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Cadaverous Stench Unleash 'Spared to Suffer,' Seek Label for Debut Album Reincarnation of Bloodlust
Old-school death metal outfit Cadaverous Stench have released their new single, “Spared to Suffer,” and completed their 11-track debut album, *Reincarnation of Bloodlust*. Drawing inspiration from Morbid Angel, Deicide, and Malevolent Creation, the band is seeking a label for the album's release and distribution.
Release News: OIL's Early Recordings Set for Reissue NoLifeTilMetal
Christian metal outfit OIL, featuring Dark Angel vocalist Ron Rinehart, will see its early material revisited through a remastered and expanded reissue of the band's 1997 self-titled EP. Roxx Records and NoLifeTilMetal Records are preparing the release for late 2026 into 2027, coinciding with the EP's 30th anniversary.
Wyrm Chasm Announces Self-Titled Debut Album for October 23
MetalCrawlspace.com Dallas, Texas black metal quartet Wyrm Chasm will release its self-titled debut full-length album on October 23, 2026, independently on vinyl, CD, and digital formats. Formed in March 2015 by guitarist Eric Carrasco and bassist/vocalist Stephen Jeter, Wyrm Chasm combines atmospheric and melodic black metal with aggressive percussion, emotionally charged riffing, and the cold, oppressive atmosphere associated with the genre's darker traditions. "We've craft
Selenoplexia Releases New Album 'Beneath the Lunar Tyrant'
MetalCrawlspace.com Chicago-based progressive blackened death metal band Selenoplexia has released its sophomore full-length album, Beneath the Lunar Tyrant, which arrived October 9, 2026. The 37-minute record expands the band's blend of death and black metal with elements of doom, sludge, post-rock, and progressive metal. Recorded with Colin Marston in the Pocono Mountains, Beneath the Lunar Tyrant follows the band's 2023 debut full-length, Exalt and Despair. The new album t
GRAVITON New Self-Titled album Coming from Skepsis Recordings.
MetalCrawlspace.com New England-based extreme thrash machine is set to return with eight new tracks of relentless aggression and technical precision. The band's forthcoming self-titled album, their second full-length and first under the Skepsis Recordings banner, is the end result of more than a decade sharpening their steel in the New England underground. Culling from a classic trash foundation while firmly rooted in a more extreme and technically proficient attack, GRAVITON
Liminal Spirit Announces New Album 'Forfeiture Hymns'
Milwaukee-based avant-garde doom metal project Liminal Spirit will release its new album, Forfeiture Hymns, on November 6, 2026.
News: MEADOWS - 'DESERT WALKER' OUT NOW
DESERT WALKER by MEADOWS emerges from the dust and heat, capturing the essence of traversing through wilderness with a blend of heavy emotion and raw honesty.
Angels of Vengeance: HM Magazine Veterans Doug Van Pelt and Lee Haley Release AI-Assisted Power Metal Project
New single “Kinsman Avenger” introduces The Warriors of Tehachapi, a ten-track concept album combining Middle Eastern instrumentation, heavy metal, and generative technology. MetalCrawlspace.com Two familiar names from the history of Christian heavy metal journalism have reunited for a new musical project that ventures into increasingly debated territory. Doug Van Pelt, founder of Heaven’s Metal / HM Magazine and vocalist for Lust Control, has joined forces with former HM con
MeK Unleashes Debut Single “Unawaken,” Exploring Consciousness, Identity and the Human Construct
The London-based modern metal project introduces its audiovisual universe with a collision of industrial electronics, crushing metal and existential philosophy. By Metal Crawlspace London-based modern metal project MeK officially enters the scene today with “Unawaken,” its debut single and accompanying music video. Created by musician and producer Faust Perez, the project draws from contemporary metal, industrial electronics and cinematic soundscapes while introducing a conce
Tundra Push Deathcore Into Darker Territory With Eternal: Eclipse
Kansas deathcore outfit Tundra to release Eclipse, a five-song release arriving November 27 through Rottweiler Records. Built from new material, re-recorded songs and a pair of unexpected covers, the collection finds the band taking another swing at its own history while pushing its sound into darker, more claustrophobic territory.
Sofia-Emiliana’s Ashes & Shadows Turns Inner Conflict Into Melodic Metal
Sofia-Emiliana’s Ashes & Shadows enters with all the weather systems melodic metal loves: damaged relationships, bottled-up emotion, hard-earned resolve and enough rain-soaked atmosphere to make half the record feel like it should come with its own late-night music video.
Paralicyst Deliver a Crushing Debut with Destruction of Sanity
Pacific Northwest death metal band Paralicyst unleash Destruction of Sanity, a four-track debut EP loaded with old-school death metal, thrashing aggression and crushing intensity.
Inside Metallica’s Darkest Morning: Aidan Mullen Remembers Cliff Burton and the 1986 Bus Crash
Former Metallica guitar tech Aidan Mullen revisits the Master of Puppets era, Cliff Burton’s final night, the 1986 bus crash in Sweden, and the memories he has carried for forty years.
Timothy Gaines Challenges Michael Sweet’s Account of Stryper’s To Hell with the Devil Era
By Seth Metoyer | Metal Crawlspace Nearly forty years after Stryper released To Hell with the Devil, one of the most important albums in Christian metal history, a familiar piece of the band’s story has resurfaced with two very different versions attached to it. On a recent YouTube post by full in bloom, Stryper frontman Michael Sweet was asked about the band’s history with longtime bassist Timothy Gaines and, specifically, Gaines’ absence from the recording of To Hell with t
Deathrow Bodeen Descends Into Grief, Memory and Heavy Metal on New EP Lost
The Kilgore, Texas metal band turns loss, isolation and the search for direction into five emotionally charged tracks arriving October 9. MetalCrawlspace.com There is a particular kind of heaviness that has very little to do with distortion pedals. Texas metal band Deathrow Bodeen leans directly into that territory on its upcoming five-track EP, Lost, arriving October 9, 2026. Built around themes of grief, memory, isolation and the strange emotional geography people enter whe
PHORNAX Bring Fire, Hooks and Classic Heavy Metal Muscle on HELLFORGE
The Brazilian heavy metal veterans return with soaring vocals, twin-guitar fire and an album that has worked its way into our regular rotation. By Seth Metoyer | Metalcrawlspace.com Every once in a while, an album comes through the Metal Crawlspace inbox that stops feeling like a submission and starts becoming something I keep going back to. PHORNAX’s HELLFORGE ended up being one of those records. Released independently on July 17, 2026, HELLFORGE finds the Brazilian heavy me
L.A. Project Ascends with New Heavy Metal Single “The Throne”
Luis Amaro’s long-running metal project returns with a classic heavy metal anthem featuring Jurekk James on vocals and an endorsement from David Ellefson. MetalCrawlspace.com Portuguese multi-instrumentalist and composer Luis Amaro has spent decades moving through the heavier corners of rock and metal, and his latest L.A. Project single, “The Throne,” brings that history roaring into the present. Released independently on September 8, 2026, “The Throne” delivers a focused bla
MÄR to Release Debut Single “After Life”
MetalCrawlspace.com Vancouver melodic death metal outfit MÄR introduce themselves with crushing riffs, haunting melodies and a clear nod to the genre’s Scandinavian roots. Vancouver melodic death metal band MÄR will release their debut single, “After Life,” September 25 across all major streaming platforms. Drawing inspiration from melodic death metal pioneers including In Flames and Children of Bodom, MÄR build their sound around sharp guitar work, aggressive vocals, driving
News: Forsaken Eternity to release Shades Of Existence
MetalCrawlspace.com Symphonic Melodic Black/Death Metal Forsaken Eternity to release Shades Of Existence on September 25, 2026 from Rottweiler records. FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: It’s been four years now since Portland, Oregon’s Forsaken Eternity swept us up into the arms of their debut album, the freezing storm of metal that was A Kingdom Of Ice – an album that The Dark Melody described as “brimming with nuances and atmospheres”, while numerous other publications followed with
Broken Curfew Records Lands New Physical Releases at Pizza Records
Independent metal, physical media and record-store culture come together in a new Broken Curfew Records and Pizza Records partnership MetalCrawlspace.com Pizza Records has teamed up with Monterey, California-based Broken Curfew Records to stock a limited selection of physical releases from the independent label’s growing catalog of heavy, extreme and experimental music. The current batch includes Pulpit Vomit’s Hospital Lens EP, Mangled Carpenter’s Between Blood and Silence
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