sign up log in metal play follow “What is metal?” The answer to that question has been debated for years, but whether it’s brain-shredding grindcore, grave-robbing doom metal, or infernal and unholy black metal, there are two elements that bind them all together: volume and brutality. Your journey to the underworld begins here, with the newest and best metal on Bandcamp. related tags: hardcore / black metal / death metal / thrash metal / grindcore / doom / post hardcore / progressive metal / metalcore / sludge metal / heavy metal / deathcore / noise metal highlights all metal releases new and notable The Crucible by Threshing Spirit Chicago experimental musician Jordan Reyes makes his full-length debut as a black metal artist with this harrowing journey through the American desert. Into The Maw Of Death by Grand Cadaver Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity) brings a healthy dose of personality to the new Swedeath band’s punishing debut album. Black Harvest by GREEN LUNG Like an alternate-reality stoner doom soundtrack to a classic UK folk horror flick, the London band’s sophomore LP delivers eerie, ageless atmosphere in spades. Foreverglade by Worm The Florida duo’s black metal makeup and grim pseudonyms are a misdirect. This is stately yet grimy death/doom that always keeps one foot in the swamp. COGNOS by · C O G N O S · The fully anonymous prog-death band dazzles on a complex yet hooky debut album that recalls Devin Townsend, Cynic, and Atheist. featured metal vinyl Haginthorn by Asarhaddon €9.00EUR or more Delumination by Unending $24.99USD or more Moksha (Technical Death Metal) by THE LAST OF LUCY (US) €25.99EUR or more essential collection genre-defining releases curated by our editors Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light by Woods of Ypres Released posthumously, David Gold's final album of bleakly comical doom metal is a heartbreaking epitaph for a life cut tragically short. The Art of Partying by Municipal Waste Pizza, beer, and white high-tops were briefly the center of metal's mainstream, and the third LP by the hard-partying Virginians was the pinnacle of the scene. The Inalienable Dreamless by Discordance Axis The swan song from these grind savants was chaotic, overwhelming, and, if you took the time to let it work its magic, spiritually transcendental. Below The Lights by Enslaved When the founding fathers of viking metal pivoted to a widescreen, prog-influenced sound, they wound up making what might be their masterpiece. from the bandcamp daily read more in metal → The Best Metal on Bandcamp: March 2021 Our guide to the month’s crucial heavy LPs. read more Inside Portland, Maine’s Thriving Black Metal Scene A small but fervent community of musicians based in and around Portland has quietly built one of the strongest regional black metal scenes in the country. read more Horndal: Raging Metal From Sweden’s Rust Belt The Swedish band have channeled the turmoiled history of their hometown, and the class struggles of Sweden writ large, into powerful, aggressive death metal. read more recommendations from fans Slave to the Scalpel by 200 STAB WOUNDS “Savage as fuck” Jude Felton FOLLOW Bloody Keep - Bloody Horror by Bloody Keep “A bloodbath. My cup runneth over.” Gordon Deal FOLLOW _____ by Sadness “I don't even know why I preview Sadness albums before I buy them... I've never heard someone so consistently create such touching, euphoric, melancholy, eery, and gorgeous music every... fucking... album. Sadness is a treasure.” SETTLE FOLLOW keep exploring. check out all metal releases log in terms of use privacy copyright policy switch to mobile view language: English