Author: DJ Vapour

NEWS: DeathStroke dissolve in the Swarm?

They say you should go big or go home which is probably why Orlando Florida Deathcore collective DeathStroke, a band who feature in their ranks former A Wake In Providence vocalist Adam Mercer, have brought in David Simonich from genre heavy weights Signs of the Swarm for new single “Dissolving Patterns“. The question is, with three

NEWS: Sadistic Force return to their “Morbid Odyssey”!

Shot and edited by David Coloma with additional footage provided by ReggiesTV, a music video for the title track of last summer’s EP “Morbid Odyssey” from Blackened Speed Metal assailants Sadistic Force has surfaced online. The Austin Texas trio have the affair available with a pair of bonus tracks via Pure Abandon Records on vinyl,

Documentary: After Earth in Helsinki!

After Earth have offered us the opportunity to watch what happens when a Metal Band from Sweden goes abroad as they have shared a behind the scenes featurette from their first ever show in Helsinki, Finland. The band do so with last summer’s well received album “Dark Night of the Soul” providing the spine of

NEWS: Kill The Lights add six shows to Takedown Festival!

Melodic Metalcore supergroup Kill The Lights, a group which features musicians known for their time in Bullet For My Valentine, Threat Signal and Throw the Fight, have fleshed out a run of shows in the United Kingdom around their previously announced appearance at Takedown Festival. Support bands remain to be confirmed but death melodies are

Review: “Severed Beyond Recognition” by Crown Of Nails

Five days after the first anniversary of their debut EP “Portrait ov God“, Mexican Deathcore brutes Crown Of Nails have returned with a sophomore record. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ash Araiza (Maximum Overdrive) the affair unites Pancho Killer and Seen My Funeral vocalist George Morto with former Beyond the Matrix drummer Hector Salgado and Witchspëll guitarist

5 Albums I Want To Be Buried With #22: Culak!

After the captivating, enthralling and spellbinding twenty two minutes that is “Omnivory” from Culak, an amalgamation of Drone, Death, Sludge and Doom Metal with elements of Post-Rock, Shoegaze and Progressive Death Metal, we asked mastermind Christian Culak about 5 albums he wanted to be buried with. A near impossible decision for a mere mortal and

Bootleg: “Moth Becomes The Flame” from Vower!

Currently touring across mainland Europe, Vower will be joining the party that is Takedown Festival in Portsmouth in April. The Post-Hardcore meets Progressive Metal five piece who feature former members of Toska, Black Peaks and Palm Reader in their ranks have shared a rendition of “Moth Becomes The Flame” performed live at Scala in London

NEWS: Halberd Vs Thrash Mob in May!

Having flipped the board during their game of chess with the Grim Reaper Halberd are now running like hell in hopes that he won’t catch up with them. They’ve announced three shows with Thrash Mob dubbed “Thrash Beyond Death” and put together by Counterstrike Promotions for the month of May.

NEWS: EXA escape Arkham asylum?

Rumours of a new EP “To Full Extent” from German Thrash crew EXA have been confirmed as true with social media footage of the band shooting a music video at an Ice Hockey rink. The band, who hail from Berlin and have a love of Groove Metal and Metallic Hardcore have shared “Return To Madness” as

NEWS: Armed For Apocalypse have fists like feathers!

Recorded once again with Kurt Ballou (Converge, Nails, Gatecreeper) at God City Studios, Armed For Apocalypse are set to unveil their fourth album “The Earth Is Breathing Beneath Me” via Church Road Records on 24th April 2026. That news comes with the obligatory first single “Fists Like Feathers” and is being described as a towering, grooved-out,