Review: “Tempest / Wisp” by Uragh

The past four years have been an incredible journey down the left hand path for Irish Progressive Metal quartet Uragh. Formed in 2022, they won Metal 2 The Masses and playing the New Blood Stage at Bloodstock Open Air Festival in 2023 before the grand unveiling of their debut album “Maelstrom” in April 2024. An

Review: “High Priestess” by Solothurn

“This EP is heavier and more progressive than anything we’ve released before. There are doomier riffs, more atmosphere and more space in the songs, but the core of it is still melody and emotional impact. It feels like a natural evolution, just darker and more fully realised.” ~ Solothurn

Review: “Cryptomorph” by Embodiment

Having brought Technical Death Metal to the masses as Bloodstock, Tech-Fest and Mammothfest over the past thirteen years, not to mention opening for such household names as Decapitated, The Black Dahlia Murder and Suffocation, the reputation of Bristol natives Embodiment precedes them. It has been six long years since the events of their sophomore album

NEWS: Fog Wall announce “Gloomweaver”!

Drawing inspiration from the poisoned well of all things dark fantasy and horror, including the works of Tolkien and Japanese video game development studio FromSoftware, Fog Wall have pieced together a debut album called “Gloomweaver” for a 4th September release. Hailing from Reno Nevada, the band specialise in Death Metal and while they identify as

NEWS: Slug Gore begin a new saga…

Cover artwork, a track listing and pre-orders might not be ready as yet but that hasn’t stopped Italian Moshgrind trio Slug Gore from announcing that they have completed work on a new EP. Titled “Pillars of Eco-Terror Saga“, it has been scheduled for a 25th September release via Time To Kill Records with “Scalpel” the

NEWS: The Bleeding have a lust…for blood!

If you didn’t get the memo attached to first single “Altar of the Ram“, London Death Metal stalwarts The Bleeding are on the rampage once more with new album “Godless Communion” locked in for an 18th September grand unveiling. The record features no less than four guest vocal appearances, with Dutch Death Metal legend Adrie Kloosterwaard

Review: “Glints From The Crematorium” by Reekmind

“‘Cyst Megalith’ is our first proper foray into a faster tempo of muck and aural detritus. It results in our shortest non-instrumental song to date, a stark contrast when paired with the longest and darkest song thus far on this EP. ‘Cyst’ expresses the growing mound of mental trauma that manifests into a growth encompassing

NEWS: Jotungrav are reborn!

The Finnish Progressive Folk infused Black Metal duo Jotungrav have unveiled the first of four compositions to grace their approaching fourty one minute debut album “Elegi” in “Återfödd“. A 20th August via Inverse Records release, it finds vocalist and multi instrumentalist Matias Stenman joined by drummer Matias Rokio with Sargassus guitarist Teemu Leskinen mixing, mastering and

NEWS: Pain Of Truth refuse to cover Metallica?

Los Angeles, Tokyo and Orlando are just three places that Long Island New York Hardcore crew Pain Of Truth will be visiting in the not too distant future as they plot a course between festival appearances and club shows while preparing for the grand unveiling of their sophomore album. Having Grammy Award winning producer Will Putney

NEWS: Destroy My Brain make it five!

There is ambition… and then there is deciding to embark on a five album saga with a concept arc around themes of self‑destruction, trauma and sonic decay. The catastrophic final chapter of that from Canadian Sludge Metal force Destroy My Brain will arrive on 14th August in “WILT“, the four prior albums spelling the word.