The bridge between blast beats and atmosphere lives here. We curate the best blackened death metal releases from the global underground. Headbang Today focuses on bands that blend death metal’s weight with black metal’s coldness. Check below for new singles and album updates from the dark side of the scene.
Danish metallers Gradience blend blackened death metal with dark urban trap-rap on their new single and video, ‘Master To The Slave.’ This unique track previews their upcoming Metal Blade Records debut.
Milwaukee’s PIG’S BLOOD announced their new album, “Destroying the Spirit,” set for release April 24, 2026, via Dark Descent Records. Expect relentless, blackened death metal.
Seattle’s dissonant blackened death metal quartet, Voidthrone, is back with a new record. Their upcoming album, Dreaming Rat, drops on May 8, and they’ve just premiered the first single, ‘First Blood’.
Milwaukee scene veterans from Jungle Rot and Micawber have formed Relic, a new blackened death metal band. Their debut EP, Crown of Flies, arrives April 3.
Indonesian death metallers Exhumation and US blackened death band Funeral Chant join forces for a new split EP via Carbonized Records.
