numerous, including Agoraphobic Nosebleed's first live set, Amorphis playing their classic Tales from the Thousand Lakes in its entirety, Inverloch jamming out tunes from their former incarnation diSEMBOWELMENT, super-deathers Bloodbath playing an exclusive US show, and ripping speed-metallers (and suddenly influential) Razor making their first appearance in the States in over two decades...

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...

The year is 1985, and a pair of thrash bands named Slayer and Venom were preparing to head out on a US tour with a Finnish metal band named OzOz (written OZ) is a heavy metal band from Finland who formed in 1977 and split in 1991...

DOWNLOAD:Noisear - "Endless Reincarnation" (MP3) Unearthly Trance at Saint Vitus (more by Greg Cristman) Unearthly Trance shows are few and far between nowadays, but the band will awaken from their live slumber to play Acheron on March 1st as part of a bill that includes The Communion, Water Torture, and Syphilitic Lust...