Metal Injection

In case you haven’t heard the news or the teaser material, Finnish humppa-metallers Finntroll—Vreth, Trollhorn, Beast Dominator & Co.—are back with their seventh studio album, after making us wait three years for the pleasure. But dammit the wait was worth it. Although, when I first listened to the album, I noticed that something was different. [...]

We might not know who is playing Summer Slaughter this year, although we have some ideas, but now YOU can decide who opens the tour.

Holy shit! In stark contrast to last week, the labels seem to be operating under the assumption that you have plenty of capital left over from your Spring Break partying, because they're seriously not fucking around with this week's releases. I know touring season is kicking into high gear but goddamn…

This sampler is an awesome way to get into some great artists! Check it out!

Finnish folk metal LARPers, Finntroll, have released a preview video of their upcoming sixth LP Blodsvept. 

ICED EARTH – Dystopia (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO). Taken from the DVD "Live In Ancient Kourion". Century Media 2013. Pre-order the album now.

As part of Black Metal History Month, we will be spotlighting classic albums that we feel are essential for any fan of black metal. This album is a part of that series. Make sure to pick up our limited edition Black Metal History Month t-shirt. If I’m to pick a band that perfectly embodies black metal, the [...]

Tesseract have decided to go a step further than One's 27-minute "Concealing Fate" suite, and just make the whole new album a solid 51-minute monster titled Altered State. Now we know the anatomy of it, the artwork, and when that monster is going to rear it's head. Oh, and then there's a mini tour.

BLEED FROM WITHIN – Uprising (OFFICIAL VIDEO). Taken from the album "Uprising". Century Media 2013. Download the title-track from the new album "Uprising" for free.

By the turn of the century, Enslaved had produced a quartet of compelling albums, establishing themselves as reliable and unique purveyors of the blackened arts. Following Quorthon’s late-career lead, Enslaved eschewed Satan as sole subject to focus on Scandinavian folklore and mythology. For this, the band would earn the ubiquitous genre tag of “Viking metal.” [...]

After a mess of big name releases last Tuesday we're heading back to the underground this week. While the usual heavy hitters (Relapse, Southern Lord, Century Media, etc) take a week off it's time for the likes of Listenable, Peaceville, and Throatruiner to shine.

MONUMENTS – Regenerate (OFFICIAL VIDEO). Taken from the album "Gnosis". Century Media 2013. Multi-cam live with Go Pro & DSLR Production & Editing: Lu Fournaison

ABORTED – Expurgation Euphoria (OFFICIAL VIDEO – uncensored). From the album 'Global Flatline', Century Media Records, 2012

I was really pumped to hear the new Intronaut full-length, Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones) when I heard the first single, "Milk Leg," now I'm beyond pumped. The band has posted a second track, "The Welding" over at Pitchfork.com and it's the perfect Monday morning jam. It starts out slow and ambient and really [...]

…off the new album 'Habitual Levitations', out March 19th, 2013 on Century Media Records