Review: “High Priestess” by Solothurn

“This EP is heavier and more progressive than anything we’ve released before. There are doomier riffs, more atmosphere and more space in the songs, but the core of it is still melody and emotional impact. It feels like a natural evolution, just darker and more fully realised.” ~ Solothurn

Review: “Cryptomorph” by Embodiment

Having brought Technical Death Metal to the masses as Bloodstock, Tech-Fest and Mammothfest over the past thirteen years, not to mention opening for such household names as Decapitated, The Black Dahlia Murder and Suffocation, the reputation of Bristol natives Embodiment precedes them. It has been six long years since the events of their sophomore album

Review: “Glints From The Crematorium” by Reekmind

“‘Cyst Megalith’ is our first proper foray into a faster tempo of muck and aural detritus. It results in our shortest non-instrumental song to date, a stark contrast when paired with the longest and darkest song thus far on this EP. ‘Cyst’ expresses the growing mound of mental trauma that manifests into a growth encompassing

NEWS: Destroy My Brain make it five!

There is ambition… and then there is deciding to embark on a five album saga with a concept arc around themes of self‑destruction, trauma and sonic decay. The catastrophic final chapter of that from Canadian Sludge Metal force Destroy My Brain will arrive on 14th August in “WILT“, the four prior albums spelling the word.

NEWS: Eshtadur enter the woods…

A conceptual journey through mysticism, transformation and inner transmutation, “In Darkness All Shadows Gone” was developed by Colombian Blackened Melodic Death Metal band Eshtadur over a four year period. Adding  symphonic arrangements, layered vocals, Tuvan throat singing and atmospheric passages recorded with the Caldas Symphonic Orchestra it finds the band expanding their horizons as first single

NEWS: Underdark Vs Ba’al this Autumn!

Following European shows and the recording of their third album with Joe Clayton (Desert Storm, Pupil Slicer, Conjurer) at Nø Studio, Nottingham Black Metal band Underdark have announced a run of shows for October and November. Joining them will be Bloodstock survivors and Sheffield’s finest Blackened Post-Metal act Ba’al.

NEWS: Black Spikes make it four with “Zelvar”!

How many advanced singles does it take to sink a battleship? That’s the question that Napalm Records are asking as they give us a fourth from Lithuanian Avant-garde Metal heads Black Spikes upcoming new album “Ydos” in “Zelvar“. Thematically the song portrays greed and thereby expands the record’s concept – an exploration of humanity’s vices with

NEWS: Gorge drop “Without Inheritance”!

Italian Death Metal duo Gorge have unveiled “Without Inheritance“, a second single taken from their forthcoming debut album “Deeds of Horror“. Uniting  Edoardo Nicoloso (Fulci, Jorelia, TV-Crimes) and Roberto Sava (Jorelia) the project have a groovy yet ferocious sound built on Death Metal foundations with a gritty Hardcore sensibility. You can hear what they have

NEWS: Earthtone9? November? Oh Yes!

There will be more star damage for beginners in November as the legendary Earthtone9 have announced a quartet of shows that will see them playing England, Scotland and Wales. The Nottingham based Metal act are allegedly working on an album titled “Six” for a release later this year and technically it would be the thirteenth

NEWS: Falsimonian identify the enemies!

Exploring the realities of survival in the midst of dark times of war, hate and manipulation EP “For Survival” arrives from Falsimonian on 7th November. They take their name from the Latin for “falsimonia“, meaning: trick, imposition or deception and for new single “The Enemy” are joined by Alfredo Rocha Sifuente of Orchs O Dis