Born from the desire of three friends, Miguel Nunes (Drums), Eduardo Cunha (Guitar) and António Tavares (Guitar) to start a band back in 2017 and play a blend of Metallic Hardcore and Sludge Metal, Vaneno expanded into a five-piece with the arrival of Pedro Fernandes on bass and Alexandre Fernandes in 2019 and the result
They have been around the block and then some and so the choice to return to what they love the most under a new name with fresh energy, insight and determination hasn’t gone unnoticed. Amalgamating their passion for angular Metal riffs and aggressive Hardcore into their new single “Beast“, we spoke to H.O.U.N.D.S as they
Adorned by artwork by Indonesian artist Adi Dechristianize (Embalmer, Disgorge) and mixed and mastered at Hertz Studio in Poland by Wojciech Wieslawski and Slawomir Wieslawski (Decapitated, Hour Of Penance, Vader, Behemoth), the new EP “And This Too Shall Pass” by Demonstealer is an absolute hidden treasure. The project is the work of multi instrumentalist Sahil Makhija, whose previous
“All our gigs were cancelled, tours were halted and nobody could play anywhere. At around the same time, some of the bands I was playing in had either broken up or fizzled out.” Liam decided to use the lockdown time constructively and began his own project, which is also what inspired the name “Idle Ruin”.
One of the albums of 2020 has to be the freshly released “Ash & Nails” from Manchester Thrash infused Technical Death Metallers BruteAllies. The quintet spent 2 years crafting the record which saw them get snapped up by label of the moment WormHoleDeath Records as well has getting to work with the almighty Ivan Panferov
When it comes to hybrids, Kent quartet Crostpaths have got it down to a fine art and with their sophomore EP “Mutated” set to open not only doors but windows of opportunity as well when it drops on 27th November 2020. You might call them Nu-Metal, Rap-Rock or even Alternative Metal but does it really
Indonesia. Between India and the Pacific Ocean it consists of more than 17 thousand Islands of varying size and is famous in Olympic circles for its medal haul in Weightlifting and the country’s staple food is rice. But we’re not here to talk about any of that. We’re here because after reviewing the Huminoid EP
Mask of Insanity are a beast that rose from the black depths of Lelystad Netherlands in 2015 to conjure Blackened Melodic Death Metal around an axis of Gildor van Mourlik (bass, vocals) and Vincent Klien (guitars) who were joined by Cor Vos (guitars) for their debut album “Damnation Is Eternal“, which spent some five years
Having premiered their first single “Repress” last weekend, Essex Nu-Metalcore outfit Spoiler who feature a collection of battle hardened musicians in their ranks have placed themselves very firmly in the “ones to watch” category. We caught up with bassist Jack Turner, one of a trio of former members of the pulverizing rhythm section of The
What more reason that post mortem boredom could you have for forming a new Death Metal band in the middle of a plague? Yet to leave to sanctuary of the mortuary are Malfested, a new Death Metal band from Kortrijk, Belgium who take influence from 90’s Death Metal acts like Deicide and Bloodbath to forge
