Tonight we’re at the 1865 in Southampton for the first show of a co-headlining tour that will find American Nu-Metal royalty in Cold and (hed)p.e. go toe to toe across Europe. As it happens tonight is also the third time in as many years that we’ve witnessed (hed)p.e. at this very venue, as they’ve supported
Having spent the past five years opening for the likes of Knocked Loose, Terror and Sunami, French Hardcore crew Headbussa are set to embark on a European tour with label mates Pain Of Truth as well as Big Boy and Impunity in February. To get you warmed up for that they have an album which
Exploring growing up in broken homes, struggles with self confidence, mental health and the experiences that have shaped them, Breach, who feature in their ranks members of Comeback Kid and Misery Signals, have a self titled EP on the horizon. Greyscale Records have put a 30th October release date on that one, a combination of
French Horn. Violin. Saxophone. Accordion. These are some of the instruments which grace the third album “Halla” by Finnish Melodic Blackened Death Metal band i Helvete. From that the band have shared “Hiljaisuuteen” (or “Into Silence“) as a second single with the album, adorned artwork by Orsolya Pintér (Thy Catafalque) and mixed and mastered by Jari
On 10th October Italian Crossover Thrash quartet Methedrine will release their new EP “Death Punk“, a salute to the Punk and Hardcore bands which helped shape their sound. From that the outfit have shared a music video for “Time To Wake Up” as the second single while warning that the five track affair carries lyrics written
Based around theme of ‘Involuntary Communication Shutdown‘ a new single from Thrash overlords Xentrix has landed in ‘Nil by Mouth‘. Curiously the music that became the song was initially demoed for the previous ‘Seven Words‘ album but inadvertantly became buried then ultimately just disappeared under a wave of newer ideas at that time.
Italian atmospheric Black Metal project Marea have released “The Beauty of Broken Things“, a second single taken from the forthcoming album “A Caress of Autumn for All the Lost“. The track offers another glimpse into world of mastermind Matteo Balzarini, where melancholic melodies, atmospheric textures and black metal intensity are shaped into a carefully balanced
On a poster which reads “Born from pain. Bound by noise. Destined to collide” it has been announced that Canadian Metal outfit Kittie will be returning to Europe in March next year as direct support for French darksynth artist Carpenter Brut. If that wasn’t enough Japanese Experimental/Electronic Black Metal/Noise brigade VMO or “Violent Magic Orchestra”
A major port on the Volga River and home to over a million people, Saratov in Russia is home to Wa’arth, the mastermind behind Black Death Metal project Shargaas. It is written upon ancient scrolls that having spent a long tome experimenting with Black Metal styles Wa’arth began to forge his own sonic creations by blending
Our first introduction to Hilltops Are For Dreamers came back in 2020 as they gave their self titled records to the world and since then we’ve followed them down the left hand path from their heaviest Gothenburg scene Melodic Death Metal inspired moments through to some Gothic Rock inspired ones. While musicians have come and
