BioShock is one of my all-time favorite games, and I’ve been itching to return to the underwater city of Rapture for some time now. I’ve played the opening many times—again, one of the very best—but haven’t seen it through since that first time. That changed earlier this month, and it was just as beautiful and terrifying and unforgettable as ever. And it came with an added bonus.

While searching for related videos on YouTube, I came across this little treat. BioShock: A Radio Drama—an impressive old school style radio production adapted from BioShock and the John Shirley novel BioShock: Rapture. And this isn’t just a few minutes for fun, either; this is a two-part (so far), over two-and-a-half-hour production, with top-notch voice acting and sound work.

You can give it a listen below the surface!

Obscure Burial is a black metal band from Finland with old-school songwriting and production aesthetics, but they somehow still seem to sound modern and fresh. They have been gaining rapid momentum in the metal underground ever since their first demo release God’s Abomination.

Continue reading for more and to listen to one of their tracks.

Bay Area thrash masters Exodus are set to release their tenth studio album Blood In, Blood Out on October 14th via Nuclear Blast Records. Guitarist Gary Holt has been doing double duty playing not only in Exodus but also filling the slot left vacant by the late Jeff Hannemann in Slayer, raising Exodus’s public profile. Add to that the fact that the band’s iconic vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza has returned to the fold and former Exodus and current Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is contributing a guest solo, and you get arguably the most anticipated record Exodus record ever.

Now, we are getting our first listen to the track that Hammett contributed to and it does not disappoint. “Salt the Wound” is exactly the sort of classic thrash riff fest that we’ve come to expect from Exodus and Hammett’s solo is instantly recognizable.

Listen to “Salt the Wound” here below.

Death metal pioneers Cannibal Corpse will release their thirtieth studio album A Skeletal Domain on September 16th via Metal Blade Records. The band premiered a second new track titled “The Murderer’s Pact” this past weekend on Full Metal Jackie’s radio show. This joins the song that gave us our first glimpse of the album a couple of months back “Sadistic Embodiment.”

Listen to both tracks here below.

As we reported previously, the third record from Cavalera Conspiracy, titled Pandemonium, is due to be released on November 4, 2014.
Brothers Max and Igor Cavalera were the founders and heart and soul of Brazilian metal institution Sepultura.

While we wait to hear the full album, the Cavaleras have gifted us with a sneak peek in the form of the album’s first single, “Banzai Kamakazi.”

Listen to the track here below.