RHINO PROOF, HUBRIS, ABADDON INCARNATE, HAZE MAGE, BINARY ORDER, FAR FROM REFUGE, BROKEN TRINITY & CHOKE ME! FEATURED IN DECIBEL MAGAZINE!

Eight Metal Devastation PR Artists Represent the Latest Wave of Underground Heavy Music in This Month’s Issue of Decibel Magazine

Metal Devastation PR is proud to announce that eight artists from its current roster are featured in this month’s MDPR Recommendations advert for Decibel Magazine , one of the most respected publications in extreme and underground heavy music.

Representing a diverse cross-section of the international metal underground, this month’s featured Metal Devastation PR artists are Rhino Proof, Hubris, Abaddon Incarnate, Haze Mage, Binary Order, Far From Refuge, Broken Trinity, and Choke Me!

From Finnish hard rock and heavy metal to Irish deathgrind, American black metal, Baltimore doom, cyberpunk industrial electronics, UK progressive metal, blackened doom/death, and West Coast grindcore/hardcore, the eight featured acts demonstrate just how broad and diverse today’s underground heavy music scene has become.

RHINO PROOF

Finnish hard and heavy outfit Rhino Proof recently signed with Astral Haven Records and unleashed their new single “My Life is Fine.” Formed in Joensuu in 2016, the band made an early impact with their self-titled 2018 debut album, which received strong European critical attention and landed in the Top 5 of Hard Rock Highlights lists in both Italy and Portugal.

Now preparing their second studio album, Rhino Proof are entering a new international chapter with a lineup featuring Jukka Nummi on vocals, Rane Riikonen and Erkko Joronen on guitars, Pasi Nousiainen on bass, and Sami Ratilainen on drums.

HUBRIS

Buffalo, New York underground black metal force Hubris recently unleashed their full-length Acts of Sedition , a relentless 51-plus-minute assault of uncompromising USBM intensity.

The band has also released an animated lyric video for “Lightless Lantern,” created by Daniel Oakes, an industry veteran known for his work on Archer . The cinematic visual expands the album’s themes of collapse, rebellion, destruction, and rebirth.

Fans of Gorgoroth, 1349, and Tsjuder will find plenty of darkness to sink their teeth into.

ABADDON INCARNATE

Irish deathgrind veterans Abaddon Incarnate return with the savage new single “This Verminous Creation,” offering a brutal preview of the band’s next chapter as they prepare to enter the studio for a forthcoming full-length.

Formed in Dublin in 1994, Abaddon Incarnate have spent more than three decades establishing themselves as pioneers of Irish extreme metal. With six full-length albums behind them, including 2022’s critically praised The Wretched Sermon , the band’s latest material continues their tradition of blast-driven chaos, jagged riffing, and venomous vocal attack.

Fans of Nasum, Brutal Truth, Immolation, and Morbid Angel should take notice.

HAZE MAGE

Baltimore sword-and-sorcery doom outfit Haze Mage delivered the final chapter of their saga with their full-length album High Fantasy , released alongside the band’s final live performance at The Ottobar during Grim Reefer Fest.

Since forming in 2015, Haze Mage have built a distinctive sound combining doom, stoner metal, and hard rock with fantastical themes inspired by dark forests, mythical creatures, mystical realms, and the band’s own wonderfully warped imagination.

Drawing inspiration from Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden , High Fantasy represents the culmination of years of songwriting and the band’s final release before taking an indefinite hiatus.

The band will continue their work supporting the underground through the ongoing Grim Reefer Fest .

BINARY ORDER

London-based electronic project Binary Order takes the Decibel recommendations into the darker reaches of industrial electronics, dark ambient, IDM, and cinematic cyberpunk.

Created entirely by solo artist Benjamin Blank , Binary Order is currently developing the cyberpunk concept album The Same Dream , with the latest transmission, “Vestige,” continuing a narrative built around digital isolation, artificial existence, manipulated memories, and the fading boundary between human consciousness and machine reality.

Fans of HEALTH, Nine Inch Nails, Lorn, Celldweller, Combichrist, and Perturbator will find themselves right at home inside Binary Order’s digital dystopia.

FAR FROM REFUGE

UK modern alternative/progressive metal force Far From Refuge are continuing their evolution with their ambitious full-length Pillars of Language .

Blending progressive metal, metalcore, alternative metal, and melodic death metal, the Cambridge-based band combine crushing heaviness, soaring melodies, emotional songwriting, and expansive thematic storytelling.

The album was produced, mixed, and mastered by Oz Craggs at Hidden Track Studios and explores influences ranging from fantasy and gaming to science fiction, including The Expanse .

With three NMG Awards wins in the Best Artist: Rock/Heavy categories and a growing catalog of releases, Far From Refuge continue to establish themselves as a force within the UK’s modern heavy music scene.

BROKEN TRINITY

Atlanta’s Broken Trinity unleashed their epic debut full-length Challenges Of Gods And Mortals , a blackened doom/death metal journey combining Viking lore, spiritual exploration, mythic storytelling, and massive doom-driven riffs.

After six years of development, the album brings together classic doom foundations, progressive structures, Viking chants, and icy Nordic black metal intensity.

Fans of Draconian, Emperor, and My Dying Bride will find plenty to explore throughout the album.

The band’s dedication to the underground has also been rewarded by the metal community, with Broken Trinity being named MDR Band of the Month in February 2026 after receiving an impressive 46,705 votes in a Battle of the Bands competition.

CHOKE ME!

Los Angeles-based extreme metal outfit Choke Me bring the raw aggression of grindcore, hardcore, and metal together with a fiercely DIY attitude.

Their release “A Violent Phenomenon” , issued via Riot Ready Records , delivers an unapologetically hostile combination of punishing riffs, extreme vocals, and socially charged lyrics.

Written, recorded, and mixed by Wesley Richards, with mastering by Brad Boatright of Audiosiege, the track tackles political and social themes with the kind of raw intensity that has defined the band’s presence in the LA underground.

Fans of Darkest Hour, Magrudergrind, and Punch should take notice.

AND THAT’S JUST THE MDPR REPRESENTATION

The latest issue of Decibel Magazine is stacked from cover to cover, featuring Devil Master on the cover and including an exclusive limited-edition Nunslaughter flexi disc .

Also featured in this month’s issue:

Protest the Hero

Shane Embury

Iron Reagan

Prepare the Ground 2026 reviewed

Decibel Hall of Fame: ISIS’ Celestial

Deathgrave

Faerie Ring

Speedslut

Reeking Aura

And more

The placement also demonstrates the sheer range of artists represented by the Metal Devastation PR roster.

Eight artists. Eight different approaches to heavy music. One mission: getting great underground music heard.

From established extreme metal veterans to emerging artists and genre-defying projects, Metal Devastation PR continues to provide strategic promotion designed to put independent heavy music in front of journalists, magazines, radio stations, podcasts, websites, playlists, and metal fans around the world.

METAL DEVASTATION PR

Rhino Proof

Hubris

Abaddon Incarnate

Haze Mage

Binary Order

Far From Refuge

Broken Trinity

Choke Me!

Eight MDPR clients. One killer issue of Decibel Magazine

Metal Devastation PR

Bringing the Underground to the World.