Rising like a phoenix from the ashes of Rain Of Acid in 2019, Crowen reunited multi instrumentalist and vocalist Esa Uusimaa with lead guitarist Sami Sandberg having initially been cast as Uusimaa’s solo project. Seven years on the pair are joined by bassist Tuomas Saukkonen, a man known for his prior convictions in Wolfheart, Before
Back in the early 1990’s Clawfinger emerged from Stockholm Sweden as a pioneering force in European Industrial tinged Rap-Metal, landing massive hits like “Do What I Say” and “Biggest & the Best” while addressing topics such as racism, political delusion, drug policy, environmental destruction and social inequality. They’ve quite literally been there, done that and
While they’re being held in suspended animation thirty feet in the air, Gaerea are promising an album in “Loss” which fuses together the aesthetics of Extreme Metal, the openness of Post-Rock and an exposed, emotional nerve to achieve a new musical paradigm. We’ll find out on 20th March when Century Media hand over the evidence
27th March will see Inverse Records handing out copies of “Shades Of A Dying World” by Finnish Melodic Death Metal act Obscure Fate like cinnamon pretzel pieces from Auntie Anne’s. The band have shared a third single from the album in “Valhalla” with themes of death, inner struggles, dark fantasy and horror expected to continue. Pre-orders
Described as being a crucial piece of the narrative arc of their forthcoming EP “Evolve“, confronting restriction, expectation and the invisible structures that confine identity and ambition, “Break the Frame” from Irish Nu-Metalcore contenders Following the Signs has landed. A track rooted in defiance and personal awakening, calling on listeners to reject imposed limitations and carve
Fury and lyrical horror combine in Blackened Thrash glory as Malefic unveil a music video for the atmospheric “In Darkest Dreams (The Reaping)” from their debut full length “Impermanence“. It’s Nightmare on Elm Street for Terminus Hate City Records who began distribution of the sonic abrasions on 13th February because this year the terror was
Ahead of a tour across Denmark in April with Defacing God and Maceration, Copenhagen Blackened Death Groove outfit Shadowspawn have fourth album “Cadaver Dogs” set for a 20th February arrival through Polish label Via Nocturna. The follow up to 2023’s well received “Blasphemica” has been described as expanding the band’s musical horizons, cementing their ability to
Produced by long-term collaborator Jason Frye (Allfather, Jøtnarr, Erth Altr) and wrapped in the striking artwork of Black Crow White (Death Island, Extinction A.D., Nuclear Desolation) a raw hard hitting album from Iron Slug will hit the streets on 27th March via Road To Masochist. Raw, Sludge fuelled Doom, “Deceit And Misery” is soaked in bitter
Promising to push the band’s established boundaries of traditional but melodic Black Metal by incorporating a variety of vocal styles and acoustic folk instruments, including the use of Irish whistles, accordion and atmospheric sound effects recorded in the woods of Quebec, a new album from Cogadh is set for 6th March. “Kingmaker” has been preceded
Produced, engineered, and mixed by legendary producer Jason Suecof (Trivium, Six Feet Under, Job For A Cowboy) at Audio Hammer Studios, mastered by Ted Jensen of Sterling Sound (Mastodon, Gojira, Korn) and featuring the brass section of Reel Big Fish on first single “Secret Elephant” a new EP” called “The Boiling Sea” is on the horizon for
