The sludge/punk/death metallers return with a new track and an album on the way.

Far out destinations in Afghanistan, Libya, North Korea and more.

Check out three of this month’s best under the radar releases!

Watch the band dissect the original recording session files for “Beast and the Harlot.”

When there’s “No More Room in Hell,” then Possessed will walk the earth.

Blythe’s kazoo-wielders came out in full force to counter the “God Hates Fags” loonies.

He’s bringing 100 plastic kazoos to combat the “God Hates Fags” protesters!

Their new album Periphery IV: HAIL STAN comes out in April.

Includes Slayer, Babymetal, Periphery, Every Time I Die, and many more.

Your ones-stop shop for all the week’s heaviest releases including Currents, Goblinsmoker, Whitechapel, NOT MAchine Head and many more.

Plus: Killswitch Engage, Meshuggah, Circa Survive, Tom Morello, The Cult, Black Label Society, Tremonti, The Damned Things, High on Fire, Zeal & Ardor, Crobot, Architects and The Fever 333.

Includes Behemoth, Between the Buried and Me, Rivers of Nihil, and more.

Listen to “Bring Out Your Dead,” from the legendary Venom’s new album, Storm the Gates, out December 14 on Spinefarm.

A7X are awesome. Fight me.

Featuring tracks by Ghoul, Jucifer, Void Ritual and more.

Your one-stop shop for all the week’s heaviest releases including Atreyu, Polyphia, Beyond Creation, Iron Reagan, Chthonic and many more.

Including current or former guitarists for Frank Zappa, Megadeth, Journey, Poison, Mr. Big, and Nevermore.

It’s on the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 soundtrack.

What elements did the band bring to their metalcore base on this album that made it stand out at the time? How did the newly solidified lineup (with Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance joining the fold) improve the band’s sound? How did this album set the stage for the band’s future evolution?

Jared Dines investigates!