“In being a surviving unit like Cripple Bastards for some 35+ odd years, it takes much persistence, perseverance and an undying spirit to wreck yourself, all out with Brutal-F**king-Grind. Yeah, I said it. I said Brutal, so what. Brutal. That’s the supposed overused adjective that most ‘heavy’ band bios and descriptions overlook nowadays for fear
Wrestling with anxiety, depression, grief and the suffocating weight of the modern world, an album from Alternative Metal ArcTanGent survivors a-tota-so is set to land on Planet Metal on 4th September. Dubbed “I Told You So” it might be considered a self titled affair, reflecting on how the mind can flicker between calm and panic
Frustrated with modern society, manipulation and the growing divide created by money and power, a trio of seasoned veterans known for their prior convictions in Atoll, Eyes Of Perdition, Lunacy, Necrambulent and Necrobot needed an outlet for their aggression. Crawling out of the gutters of Arizona, Nevada and Alabama they once again look to become the Kings of
Soulfly have extended their recently announced “Tribal Technology Tour” to add five shows in the United Kingdom in September. A celebration of their current album “Chama“, they will find the band joined by Nailbomb, who destroyed the Sophie Lancaster stage at Bloodstock Open Air Festival last summer.
24th July will see Teeside Sludge Metal outfit The Larches will host an EP launch show at the Georgian Theatre in Stockton as they unveil “Nihilistic Majesties“. Combining crushing low end weight with earnest emotional intensity, it compromises five blistering and brutal tracks that drag listeners through murky soundscapes of despair, defiance. and decay. The first single
Exploring the terrifying scale of cosmic darkness and the fragility of existence within a primordial emptiness Norwegian Melodic Black Metal band Sworn investigate the philosophy of becoming and unmaking. The place where reality and time emerge from nothingness only to eventually collapse back into the same unfathomable origin is where they take us with their fifth
After Spanish label Memento Mori released a Cerebrum compilation of their 1990s material titled “Vestiges of an Evoked Past (1993–1994)” last summer it was only a matter of time before the Finnish Progressive Death Metal band gave us something new. Inverse Records have shared the first single from a forthcoming EP in “Once You See It“,
Set to open for Crowbar in August, German riff lords Red Stone Chapel have announced a renewed collaboration with Argonauta Records and dropped new single “Evil Seed”. Rooted in the Sludge Metal spirit of the NOLA scene while embracing a broader Heavy Metal identity, lineup changes and a renewed creative vision solidified in late 2023,
Church Road Records have announced that after an album release show in Bristol for debut record “What If Better Never Comes?” last month, Mallavora will now hit the road for four headlining shows across the country. The band have already earned themselves the “ones to watch” tag with powerful music and equally powerful personal stories and
In a run dubbed the “East Coast Assault On Europe Tour 2026” in November Hatebreed, Life Of Agony and End It will join forces for twelve shows that will take them from Warsaw to Deinze. Curiously enough there are a couple of gaps in the run but wether that means there are more shows and
