Review: “Transmutation of Fate” by Scarab

After spending their first six years as Hate Suffocation, in 2007 Egyptian Death Metal beast Scarab announced themselves to an unsuspecting world with EP “Valley Of The Sandwalkers“. Three full length albums soaked in Ancient Egyptian culture, spirituality, ritualistic riffs, cinematic orchestration and crushing aggression would follow, the bands reputation growing in stature year on year.

NEWS: Rabidfest announce third wave of bands for 2026!

Bringing the first May bank holiday weekend to a glorious end Rabidfest have announced six more bands for this year’s incarnation of Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender – including the Sunday night headliner! That honour goes to Trap Metal act n0trixx with Spared An Endless Orbit, Necronomicunt, The Blade Itself, Twin Skeletons and Sabertooth also added. The event

Review: “Infinite Loss” by Without Mercy

“There was no comfort, no distance, and no way to step away. That isolation mattered. It stripped everything down to what was essential. This record exists because we chose to be uncomfortable, to argue honestly and to stay in the room until it felt right” ~ DJ Temple, guitars

Review: “Happiness Ain’t Meant For All” by Thin Ice

Recorded and produced by Jason Rowe with mixing and mastering handled by Justin Felder, Bastian Kühn and David Deutsch at 1408 Productions (Mortal Form, The Hirsch Effekt, Dagger Threat), German Hardcore crew Thin Ice believe “Happiness Ain’t Meant For All“. The follow up to 2024 album “A Matter Of Time” promises five tracks of straight

5 Albums I Want To Be Buried With #32: Pineland Moor!

Is there something in the blood of brothers that means they share a Metal DNA? That’s the question we ask as Finnish Progressive Melodic Metal act Pineland Moor discuss the albums they would take with them to the afterlife. A band born of the bond of three brothers Aaltonen, the quartet are all seasoned veterans

NEWS: Feralia announce “Ultima Requies”!

Evoking forgotten rites, liminal states and the tension between life and death, presence and absence, a third album in “Ultima Requies” from Feralia is on the horizon for a 26th June grand reveal. Drawing from arcane and occult dimensions tied to the archaic Roman world, the expectation of Black Metal that is both raw and

NEWS: Clashmute bring the guests for “TALKSHOW”!

Featuring guest appea from Ben Mars of Waterlines, Adam Holland ‪from Archives, Alex Woodall ‪of Rosen Bridge‬ and JJ Olifent from ‪Hacktivist, Manchester Metalcore merchants Clashmute have unveiled a new single in “TALKSHOW“. It was part of the bands set at Slammer Festival last October and went down a storm there but there was no need to break a finger

NEWS: Baalzagoth warn “No God, No Savior”!

Mixed and mastered at Heinrich House Studio by Filip Hałucha (Azarath, Behemoth, Hate) a new album from Polish Death Metal brutes Baalzagoth has been warned of with title track “No God, No Savior“. Set for a 6th June release via the Polish underground label Putrid Cult the ten track affair has drums recorded at Sound of

NEWS: Shush call out the “Court Of Liars”!

14th August is going to see the arrival of the cliché that is a long awaited, highly anticipated album of pure unadulterated Essex Death Metal. That’s the date that Shush, a band lead by former Acrania vocalist Luke Griffin, have chosen for “Vow Of Silence” with “Court Of Liars” the latest cut from it to

NEWS: It all ends in tragedy for Alera?

They may want us to keep it a secret but… We ain’t gonna. Australian Post-Hardcore lovers Alera have got a split EP with Satellites Were Set Alight titled “A Selfish Endeavour” on the horizon. It doesn’t have a release date beyond 2026 as yet but what we can say is that it was written, produced and