Cult of Fire

To make up for the two lost years, Hellfest returns for two weeks in 2022, and it would be easier to list which heavy bands *aren't* playing...

Listen to new songs by Oryx, Enforced, Skeleton, Paysage D'Hiver, Conan, Nightfall, Incisions, Thirdface, Loathe, and more...

Today (Friday, 3/20), Bandcamp is waiving their cut of sales from purchases and giving all revenue directly to artists, who are relying on sales more than ever amidst the coronavirus outbreak. Tons of great artists sell digital downloads, vinyl, CDs, cassettes and even merch on Bandcamp, and if you're looking for metal today, we've got some recommendations...

Listen to new songs by Napalm Death, Code Orange, The Black Dahlia Murder, Lamb of God, WVRM, Cult of Fire, ...and Oceans, Ihsahn, Earth Rot, Total Fucking Destruction, Rain of Salvation, and more.

Listen to new songs from Best Coast, black midi, Warm Digits (ft. Emma Pollock of The Delgados), Daughter of Swords (prod. Jeff Tweedy), Antibalas, Sharon Van Etten, Jlin, and more.

Czech black metallers Cult of Fire's first full-length studio album in seven years will be a double album, and they're also finally set to return to the US...

Metal mag Decibel has published their Top 40 Albums of 2014 list in their newest issue, which you can check out in more detail if you're a subscriber...

Lord Mantis at Saint Vitus in 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro) Lord Mantis just debuted a new song on Stereogum called "Negative Birth" from their forthcoming album, Death Mask, which comes out on April 29 on Profound Lore...

Mournful Congregation at Rites of Darkness 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro) The lineup for Signature Riff's third annual Martyrdoom festival was just announced, and it's a doozy--Australian funeral doom masters Mournful Congregation are headlining along with international black metal-heavy top billings of Sargeist, Behexen, Cult of Fire and more...

After running at full throttle all fall, the heavy music world began to slow down this week in anticipation of the holiday season. Still, there was plenty to talk about, and here's what you may have missed: Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead did an extremely entertaining interview with the New York Times...