Review: “Obscure Abominations” by Morrath

“We decided to make our music more dark, moody, transcendental and even psychedelic or ‘acidic’, while still making sure we deliver the right amount of aggression and brutality. Guitars, bass and vocals were recorded in less professional space than those of the album, which gave us more control over the sound, more time to work

NEWS: Kneel Before The Death: Heavy Is The Crown!

Once again mixed and mastered by Jonathan Dolese (156/Silence, For The Fallen Dreams, Half Me) at Konkrete Studio, a new track from Helsinki Finland Extreme Metal brutes Kneel Before The Death has landed like a blunt force trauma. They have announced a couple of summer festival appearances for June so we’re hoping for more to

NEWS: Selias escape from the farm…

As they complete four nights in the Midwest with The Bunny The Bear, Canadian Melodic Death Metal force Selias have returned to their November released album “Killkarma” to remind us just how good it is, sharing a music video for “Abducted“. The track holds strong personal meaning for frontman Guillaume Pascal, a dedicated vegan whose writing

Documentary: Mushroomhead on Bus Invaders!

While on tour with Psychostick, Black Satellite, and Mind Incision in October, Cleveland Ohio’s Mushroomhead stopped at The Vixen in McHenry, Illinois. Ahead of the scheduled show the band let the Digital Tour Bus cameras invade their space to film the latest episode of their iconic series Bus Invaders with the bands new album “Call

Review: “Kaiju” by Dissentience

Inspired from classic Japanese monster films and the unknowable terrors of Lovecraftian mythology (rather than Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim), it is written upon ancient scrolls in a rarely used Japanese dialect, that “Kaiju” by Dissentience explores the narrative of a colossal, nameless beast as it decimates a city. Rather than paying tribute to the

NEWS: Extinction A.D. run like dead men…

A new dawn, a new day and a new label home for Extinction A.D. as they’ve confirmed they’re now part of the M-Theory Audio roster with new single “Dead Men Running“. Formed from the ashes of This Is Hell some thirteen years ago they have made a name for themselves by combining New York Hardcore

NEWS: Writhe fester in filth…

Following the announcement that they’ll be joining the likes of Vanitas, Hacktivist and Rituals at The Sanctum: Modern Metal Fest 2026 at Dead Wax in Digbeth Birmingham in August, Writhe have shared a sinister new single in “Blight“. It fuses Deathcore with cosmic horror and dark ambient sounds because as the band say “The mark

Playthrough: “Doctrine of Hate” from Godless!

Continuing the fear campaign around their EP “Genesis Of Decay“, a one take recording with no post-processing finds bassist Abbas Razvi from Godless playing “Doctrine of Hate” for our viewing pleasure. For those not indoctrinated in their ways, Godless hail from Hyderabad, India and perform ruthless Death Metal with some Thrash thrown in for good

NEWS: Hegeroth rot in a Polish grave?

Adorned by artwork from Maciej Kamuda (Blut aus Nord, Nunslaughter, Master), the sixth album from Hegeroth is slated for the 25th March. The Polish Black Metal act have continued their sonic evolution, shifting from Symphonic and Melodic Black Metal in their early days, through complex, multi-layered melodic structures intertwined with disharmonies, to expressive, energetic pieces

NEWS: Erra outlive the Earth?

Prolific American Progressive Metalcore collective, Erra have shared the first part of a trilogy of songs in new single, ‘i. the many names of god’, a track which seethes with discontent. It’s part of “silence outlives the earth“, a 6th March release via UNFD that coincides with a North American tour from Baltimore to San