Review: “Near Death Experience” by Dawn Vally

Toronto Metalcore merchants Dawn Vally first appeared on the scene in 2013 with debut album “Just Pleaser“, their reputation for a fierce, high octane live show seeing them share stages with everyone from Manchester Death Metal brutes Ingested to Wednesday 13 and more recently The Bunny, The Bear. In that time “Diluted“, “Gardens” and the

Rabidfest 2026: Breaking Down The Bands #2: Maatkare!

As the countdown to Oxfords finest Metal Weekender Rabidfest continues we want to take a couple of minutes to remind you what it’s all about. Aside from being an annual festival in the heart of Oxford that finds twenty bands playing over two days (31st October and 1st November this year) on the Devolution Magazine sponsored

NEWS: Zarraza return to their roots!

In celebration of the birthday of the legend that is Max Cavalera, Kazakh Extreme Metal force Zarraza have shared a music video for their previously released cover of Sepultura classic “Attitude“. As it happens, the song has also reached the three decade milestone having appeared on the bands 1996 record “Roots“. We’ll leave them to

NEWS: Mystical Death create rules from the random?

The story goes that having formed in early 2024, Dutch purveyors of Progressive Technical Death Metal, Mystical Death fired their debut EP “Carnation” at an unsuspecting world in the September of that same year. Rottweiler Records signed them and re-issued the record with an additional track a year later and thus a partnership was forged.

NEWS: Prong parade “The Banner”!

Mixed and mastered by the legendary Andy Sneap (Testament, Fear Factory, Killswitch Engage) a self titled album from the equally legendary Prong will be delivered to us courtesy of Napalm Records to us on 4th November just nine days before they hit the road in Europe. The  first taste of blood is “The Banner” and if

NEWS: Bloodshed hit the limits!

Featuring guest vocals from Alex Barragan of Leave No Doubt, “Limits of Tolerance” has surfaced from Los Angeles Californian Hardcore crew Bloodshed. It’s a first single from a new record called “Punishments Beyond Comprehension” which will see a 4th September arrival via Daze as six fresh cuts plus four bonus tracks in remastered and remixed

NEWS: Burial Path return with “Lilitu”!

American Post Deathcore collective Burial Path, whose vocalist Maya Pobst was recently announced as fronting South African Death Metal brutes Vulvodynia, have shared a foreboding new single “Lilitu“. For the purpose they’re joined by guest vocalist Abigail Bexx as they expose the suffering and oppression of women, lyrically drawing upon religious imagery and ideas that are

NEWS: Goatburner have a rude awakening!

Not content with opening the Campaign For Musical Destruction Tour 2026 headlined by Napalm Death, Finnish Death Grind duo Goatburner have announced EP “Time of Danger” will be released via Time To Kill Records on 9th October. The record isn’t a new one however, instead uniting 2022 EP “Danger” and 2018 EP “Time to Burn”

NEWS: Megadeth! Testament! Black Label Society! Spring 2027!

A Spring 2027 tour trek will find Megadeth drag Testament and Black Label Society around Europe to visit a wide range of arenas. The Thrash and Southern Metal bands are calling the run “Breakout: Hibernation Of The Nations” but you can call it anything you want. The Spring has Sprung tour? Spring Thrash?