Author: DJ Vapour

NEWS: Numento muse on manipulation!

Finnish Progressive Melodic Death Metal band Numento have presented a new true crime inspired single titled “The Extortionist“.  Introducing a new sonic element to the song, the band have taken the Finnish national instrument kantele and added distortion effect. This gives the kantele’s already eerie sound an even more ominous and haunting quality, driving the

NEWS: Outshine seek the scales of justice?

Directed by Kenny Boufadene (Manimal, Ice Age) a haunting music video for new single “Enough” from Gothenburg Dark Alternative Metal outfit Outshine serves as the first chapter of an ambitious four-part cinematic series for upcoming album “Truthsayer“. That will be with us on 26th June via Eclipse Records with artwork, created by vocalist Jimmy Boman, mirroring

NEWS: Melting get caught in the glare…

Exploring the long-lasting psychological impact of abuse, tracing the lingering trauma and paranoia that can persist even after distancing, Melbourne sonic aggressors Melting have shared single “Glare” via Greyscale Records. It’s the first new material since the bands debut EP “You Exist Because We Allow It“, a record which has allowed them to share stages

NEWS: HARMS muse on death, dying and the damned…

A meditation in grief, stripped of comfort and illusion, an attempt to make sense of what is left when nothing holds meaning, 8th May will see the arrival of “Rebirth of the Cold” from HARMS via Time To Kill Records. The Finnish Doom Metal act have shared a second single from the bleak sounding burnt

NEWS:  Monument Of Misanthropy announce “Washington State Charm”!

Featuring no less than six special guests across thirteen tracks including a cover of the Nile classic “The Eye Of Ra” means that all eyes are upon Austrian Brutal Death Metal act Monument Of Misanthropy and their fourth studio album “Washington State Charm“. The new opus is a wholesome concept record chronicling the coming-of-age story of

NEWS: Black Royal return from dark waters!

Rumours of a new album from Finnish Death ‘n Sludge purveyors Black Royal appear to be true as the band have allowed label home M-Theory Audio to share a new single titled “Water of the Crow“. Recorded at Studio Watercastle with Arttu Sarvanne (Immortal Souls, Silentium, Enter My Silence) before mixing by Jussi Kulomaa (Dreamtale,

NEWS: Asylum Road admit to starting fires…

Heavy, confrontational, philosophical and aimed straight at the core of human contradiction “Death Starts” is the final single from EP “Cerca Trova” to land courtesy of Northern Ireland Metal quartet Asylum Road. Images of corruption, blind judgment and manipulated truth collide with a repeated mantra that cuts through the noise: death starts with life. Are you

NEWS: Where Victims Lie play with fire!

After a second long hiatus Finnish Thrash crew Where Victims Lie have been reactivated for a third time and are preparing to release a new EP titled “What Was Left Behind” on 22nd April via Inverse Records. If the opening track and first single “Petting a Burning Dog” is anything to go by then we’re

Review: “Prophecies of Eternal Horror” by Highgate

Seven long years after they released a cover of the Darkthrone classic “The Hordes of Nebula” it seems the hills still have eyes for Florence Kentucky Blackened Sludge Doom trio Highgate. As a band they released their first three albums and a split, all of which muse on themes of apocalypse, nuclear war, drugs and