NEWS: Mystical Death create rules from the random?

The story goes that having formed in early 2024, Dutch purveyors of Progressive Technical Death Metal, Mystical Death fired their debut EP “Carnation” at an unsuspecting world in the September of that same year. Rottweiler Records signed them and re-issued the record with an additional track a year later and thus a partnership was forged.

NEWS: Prong parade “The Banner”!

Mixed and mastered by the legendary Andy Sneap (Testament, Fear Factory, Killswitch Engage) a self titled album from the equally legendary Prong will be delivered to us courtesy of Napalm Records to us on 4th November just nine days before they hit the road in Europe. The  first taste of blood is “The Banner” and if

NEWS: Bloodshed hit the limits!

Featuring guest vocals from Alex Barragan of Leave No Doubt, “Limits of Tolerance” has surfaced from Los Angeles Californian Hardcore crew Bloodshed. It’s a first single from a new record called “Punishments Beyond Comprehension” which will see a 4th September arrival via Daze as six fresh cuts plus four bonus tracks in remastered and remixed

NEWS: Burial Path return with “Lilitu”!

American Post Deathcore collective Burial Path, whose vocalist Maya Pobst was recently announced as fronting South African Death Metal brutes Vulvodynia, have shared a foreboding new single “Lilitu“. For the purpose they’re joined by guest vocalist Abigail Bexx as they expose the suffering and oppression of women, lyrically drawing upon religious imagery and ideas that are

NEWS: Goatburner have a rude awakening!

Not content with opening the Campaign For Musical Destruction Tour 2026 headlined by Napalm Death, Finnish Death Grind duo Goatburner have announced EP “Time of Danger” will be released via Time To Kill Records on 9th October. The record isn’t a new one however, instead uniting 2022 EP “Danger” and 2018 EP “Time to Burn”

NEWS: Megadeth! Testament! Black Label Society! Spring 2027!

A Spring 2027 tour trek will find Megadeth drag Testament and Black Label Society around Europe to visit a wide range of arenas. The Thrash and Southern Metal bands are calling the run “Breakout: Hibernation Of The Nations” but you can call it anything you want. The Spring has Sprung tour? Spring Thrash?

Review: “To Withhold the Need to Conquer” by Aspen Sanctum

Uniting members and former members of One with the Riverbed, Swamp Lord, Through the Mist, Lucius Fox and Fossil Eyes Kalamazoo Michigan based, Aspen Sanctum blend the atmosphere and intensity of Black Metal with influences drawn from the poison well of Post-Hardcore and Americana. Their name reflects the landscapes and seasons of the American Midwest with

NEWS: Trenchwar fire warning shots!

Both current and former members of influential acts such as Backfire, Born From Pain, Cliteater, Herder, No Turning Back, Reaching Forward and Modern Life Is War have been spending a fair amount of time together recently. They’ve started a new project called Trenchwar and have inked a deal with Time To Kill Records for the

NEWS: Totalitär make it two with “Älskade USA”!

A sold out show at Plan B in Malmö Sweden on 26th September will see Warcollapse, Avskum, Counterblast and Gefyr join Swedish Hardcore Punk legends Totalitär as they celebrate the release of their self titled album via De:Nihil Records in Europe and Prank Records in North America. The second single from the 28th August drop is