Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Century Media Records and Prowling Death Records have announced the joint release of HELLHAMMER's previously unreleased "Blood Insanity" 7" vinyl single. Originally conceived by the band in 1984, this piece of metal history will finally see a worldwi... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — The official video for the song "Ten Sepiroth" from progressive metal masters OBSCURA can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Akróasis" (Greek for "hearing" or "listening"), which was released on February 5 via Relaps... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Maryland Deathfest is less than a month away (May 21-24), and the lineup was already stacked with Neurosis, Napalm Death, Yob, Triptykon, Primordial, Inter Arma, Tombs, D.R.I., Conan, Ufomammut, Sodom and so many more. Yet MDF still felt the... more info

Stereogum — Thomas Gabriel Fischer once led the legendary Swiss underground metal band Celtic Frost, and now he’s the main man in Triptykon, a band that’s made one of this year’s best metal albums with Melana Chasmata. Triptykon’s new video for the punis... more info

Stereogum — In a year that has already delivered amazing new records from Yob, Pallbearer, Triptykon, Thou, Eyehategod, and Indian (among others), it’s pretty close to impossible to show up in mid-November with an album of sludge/funeral doom and make any sort... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Ian Chainey No stage diving please... That pic above is from the Millington, TN stop of Mayhem Fest and was tweeted/deleted by Trivium's Paolo Gregoletto with the caption, "Brutal pit for the first band today." Ouch. I've had games... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Ian Chainey MDF 2014 (via Invisible Oranges Instagram) Maryland Deathfest XIII happens May 21 - 24, 2015, and today the first round of confirmed bands were announced. 32 in total were listed to whet the appetites of early birds... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Wyatt Marshall Triptykon at Inferno Festival 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro) In what's sure to bum a lot of people out, Triptykon have cancelled their appearance at Maryland Deathfest (5/22-5/25). The announcement comes just days before Triptykon was ... more info

Metalsucks — An understandable bummer. The post Triptykon Cancel Maryland Deathfest Performance in Wake of H.R. Giger’s Death appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Stereogum — For whatever reason, all the best all the best albums I’ve heard this spring have been dank, dark, hopeless, fearsome, towering things, all expansive wrath and monolithic misanthropy: Triptykon’s Melana Chasmata, EMA’s The Future’s Void, Wove... more info