Author: DJ Vapour

NEWS: Consecration sink into the quicksand!

Recorded and produced Priory Recording Studios by the legendary Greg Chandler (Cryptic Shift, My Dying Bride, Conjurer), a fourth studio album from Norwich Death Doom Metal act Consecration titled “Exanimis” is set to arrive on 29th May via Nuclear Winter Records. The band have offered up a second advanced listen from that in “Submerged In

NEWS: Omega Diatribe to break the deadlock this summer!

Following the departure of guitarist Janos Kelemen earlier this year, Budapest based Extreme Groove Metal force Omega Diatribe will be embarking on their first ever tour as a four piece as they play five countries across Europe this summer. For the occasion the band have committed a new song to tape with “Deadlock” not only

NEWS: Fleshcrawl unveil “Embers Of Wrath”!

German Death Metal stalwarts Fleshcrawl have unveiled “Embers Of Wrath” to follow “Blood Dominion” as a second single from their upcoming tenth studio album. Themes of the needless bloodshed, horror and suffering of warfare are said to run through the veins of “Epitome of Carnage“, which is set for a 12th June release via Distortion

NEWS: Severed Angel announce “The Cost of Creation”!

New York based Melodic Progressive Metal act Severed Angel have shared a cover of “Clones (We’re All)” by Alice Cooper, alongside an announcement of a new album. Set for a summer release via NoLifeTilMetal Records, that has been given the title “The Cost of Creation” and will be their fourth in total, following 2025’s “When

Review: “Transmutation of Fate” by Scarab

After spending their first six years as Hate Suffocation, in 2007 Egyptian Death Metal beast Scarab announced themselves to an unsuspecting world with EP “Valley Of The Sandwalkers“. Three full length albums soaked in Ancient Egyptian culture, spirituality, ritualistic riffs, cinematic orchestration and crushing aggression would follow, the bands reputation growing in stature year on year.

NEWS: A-Tota-So unveil “Form of Mass”!

A second single of the year has arrived from A-Tota-So as the noisy Alternative Metal trio plot a course to Summer Bash and Mangata Festival in July and September respectively. The song is titled “Form of Mass” and offers another glimpse into the bands ability to combine raw emotional honesty with infectious intensity and driving energy

NEWS: Devin Townsend announces Autumn 2026 European shows!

That’s right. In the moment that some bands are setting out their plans for 2027, the absolute legend that is Devin Townsend has announced a solo tour for September and October of this year. The run is dubbed “The Metamorphosis Solo Tour 2026: From Punky Brüster to the Moth” which at face value would mean

Documentary: Varials on Bus Invaders!

Episode #2201 of Digital Tour Bus iconic series Bis Invaders finds Varials at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago on 14th March. They were at the venue with Unity TX, Heavy//Hitter and Boltcutter as part of the “Where The Light Leaves” album release tour and so let the cameras roll inside their touring vehicle. When in

NEWS: Cancer Bats get stuck in the trenches?

Having just completed a 20th Anniversary run for “Birthing The Giant” and before they head to the United Kingdom as their alter egos Bat Sabbath, Canadian Hardcore Punks Cancer Bats have warned of an eighth studio album. Where they found time to even think about “Give Me Dirt” with all their other commitments we have