Review: “DIVID” by Beyond The Styx

Raising hell across Europe since 2011, French Metallic Hardcore crew Beyond The Styx have more than 300 shows under their belts, having turned stages to sawdust with everyone from Sepultura to Terror and Malevolence to The Acacia Strain, while also appearing at festivals such as Hellfest and Motocultor Festival. Their sound manifests a dark and violent musical universe at the crossroads of

Review: “No Place of Warmth” by Frozen Soul

“Each song on this record has its own meaning and influences that helped make them what they are, but in their essence are written to give the listener that extra push and power they need to fight those everyday battles. These songs are built to say ‘We won’t be swept away by its winds; we

NEWS: Argonauta Records announce Argonauta Fest London!

Argonauta Records have announced their first ever Argonauta Fest London, landing on 21st June at Helgis Bar in London for a night fully dedicated to the power of live heavy music, bringing together a diverse lineup of doom, sludge, stoner and psych-driven bands from across the underground scene. Three bands, one stage, total live immersion

NEWS: Soulprison pluck out another thorn…

Calling out the blind, the fake and the self-righteous the second single from the forthcoming debut album “The More I See, The More I Bleed” by Southern German Metallic Hardcore crew  Soulprison has arrived via BDHW Records. Titled “Thorn In My Side” it’s one of eleven tracks fueled by palpable anger and ferocious energy, the

NEWS: Dissentient warn of “The Aphelion Sequence”!

Recorded between October 2025 and March 2026 at Darkmoon Productions, a new album in “Black Galactic” by Canadian Progressive Death Metal act Dissentient is finally set to be released on 5th June. Mixed, mastered and co-produced Joe Lyko (Harvested, Insurrection, Sons of the Nether) the nine track affair has been preceded by “The Aphelion Sequence” with

NEWS: Mangled Carpenter search for evil…

A partnership between Broken Curfew Records and Rottweiler Records has continued to bear fruit with a lyric video for “The Absence Of Light” by  Mangled Carpenter surfacing online. Hailing from Monterey, California the trio create in the Bermuda triangle of space between the genres of Death Metal, Deathgrind and Deathcore, the track confronting the popular

Review: “Systemic Disruption” by Bloodkill

Uniting both current and former members of Kill the King, Unholy Grudge and Archverse, the evolution (or should that be evilution?) of Mumbai India based Groove Thrash Metal act Bloodkill has been going on for the past decade. Originally having an adrenalized Thrash sound influenced by the 80’s bay area scene, line up changes appear

NEWS: Emptiness unveil “The Clash of Forces”!

Recorded almost entirely live in the studio after four years of preparation, it is written that the music of “Nowhere Speaks” by Emptiness carries the tension and physicality of performance taken to its absolute limit: dense, textured, and unrelenting in the way it closes in. The seventh album from the Brussels based Post-Metal act is