NEWS: Nevermore! Rivers Of Nihil! Urne! April and May 2027!

American Progressive Death Metal and Metal Blade Records signings Rivers Of Nihil have announced they will be joining Urne in opening for the new line up of Nevermore across Europe in Spring. Dubbed the Liminal Spaces Tour, the run will find the original members Jeff Loomis and Van Williams joined by Berzan Önen, Jack Cattoi and Semir

Review: “Splintered, Crushed And Shattered” by Chemical Storm

After impressing with their critically acclaimed 2024 sophomore EP “Digital Dementia” you might have been forgiven for thinking that Southeast England vanguards of Thrash Metal Chemical Storm would continue down the concept record path but by all accounts “Splintered, Crushed And Shattered” has no message, no moralising, no cautionary dystopian warnings or imagery. Instead the record,

NEWS: Spineshank back in Europe in October!

The self destructive patterns of American Industrial Nu-Metal act Spineshank look set to continue as the band have confirmed the full listings for their October European tour. The run will find them sharing stages with (hed)p.e., Orgy and Alien Ant Farm on selected dates and shapes up like this:

Bootleg: “Love for the Dead” from Devs Mortvorvm!

A live rendition of “Love for the Dead” by Santiago, Chile Graveyard Doom Death merchants Devs Mortvorvm recorded on 26th June this year has surfaced online. It just so happens to be one cut from the live cassette tape “Live Morbid Embalming” which will be released by the Finnish label Morbid Cellar Records on 18th

NEWS: The Cartographer warn of apparitions!

Celebrating the release of their debut album “The Collapse of a Bitter End” after more than a decade at the grindstone and an unholy trinity of EPs Derby Deathcore brutes The Cartographer have unleashed a lyric video for “Apparitions“. Mixed and mastered by Bleak Audio it serves as evidence of what is possible when a

Bootleg: Dreamlord in Athens!

Including the title track of their current album “Artificial Imprisonment” a pro-shot full set from Thrash ‘n Heavy crew Dreamlord at Rock Hard Festival Greece in Technopolis, Athens. The half an hour of power took place on 12th  September and was filmed By Anastasios Maurides for your viewing pleasure. If you missed the album itself

Documentary: The Making of a Type O Negative cover with ATER!

Back in August Chilean Extreme Metal ensemble ATER released a cover of the Type O Negative classic “My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend” in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of their album “October Rust“. In this studio report Fern shows us behind the drum recordings and gives a few details on what gear was used in the making of

Review: “Funerals” by Sicksense

Born of an idea conceived back stage at Heavy Montreal in 2015, Nu-Metal merchants Sicksense announced themselves to the world in 2021 with single “Make Believe”. In the five years that have followed, the band, who feature in their ranks former The Agonist vocalist Vicky Psarakis and Robby J. Fonts of Stuck Mojo fame have

NEWS: End of Abyss hear the sound of the soul!

Exploring different temperaments and those moments when a person learns to understand themselves in a new way, “Sound of Soul” dives deep into the human mind. It’s the final advanced listen from “Escape to a New Empire” by Finnish  Progressive Metal band End of Abyss. That will be out in 23rd October via Inverse Records, having