Once a week, Stack delivers a mix of the most interesting new music on the web, handpicked by the Hype Machine team. Here's a recent mix.
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Inter Arma - New Heaven
stereogumFollow “Today, Richmond underground metal lifers Inter Arma release New Heaven, their first album of new material in five years. All…” 5 days ago →
Fórn - Dweller on the Threshold
The ObeliskFollow “The most recent album from Boston’s Fórn, 2018’s Rites of Despair, saw them reaching deeper into death-doom with low growls…” 5 days ago →
Inter Arma - Southern Man
Invisible OrangesFollow “Putting on an Inter Arma album has always felt like stepping into an extreme music Big Top Circus; above your…” last week →
Cave Sermon - Beyond Recognition
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “We’re back, baby. The end of year bonanza is fun as hell but always takes a lot out of yours…” on Feb 15th →
Cave Sermon - The Paint of an Invader
Machine MusicFollow “Yada, yada, yada, metal. Keep safe. As always, check out my various interview projects and other cool shit. And if…” on Jan 27th →
Ghorot - Dredge
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Doomsday - surprise, the albums this month go slow, they go low, and the go loud. Shocker, right? Seriously though,…” on Oct 31st, 2023 →
Selenoplexia - Lay Waste Our Powers
Chicago ReaderFollow “Veteran Chicago gig-poster artist and graphic designer Shelley Howard died Saturday, October 14, at age 76. For decades, Howard designed…” on Oct 24th, 2023 →
Witching - Incendium
BrooklynVeganFollow “Philly heavy band Witching will follow their 2020 debut LP Vernal (and their standalone 2021 single “A Piece Of My…” on Oct 24th, 2023 →
Ghorot - Dead Gods
The ObeliskFollow “You’ll forgive me if I’m late posting these Ghorot tour dates. The Boise-based deathbringers will issue their second album, titled…” on Aug 17th, 2023 →
WALLOWING - FLESH AND STEEL
The QuietusFollow “In his latest guide to the best in brand new metal, Kez Whelan assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Metallica's…” on May 2nd, 2023 →
Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean - I Will Possess Your Heart
Everything Is NoiseFollow “One of the very first reviews I wrote for Everything Is Noise was for Chained to the Bottom of the…” on Apr 3rd, 2023 →
Axioma - Septic
Destroy//ExistFollow “Members of Keelhaul, Brain Tentacles, and the French death metal band Morgue, make up the post black metal group Axioma,…” on Mar 7th, 2023 →
Thou - Voices in the Wilderness
TrebleFollow “An emotional album from an unconventional band, devoid of metal's cliches. The post Treble 100: No. 91, Thou – Summit…” on Feb 10th, 2023 →
Felsenmirror - Embodied Spirits
No Clean SingingFollow “(Andy Synn presents three recent releases which might ease your pain) As some of you may be aware, the last…” on Feb 9th, 2023 →
It Is Dead - Black Swarm
Invisible OrangesFollow “Extreme sounds for extreme expressions. Stream this blackened death-sludge meets blackened crust split here before it releases next month. Continue…” on Jan 27th, 2023 →
Wothrosch - Mass (feat. Niklas Kvarforth)
No Clean SingingFollow “Blaze of Sorrow (Peter) I forced open my sleep-crusted eyes and struggled to focus on the bed-side clock. Sluggish math…” on Jan 15th, 2023 →
It Is Dead - Womb
Invisible OrangesFollow “We stopped at McHenry's Epic Deli for a nourishing show of everything from post-metal to crossover thrash-check out a live…” on Oct 10th, 2022 →
Wallowing - Orbital Detritus
The ObeliskFollow “The Obelisk Questionnaire is a series of open questions intended to give the answerer an opportunity to explore these ideas…” on Jun 14th, 2022 →
Tuskar - Grave
Invisible OrangesFollow “Here's some of our favorite releases from February 2022. Continue reading…” on Mar 8th, 2022 →
Praise The Plague - The Descent
No Clean SingingFollow “(Andy Synn draws your attention to four more albums from last month which he feels went overlooked) Just like the…” on Aug 4th, 2021 →