NEWS: Mercury’s Well announce Summer Bash 666: Hell In Hawaii!

Anyone who’s been to or orchestrated a Wedding knows what a “save the date card” means and our friends in the almighty Mercury’s Well have issued one for the sixth incarnation of Summer Bash. The annual one day festival of all things Metal will take place at The Facebar in Reading on Saturday 13th July

Review: “Eldhav” by Hämnd

Depicting the flow of a river of molten lava as it escapes from a magma chamber below the Earth’s surface before it hardens to become obsidian, the cover art of “Eldhav” is a classic piece of imagery. Rising from those smouldering embers that flow down the mountain that is the Swedish underground Metal scene having

NEWS: Befell wake from the nightmare!

American Metalcore fireball Befell have unvieled a Max Portnoy directed music video for single “Dreams Of Desolation” alongside the promise of more big news to come soon. We’re hopeful of a debut full length from the band who have dropped an unholy trinity of EPs in anger since their inception but we’d probably settle for

Bootleg: “Poison For The Lost” from Sylosis!

A first headlining tour in eight years is just around the corner for Sylosis and so they have shared another cut recorded at the London stop of their tour with Malevolence in “Poison For The Lost“. It is of course another that takes pride of place on their new album “A Sign Of Things To

NEWS: Hang Tough take us back to the Slamnasium!

Los Angeles Californian Slamming Beatdown Hardcore crew Hang Tough have returned from the summer killing spree that was third record  “California Violence” with double A side single “81H8 // Slam Fernando“. It’s a title which immediately makes us think Sharknado in San Fernando and was of course mixed and mastered by Mychal Soto (Utilize The Remains,

NEWS: Gatecreeper announce “Dark Superstition” European Tour!

Featuring the singles “Caught In The Threads” and “The Black Curtain“, 17th May will see the arrival of “Dark Superstition” from American Death Metal beasts Gatecreeper via Nuclear Blast. So inevitably the band have a European headlining tour in the offering with support from 200 Stab Wounds and Enforced. The run will open with four

NEWS: Miruthan warn of the “Land Of The Damned”!

Describing themselves “survivors from a dystopian future overrun by the undead“, veiled Australian Blackened Death Metal eight piece Miruthan have promised a debut EP with a visceral and apocalyptic narrative of survival and malevolence. Titled “Cult Of The Dead” the gateway to that post-apocalyptic realm is set to be torn open on 26th April with a

NEWS: War Grave burn the witch!

Featuring in their ranks former members of Virus and More, last year saw the arrival of not one but two singles from Traditional Heavy Metal force War Grave. Their march continues with a self titled debut EP recorded at London’s Monolith Studios with producer Charlie Wilson Jnr. (Torchbearer, Graven Image) set for a 26th April grand unveiling. As if that wasn’t enough

NEWS: Zero One announce “Faults In My Design”!

Hailing from Edinburgh, Post-Hardcore quintet Zero One have set 31st May as the date for unveiling their sophomore EP “Faults In My Design“. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Kieran Smith (To Kill Achilles, Bitterwood, newshapes), the five track affair follows three standalone singles and shows with Ithaca, Pupil Slicer and Polar as they continue to build the

Review: “The Fear” by Ashen Reach

Formed five years ago in Liverpool, Alternative Metal act Ashen Reach spent a year honing their sound before announcing their existence with debut album “Homecoming“. That record was so well received that it opened doors for festival appearances at the likes of Call of the Wild as well as support slots for Phil Campbell and