Produced, engineered and mixed by Connor Ray (Clot, Malevich, Soros) at Sobek Sound and mastered by Erol Ulug (Bleeding Through, Mortal Wound, All Out War) at Bright Lights, “A Splinter in the Infinite Noumenon” by Apostle serves as both a meditation on the human condition and a deeply personal tribute shaped by grief and remembrance. Reflecting on
An animation by Ren Tachibana at Motion Canon gives a visual accompaniment to “Blame It On The Wind“, a fourth new single from American Groove Metal act Butcher Babies. It also kind of reminds of a video game cut scene which is pretty cool. While we’re no closer to getting a release date for the
Middle Eastern Extreme Metal band Esodic have dropped new single “Torment of the Djinn” as they prepare for the shows in Avilés, Santander and Zaragoza in Spain on route to this year’s incarnation of Hellfest in France. Those shows will see guitarist Mo LaMastro making his live debut with the band having been in the studio
Set for a live return in July in Australia with Cradle Of Filth followed by an August North American tour with Upon A Burning Body and Ov Sulfur, it’s safe to say it’s a busy time for American Groove Metal force Devildriver. Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Enterprise Earth guitarist Gabe Mangold, who is
Now we’ve got your attention with the headline, The Acacia Strain, End and session drummer of repute Matt Guglielmo is the guest if Craig Reynolds on this week’s episode of The Downbeat Podcast. They talk a out everything from how to learn songs fast to recovering from injuries and what it takes to nail sessions
The sixth studio album from Brazilian Death Thrash masters Nervosa arrived via Napalm Records back in April as the second with founding guitarist Prika Amaral also performing vocals. The title track “Slave Machine” was given the full music video treatment and 316.5k of YouTube streams later the band have shared a behind the scenes featurette
Pittsburgh Deathcore hate bringers Signs of the Swarm rolled up on Sonic Temple Fest like a tank ready for battle and were joined by Will Ramos from Lorna Shore for a rendition of “Clouded Retinas”. Captured on video by Brian Krahe from the bands media team and with a board audio mix by Adam Blacktar,
Uniting guitarist Sonny Lombardozzi (ex-Incantation), Steve Tucker (Morbid Angel) on vocals, Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy) on drums and Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Steve Vai, Malmsteen, Kiss) on keys, Progressive Death Metal super group Arise From Worms look set to make an impact on 10th July. That’s the date their debut album “A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self
Progressive Metal lovers Vertex have shared a live rendition of “Scalable“, recorded at Marché Gare in Lyon when opening for Psykup in December 2025. Back then the band were a year into the run for their album “The Purest Of Light“, a record inspired by influences like Meshuggah, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Fear Factory while breaking
“We are so excited to drop our strongest album to date! Toxic Waste Was Everywhere in the ‘80s is guaranteed to melt faces into a plutonium level pizza pit. For context: We will have to release a blank greatest hits album prior to this drop. We ain’t had a hit yet, and this entire album
