Review: “Stillness and Suffering” by Tongues of Mercury

Just six months after they announced themselves to an unsuspecting world with debut EP “A Sense of Injury” in July 2025, multi instrumentalist Shaun Mitchell (Dead Man Risen, Soul’s Darkness, Dreams of Nightmares) and vocalist Jaime Ribeiro (Semyazah, Priest Killer, Abattoir of Shrikes) return with a follow up titled “Stillness and Suffering“. Inspired by various

NEWS: Soulfly storm European Gates!

Hoping around Europe like a stone skipping across a million pond, this summer will see the thirteenth album from Soulfly celebrated across both Festivals and club shows with the Tribal Technology Tour. A battle cry against control and greed, “Storm The Gates” was the first single from “Chama“, a track which summons ancestral strength and

Bootleg: Ocean Planet in Banbury!

Filmed on a single static camera, Progressive Metal six piece Ocean Planet have shared their full set from The Wheatsheaf in Banbury on 30th May. The forty minute set runs to seven compositions including “Devastate” and “Siege Machine“, their next show being 11th July at The Jericho Tavern in Oxford. Don’t say we didn’t warn

Documentary: Speed at Sick New World!

Are Australian’s Speed ever not on tour?! They’ve shared a documentary featurette about playing Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas with the likes of KoRn and System of a Down that finds them living their best lives. The Sydney Hardcore crew have made a habit of dropping this kind of thing since they started

Documentary: “May-Hem” weekender with Hellbearer!

Manchester Thrash crew Hellbearer have documented the final three shows dubbed “May-Hem” with drummer Sam Hatt gracing the stool. The final night of the run saw them play Slayfest at the Brickmakers in Norwich, an event headliner by Breed 77 and Shrapnel as twenty eight bands took to two stages for some epic madness. If

NEWS: Vertiginous search for light!

Indonesian Brutal Death Metal masters Vertiginous have allowed Comatose Music to fire a warning shot of the shape of punk to come in “Tortured with Endless Despair” from their new album “Incessant Affliction” ahead of its 7th August release via the label. If that wasn’t enough to get excited about, it was mixed and mastered

NEWS: Eminence start pounding the war drums!

Bringing to end rumours of an EP in the works, Brazilian Metal veterans Eminence have shared the title track for it in “Silent March“, a tune made all the more special by the presence of Andreas Kisser of Sepultura. Recorded by Tue Madsen at Antfarm Studio (Heaven Shall Burn, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Haunted)

NEWS: KOH admit to acts of blasphemy!

Ahead of appearances at TerrorLoud Festival and Swelterfest this summer Darwin Australian Metalcore merchants KOH have dropped scorching new single “Blasphemous” alongside the announcement of a debut record. They’re calling “Golden Death” an EP but at seven tracks it will be an album on streaming services with a 1st July release date locked in. The