“Conceptually, The Gutters explores the idea of the lowest place; emotionally, socially and spiritually. The gutters are where everything drains; the hidden channels where emotions collect out of sight. They represent the overlooked and unpolished; a gateway to the underground and the parts of ourselves people rarely see.” ~ Numbskull Narrative
There are special occasions and there is the once in a life time opportunity to hear Essex Death Metal act Beyond Extinction play their debut album “Where They Gather” in full. It doesn’t get more raw or real than that because the quartet have made a promise to attract the masses and unlike Motley Crew
If you’re looking for a band who will sit around an open fire sharing a bottle of Wild Turkey sharing war stories before throwing their shotgun cartridges into it and running like hell for s***s and giggles, then that band is Wolfbastard. A Manchester based trio who love nothing more than to destroy everything in
As Peterborough Hardcore crew Break Them left an impression on our skulls like the boot print on the cover of “Absolute” by Kublai Khan when they tore up The Bullingdon in Oxford at last years Rabidfest, we figured it would be awesome to invite vocalist Tom Amos to tell us about five albums he’d like to
Before they head out on a twelve date European tour trek, the rejuvenated line up of Polar have hit another single out of the park in “Johatsu“. It’s the band’s first new studio material since 2024 album “Five Arrows” and appears as “Black Days” from 2014 album “Shadowed by Vultures” surpasses 1.39 million Spotify streams.
Back in 2023 French occult Doom Sludge outfit Azken Auzi rose to prominence with their self titled album, a record which found the trio musing on themes of Apocalypse, War, Religion, Serial killers and Madness over riffs fit for worship. Three years on, following the departure of bassist Laurent Deramchi, who has been replaced in
It looks as though its going to be double duties across Europe for the legendary Buster Odeholm as two of his bands in Humanity’s Last Breath and Vildhjarta are going to be on the road together from Berlin to Stockholm later this year. Fortunately for him, they will be joined by Enterprise Earth and Karmanjakah and not his but
CDN Records have announced they will be distributing “Beyond Mortal Control” a fifth full length album from San José Costa Rican Thrash trio Höwler on 8th May. Artwork from the legendary Andrei Bouzikov (Belushi Speed Ball, Hazzerd, Municipal Waste) accompanies the record, which is rumoured to be darker and more aggressive than it’s predecessors with first
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Slaughter To Prevail have added a run of club shows to their previously announced festival appearances with American metal heads Vended and Brazilian Death Metal act Crypta joining them on selected dates. That follows the news of Blood 4 Blood, an event set to take place on
Having made an impression with last year’s debut EP “A Funeral For The Past” a Metalcore band hailing from Fitchburg Massachusetts are promising a sophomore effort in “Diss//Associate” in the not too distant future. That band are Provenance and they’ve shared what looks like the first single from that in “Show Your Teeth” with a
