It’s time…for year-end lists – and 2022 is the year of Undeath! Currently gracing the cover of Decibel Magazine‘s year-end issue, Undeath has earned the coveted #1 spot with It’s Time… To Rise from the Grave. To read this exclusive story with the band, plus discover the full “Top 40”, be sure to purchase your copy online now at: https://store.decibelmagazine.com/products/copy-of-january-2023-219

JUDICATOR are today premiering their new single, The Black Elk, and its accompanying lyric video via New Noise Magazine. The Black Elk is the third track to be taken from the US power metal bands forthcoming sixth studio album, The Majesty of Decay, which is set for release on November 25 via Prosthetic Records.

Multinational cybergrind band THOTCRIME are today premiering their sophomore album,
D1G1T4L_DR1FT, in full via MetalSucks. Composed of members from Champaign-Urbana, IL, Philadelphia, PA and Nottingham, UK, THOTCRIME’s latest full-length sees the group draw from a wide influence of grind, mathcore, hyperpop and more across 13 tracks.

Following the release of their critically acclaimed sophomore album, It’s Time… To Rise From The Grave, in April of this year, UNDEATH have today announced a headline UK tour with support from UK death metal group Celestial Sanctuary. The Rochester, NY death metal band’s UK Invasion tour is set to take place from January 27 to February 2 and are UNDEATH’s first overseas tour dates, more details below.

Chicago, IL experimental metal band WITHOUT WAVES have today announced East Coast tour dates in support of their third album, Comedian, details on all live dates below. Upon Comedian‘s release via Prosthetic Records in March this year, the band have received plenty of plaudits for their off-kilter approach to metal. Alongside the tour announcement, WITHOUT WAVES have also shared a guitar playthrough of album track Animal Kingdom.

Cork, Ireland’s GOD ALONE have today released their sophomore album, ETC, via Prosthetic Records. On their second full-length GOD ALONE gleefully blur genre lines including mathrock, post-metal and avant-garde dance music, tying together the six song tracklist with abstract lyrics influenced by French dadaist poetry.

In celebration of the first anniversary of their third full-length, Darkened Infinity, REAPING ASMODEIA have today shared a new music video for album track Simulacra. The clip is a visual continuation of Darkened Infinity’s overarching themes of transcendentalism, the afterlife and dream logic. The Minneapolis technical death metal trio also recently announced a run of December and early January shows, with support from Our Judgment – more details below.

Swedish rust metal group HORNDAL have announced that vocalist Henrik Levahn will be making an appearance at Örebro University for a guest lecture on October 25. Levahn will be participating in a discussion on company closures and ethics, with regards to both the band’s eponymous hometown and country.

UK power metal group BATTLE BORN have today shared a new single, Fire Storm, and an accompanying visualizer for the track. Fire Storm is the first glimpse of new material on the horizon for 2023, following the band’s self-titled EP reissue via Prosthetic earlier this year. In celebration of the single release, BATTLE BORN will be heading out for the final two shows of their Autumn UK dates later this month – more details below.

US power metal group JUDICATOR are today premiering their new single, Ursa Major, via Decibel. Ursa Major is the second track to be taken from the four-piece band’s forthcoming sixth studio album, The Majesty of Decay, set to be released via Prosthetic Records on November 25. The song shows JUDICATOR embracing their love of traditional power metal, with a refreshed and revitalised approach to their songwriting.