Review: “Kutsumus” by Haapoja

Named after Matti Haapoja (1845-1895), one of the most famous Finnish serial killers, a four piece painting portraits in Blackened Death Metal infused Hardcore have been walking the Earth since 2007. Their genre defying mayhem has been described as dissonant yet melodic and relentless yet catchy, a demo, a split and a pair of albums

Documentary: Our First Shows In Scotland with R.P.C!

Thrash infused Bristol based Irish Hardcore Punks R.P.C went up to Scotland for the first time, playing shows and wreaking havoc in Edinburgh and Glasgow. They went armed for the apocalypse with new single “T.S.S.S.B” as well as being fuelled by spite and have now offered up a featurette so you can check out the

NEWS: Metal Charm look to the future…

Meticulously crafted over a year, in 2025 Turkish Melodic Death Metal act Metal Charm saw their album “Visions Of Escape” released via Bitume Productions. Celebrating the records first anniversary, the band now fronted by their former bassist Senem Semiz, have returned to that for an abstract performance style music video for “Future In That Moment“.

Bootleg: “Symbiosis” from Fracture Point!

Ahead of a show with Thrasherwolf and Chemical Storm on 27th June at The Booking Hall, Dover, Hardcore loving Groove Thrash merchants Fracture Point have shared a live rendition of “Symbiosis“. The track features guest vocals from Charlotte Jones of Winter’s Edge fame, the 2023 single appearing a year before their debut EP “Act Of

NEWS: Torturous Inception to make it a hot summer!

Recorded and Mixed by Joseph Kusack (Impartial Dismemberment, Mutant, Ripped from the Cross) and mastered by Alan Douches (Baroness, Mastodon, Cannibal Corpse) a new album from Brutal Technical Death Metal act Torturous Inception is set for 28th August. Wrapped in artwork by Tony Koehl (Waking the Cadaver, The Black Dahlia Murder, Rings of Saturn) the

NEWS: Viscera/// radiant in toxic waste?

Italian Post-Metal quartet Viscera/// have warned of an fourth album set for a summer release via Time To Kill Records with first single “Radiant“. Dubbed “⁠Assets For Psychedelic Warfare“, the album is their first in nine long years, the date on the toe tag in the morgue is 24th July. A psychedelic and gloomy aura with

Documentary: Boltcutter on Bus Invaders!

Episode #2204 of the iconic Bus Invaders series from Digital Tour Bus finds the cameras rolling outside the Bottom Lounge in Chicago on 14th March as Slam crew Boltcutter are in town. The band were opening for Varials on the “Where The Light Leaves Release Tour 2026” with Unity TX and Heavy//Hitter picking up the slack,

5 Albums I Want To Be Buried With #34: Solothurn!

What’s that you say? Some of the entries in the “5 Albums I Want To Be Buried With” have six albums on them? Who could allow such an abomination? The title of the feature is five so it should be five damn it! A little extra light reading never hurt anyone so who cares? Just

NEWS: Bloody Falls join the four horsemen!

Built around the imagery of the Four Horsemen – War, Pestilence, Famine and Death – Bloody Falls bring us the third single from their upcoming new album “IV“, a composition upon which sharp, violent riffs collide with suffocating atmospheres and a sense of tension that never fully releases. Darker, heavier and more merciless than ever,