As their sophomore album “Tangaroa” is set for 17th September via Napalm Records, New Zealand Thrash trio Alien Weaponry sat down with Heavy New York not only to discuss the new record but different sources of inspiration, what new bassist Tūranga Morgan-Edmonds brought to the record having replaced Ethan Trembath in 2020 and their massive
How long can the Metal Blade Live Series run is the question that we ask ourselves as sooner or later host Riley McShane’s commitments to Allegaeon will surely mean that the man, the myth and the legend will be hitting the road once more. Perhaps Metal Blade Records can trade the host to keep the
Continuing where 2020’s “The Ultimate Multiverse“ left off like it was just yesterday, critically acclaimed Polish multi instrumentalist Rafał Bowman was joined by American vocalist KC Lyon for “The Silver Lining Between the Stars”, the latest offering from the project Chaos Over Cosmos. Founded in 2017 the project has created Cosmos themed Progressive Metal with
Last month saw the release of a third single in “The Antagonist“ following “The Conjurer“ and “The Reticent“ from Finnish Melodic Death Metal pioneers Insomnium as they prepare for the release of their new EP “Argent Moon” on 17th September via Century Media. Continuing the build up in the finest possible way, guitarist and clean
After unveiling their sophomore EP “A Hundred Voices” a couple of weeks back, we had the pleasure of a few minutes in the company of multi instrumentalist and vocalist Harvey Lake to chat about all things Ruina and the follow up to the much loved “Nemesis“. Thanks to the pre-release singles and very well put together
Last month saw the debut album “Bullet Proof” from a crowdfunded Metal Project called Death Mother provide us with some heavy grooves for the summer and with over a million streams between Spotify and YouTube it can be considered to have made an impact. Citing influences in Linkin Park, Bring Me The Horizon and Slipknot,
The second of our creature double feature of interviews with multi-instrumentalist Evangelos Vasilakos, the mastermind behind Edinburgh based Blackend Death Sludge Metal outfit Chestcrush is finally here after the release of the well received and brutally ugly monster that is “Vdelygmia”. It is the plague of nightmares that haunts with dark thoughts and apocalyptic visions wrapped
Having announced they will be joining Volumes, Varials and UnityTX on a US run in October, Kingsmen have teamed up with Producer Mark Lewis and recorded a cover of “Sad But True” in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of “The Black Album” from Metallica. They spoke to Alicia Atout and Ryan Downey from Knotfest about
It seems hard to believe but February this year saw the 20th Anniversary of “A Predators Portrait” from Swedish Melodic Death Metallers Soilwork. It was the first album where Björn “Speed” Strid used clean vocals, their first with Nuclear Blast and one which showcases just how good guitarist Peter Wichers was when he was in
A hugely successful crowdfunding campaign for a band who had release no prior material followed by a trio of singles that blew any form of expectations out of the water ahead of the champagne bottle smashing on the side of the the ship that is Dear Mother before it set sail on the voyage “Bulletproof”
