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Toxic Holocaust is “Out of the Fire” and into the most metal album cover ever

Joel Grind's Toxic Holocaust is back with a brain damaging new track from its new album, Chemistry of Consciousness

Portland metal-punk scholars Red Fang

Four learned scholars of riffology with a penchant for injecting their unique brand of doom-ridden metal-punk with a dose of…

Hardcore on hardcore: Call of the Void covering His Hero is Gone

Among a new breed of sludgy, grindy, acrimonious hardcore, Call of the Void has paid tribute to one of the…

Pig Destroyer releases unheard EP, donates proceeds to daughter of beloved colleague

Pig Destroyer has released an EP that was recorded during the same sessions as 2007 record Phantom Limb. Entitled Mass…

Interview: Pig Destroyer on channeling humanity’s dark side

Book Burner, Pig Destroyer’s first album since 2007, depicts myriad forms of advanced psychological decay. But where so many metal…

Quadruple crowd anxiety: Agoraphobic Nosebleed recording four brand-new albums

Grindcore powerhouse Agoraphobic Nosebleed has announced the recording of four separate albums, each reflecting the tastes of a different member,…

Medusa’s expanding glare: “Stonegaze” trio True Widow signs to Relapse

"Stonegaze" trio True Widow, comprised of members of Slowride and The Mag Seven, is currently recording its third full-length album,…

ALARM’s 50 Favorite Albums of 2012

Another year, another torrential downpour of albums across our desks. As always, we encountered way too much amazing music, from…

Contest: Win a Relapse Records five-CD prize pack!

Didn't get to hear all of Relapse's killer releases this year? Enter to win one of two prize packs that…

Review: Pig Destroyer’s Book Burner

After five years of relative inertia, Pig Destroyer — flaring up like an incurable Amazonian virus — is back on…

Grindcore International: Pig Destroyer introduces “The Diplomat”

In advance of next month's Book Burner on Relapse, grindcore powerhouse Pig Destroyer has unveiled "The Diplomat," one of the…

Ray Bradbury goes grindcore? Pig Destroyer returns with Book Burner

Veteran grindcore group Pig Destroyer is releasing its first album in five years this October 23. Titled Book Burner, the…