The brutal tech death veterans outdo themselves yet again. Words by Ryan McCarthy: For those of you who somehow don’t already know, DEFEA...

On their most varied release to date, the Seattle masters of funeral doom team up with their folk muse to create a collaboration for the ...

Innumerable elements coalesce into a composition of towering magnitude. Words by Rohan (@manvsplaylist): The latest offering of genre-sha...

The most aggressive split of 2020 is set to be unleashed. Words by Ryan McCarthy: New Zealand’s HERESIARCH and Canada’s ANTEDILUVIAN shou...

The Anaheim quintet do right with a full-length of gold standard musicianship. If you've kept a close eye on the abundance of releases we...

Shedding the metal and rock entirely, Magnus Pelander waxes philosophical like a Cumberland bluesman. Words by Tyson Tillotson: My discov...

COVET's sophomore full-length is a transcendental, multilayered coalition of sound. Words by Rohan (@manvsplaylist): Here at Heaviest of ...

With its fifth full length, SXUPERION puts a new spin on classic death metal. Words by Ryan McCarthy: My first ever article for Heaviest ...

The Dutch duo further position themselves at the height of symphonic black metal. Three years from the eloquent Dance and Laugh Amongst t...

The band reach a new plateau on their third full length album. Words by Rohan (@manvsplaylist): MOUNTAINEER formed in 2015 and have maint...

Nergal continues BEHEMOTH's experimental streak with their newest EP. Words by Ryan McCarthy: It probably goes without saying, but BEHEMO...

The war metal veterans return with another uncompromising assault. It’s been five years since REVENGE, a veritable institution in the bla...

History comes alive with the international trio's fifth full length. Words by Ryan McCarthy: In a genre that’s positively oversaturated w...

Two shadowy black metal projects coalesce to create one of the finest releases of the year. Words by Ryan McCarthy: Five seconds into thi...

With this second full length, COSMIC PUTREFACTION cements itself as one of the most promising young acts in death metal. COSMIC PUTREFACT...

The kings of gothic doom return to meld all eras of their vast catalog into a defining statement that complements an already immortal dis...

The four-piece taps into the dark for a composition that further cements their evolution. Layered between an ambitious, multi-pronged alb...

On album number five, the kings of progressive stoner doom offer up their most ambitious work to date. In the immortal words of PRINCE, d...

The Swedes bring a ray of light amidst the doom and gloom of 2020. There are a great many groups that stand tall in the metal community. ...

A full-fledged war metal raid from the American South. 2019’s Schism Perpetration was easily one of my favorite records of the year, due ...