Colorado’s Allegaeon is one of the most exciting bands the technical death metal genre today. That’s why fans were given cause for concern when the band announced last year that they had parted ways with founding member, vocalist Ezra Haynes. But recently those concerns have been laid to rest with the release of the first advanced single from their upcoming fourth album Proponent For Sentience. The track is titled “Gray Matter Mechanics” and is our first glimpse of new vocalist Riley McShane. The new frontman seems to be a perfect fit with Allegation’s particular blend of goofiness and scientific nerdy-ness. This is thinking man’s metal that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Feign is a one-man, atmospheric, black metal band from Sanford, Maine. Project mastermind Jacob Lizotte released two very highly acclaimed demos under the Feign moniker in 2015 and today, July 29, 2016, sees the release of his first full-length album Atlas via Into The Night Records.

The album is streaming in its entirety over at Metal Underground, but you can check out the first single right here below. The track is called “Lunarity” and it’s our featured song for this Black Metal Friday.

Knoxville Tennessee’s Whitechapel has come out of the gates swinging with their sixth studio album Mark of the Blade, which was released on June 24, 2016 via Metal Blade Records. The first single is entitled “Elitest Ones” and it takes on the army of know-it-all keyboard warriors that populate online metal forums. The song is exactly the sort of vitriolic, deathcore rager that Whitechapel have become synonymous with.

British black metal unit Wode have been causing quite a buzz in the underground. It all started with their 2011 demo and now, five years later, the band have finally delivered their self titled debut album.

Check out the video to “Death’s Edifice” below.

Los Angeles punk metal stalwarts Motochrist are back with their fourth studio album Chrome. An underground supergroup of sorts, Motochrist consists of current and former members of The Dwarves, Junkyard, The Throbs, Humble Gods, NY Loose, Faster Pussycat, Stiv Bators and His Evil Boys, and L.A. Guns. The band’s sound is a high octane amalgam of all of those influences and more.

Check out the first single and video from Chrome right here below. The track is titled “I Don’t Ride Bitch” and it is our Massive Metal Monday selection for this week.