Review: “Coerced” by Gadget

Don’t call it a come back but six years after their split EP with Retaliation, a new album from Swedish Grindcore veterans Gadget fits nicely into the long awaited, highly anticipated category in the video store that Patrick Bateman frequents to return his videos. As it happens, that split EP sowed the seeds for this new burnt

Review: “The Profound Darkness” by In Malice’s Wake

For damn near twenty five years Australian Blackened Death Thrash masters In Malice’s Wake have been soothsayers who have warned of the downfall of humanity and possibility  Armageddon. Their fifth studio album “The Profound Darkness” takes that narrative one step further, as an exploration of the darkness that awaits us all beyond the grave and the

NEWS: Wolves In The Throne Room! Worm! Final Dose! October and November 2026!

Escaping the Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge once more, Wolves In The Throne Room have announced a run of winter shows around their previously announced appearances at Samhain and Damnation Festivals. The Atmospheric Black Metal act have invited Worm and Final Dose to join them for the Knights Of Tiamat Tour with  Greek legends Rotting Christ partaking in the

NEWS: Abuser: “Torture you? That’s a good idea. I like that.”

Just a fistful of days before Wroclaw Poland based Thrash quartet Abuser unleash their debut album “Blood Marks” via Xtreem Music on 7th May, the current and former members of Hexenaltar, Leprozorium and Nexus have selected “Suspended In Torture” for the music video treatment. They have thanked Kino Na Starówce for sharing the space in which filmed

NEWS: Lies! Vs Speed on “Blind Weight”!

Dutch Metallic Hardcore crew Lies! have unveiled a new single in “Blind Weight” which features a guest vocal appearance from Jem Siow of Speed. Recorded and produced in house by guitarist Sander at 3181 Studio in The Netherlands, it very much looks like it could be part of a new double vinyl EP which the band

Playthrough: “Sonic Salvation” from August Burns Red!

If you missed the latest single “Sonic Salvation” from American Metalcore thrill seekers August Burns Red which of course features a guest vocal appearance from Jamie Hails of Australian Progressive Metalcore act Polaris, then you’re in luck. That’s because filmed by CJ Masciantonio and with board work by Carson Slovak at Atrium Audio, a drum

NEWS: Apogean arise from dust and ash!

The Artisan Era Records have warned that on 10th July they will be spreading the disease further by distributing a new album from Toronto Ontario Canadian Technical Death Metal force Apogean. Mixed and mastered by Zack Ohren (Machine Head, Fallujah, Warbringer) the new record is titled “Waste Where Life Begins” with “Lie in Cinder” chosen

Bootleg: “As Above So Below” by Devilhusk!

Filmed by Mortal Media at Club 85 in Hitchin, a live rendition of “As Above So Below” by Devilhusk has surfaced online. The track is one from the bands debut EP “Sleep Like The Dead“, a record which has seen them announced for Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender Rabidfest on 31st October and 1st November at

NEWS: Cavalera bring “Chaos A.D.” to Europe!

Having allegedly turned down the opportunity to play any shows with Sepultura on their farewell tour the brothers Cavalera will be bringing their band back to Europe this summer for performances of “Chaos A.D.” with festivals and club shows lined up for June and July. A celebration of their past is as relevant now as