Having been conceived in December 2024, Metallic Hardcore crew The Blade Itself made their live debut in May 2025, choosing to spent eighteen months or so sharing stages with the likes of Seething Akira, Stone Soup and Halloran before committing their debut EP “Lariat” to tape. That means that the songs have been tried, tested and
Recorded by Jesse Gander (3 Inches of Blood, Ceremonial Bloodbath, Death Knell) at Rain City Recorders in Vancouver BC over three days in December 2025 who later mixed before mastering by Greg Wilkinson (Autopsy, Necrot, Undergang) at Earhammer Studios in Oakland California, “Darkness Echoes” is the debut album from Mortuary Cave. Describing themselves as a
A first album in partnership with Argonauta Records is on the horizon for Italian Post-Metal veterans Rise Above Dead with “Voidmass” pencilled in for a 27th November grand unveiling via the label. The Milan based collective have chosen “Drowning Slowly” as the first of six intense, dark and immersive tracks to surface, all of which are built
Blurring the lines between concept album, psychological horror and extreme music “Forfeiture Hymns” by Liminal Spirit is said to examine influence, guilt, abuse, obsession and the devastating ripple effects of human actions.
Cypriot Dark Metal force KA’APER are taking their sophomore album “When Gods Walked the Earth” across Europe. That gives us the unique opportunity to witness the place where ancient mythology, human nature and heavy music collide, should our hearts desire. These shows are coming up fast so don’t sleep on them.
Born from real life experiences “From Oblivion to The Grave” by Brazilian Death Metal act Ereboros dives into suffering, anxiety, disillusionment and the struggle to find meaning in the middle of chaos. The fourth advanced single from that is “Dissonant Soul” and curiously enough it continues the bands resistance to unveiling any of the first
Pushing not only their boundaries as musicians but also those of the discerning listener, Rochester New York underground Death Metal philosophers Contrarian have completed work on a sixth studio album which is also a single thirty minute long track. Titled “Escaping Depravity” it is slated for a 27th November release via Willowtip Records with founding members
Ahead of their 10th October performance at Slay in Glasgow when they join Red Method in opening for The Haunted, Edinburgh natives Perpetua have unleashed “Veil Of Deception” as the first single from EP “Saviour To None“. Another record to benefit from the partnership between Bleeding Art Collective and Blood Blast Distribution, while some call
Accompanied by artwork from Mitchell Nolte (Raider, A Night in Texas, Aborted) a new album in “Fetid Existence” by Australians Resin Tomb is slated for the 15th January unleashing via Transcending Obscurity Records. Falling between the worlds of Dissonant Death Metal and Grindcore it has been preceded by “Ancestral Agony” as the second single to follow
In celebration of their new single “Ritual Of The Tide” which just so happens to be their first new material since their phenomenal 2025 album “Infinitus Somnium“, Durham Progressive Technical Death Metal aficionados Erebor have shared an Instrumental playthrough video for it. Performed by Mia Bennett and Jordan Giles and filmed by Tom and Michael Unwin,
