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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
Wyrm Chasm Unleashes Self-Titled Debut Album
Wyrm Chasm Brings Atmospheric Black Metal From Dallas on October 23 MetalCrawlspace.com Dallas black metal quartet Wyrm Chasm will release its self-titled full-length debut 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 has spent the past decade developing a sound rooted in atmospheric and melodic black metal. The band combines icy ambience, emotionally
36 Years Later, Warrant’s Cherry Pie Still Sounds Like Being Young
By Seth Metoyer, MetalCrawlspace.com On September 11, 1990, Warrant released their second album, Cherry Pie. That makes the record 36 years old today, which feels slightly impossible to type. Warrant—and really that entire late-'80s/early-'90s wave of glam and hair metal—takes a lot of shit these days. The clothes were ridiculous, the videos could be absurd, and every band seemed legally required to own several cans of Aqua Net and at least one industrial wind machine. I get
Avulsed Unearth the Roots of Scandinavian Death Metal on ‘Nordic Embryogenesis’
MetalCrawlspace.com Spanish death metal veterans Avulsed are reaching deep into the crypt for their next release. On September 9, 2026, the band will unleash Nordic Embryogenesis through Xtreem Music, a full-length tribute to the early Scandinavian death metal underground that helped reshape extreme music forever. Formed by vocalist Dave Rotten thirty-five years ago, Avulsed have spent decades carving their name into the Spanish death metal scene through records like Stabwoun
Feature: B.F. Raid Tell Boston’s Overlooked Stories on ‘Combat Zone’
Guitarist and co-founder Bruce Owens discusses the memories behind the album, Boston’s early metal scene, and four decades of making heavy music. By Seth Metoyer, MetalCrawlspace.com For Bruce Owens, guitarist and co-founder of B.F. Raid (Boston’s Final Raid), one of the defining moments behind Combat Zone happened while looking out a recording studio window. During an earlier session at The Record Co. in Boston, the activity along the Massachusetts Avenue corridor caught the
Prevailer to Release Debut Album 'Convalescent'
MetalCrawlspace.com - New Jersey progressive metalcore outfit Prevailer will release their long-awaited debut full-length, Convalescent, on August 28, 2026 through Rottweiler Records. Formed in 2015, Prevailer first surfaced with their self-titled EP in 2016 before spending the ensuing years releasing singles and developing the lineup and sound that ultimately shaped Convalescent. The new album features eight tracks built around crushing metalcore, progressive twists, melodic
Dead Tree Seeds Put 2020 Album 'Push The Button' Back Into Circulation
MetalCrawlspace.com - French thrash metal outfit Dead Tree Seeds have brought their 2020 album Push The Button back into circulation with a new digital re-release, available now across streaming platforms and Bandcamp. The release continues the band’s recent trip back through its catalogue following the reissues of the Back To The Seeds EP and Toxic Thoughts. Originally released in 2020, Push The Button catches Dead Tree Seeds firing on the classic thrash-metal cylinders: sha
Review: ADVERSAM - 'Daimon'
By Seth Metoyer, MetalCrawlspace.com - Italian black metal veterans ADVERSAM returned on March 28, 2026, with Daimon, their fourth full-length album and their first in eleven years. For a band whose history reaches back to the mid-1990s, there is surprisingly little dust hanging over the record. Daimon sounds focused, aggressive and remarkably alive. The first thing that stood out to me was the production. This is a strong-sounding black metal record. The guitars retain that
Symphony of Heaven Unveil 'The Ballad of Nicolaus Farel', Launching New Chapter of Ordo Aurum Lore
MetalCrawlspace.com - Symphony of Heaven have unveiled their next chapter with “The Ballad of Nicolaus Farel”, a new six-and-a-half-minute slab of melodic blackened death metal arriving this September 4th. The track marks the band’s first new release since 2024’s Ordo Aurum Archeia and dives deeper into the elaborate pseudo-historical mythology that has increasingly become part of the Symphony of Heaven universe. At the center stands Grandmaster Nicolaus Farel, a figure with
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