Taking their name from the ancient Mesopotamian Empire, ”Akkadian” are a a Cambridge based quintet who like nothing more than to bring fast, hard hitting, Groove Metal songs with a psychedelic undertone of the Progressive to your ear drums. The band expresses a deep interest in ancient history, from the Sumerians to the Egyptians, with
If Kyle Anderson might be considered the face of Canadian Deathcore collective Brand of Sacrifice the guitarist Michael Leo Valeri might be considered the body work. He talks to Beez in the latest episode of Mosh Talks from Knotfest about the sense of validation that he feels over the release of the bands new album
In something of a rare adventure outside of the usual hunting grounds, Infected Rain frontwoman Lena Scissorhands chats to Hactivist co-vocalist J Hurley in the latest episode of her Party Time Excellent series and she doesn’t pull any punches with the questions, including ones about the bands former guitarist Timfy James as well as Hurley’s
A rising force in Finnish Metal blending elements of modern Metalcore with Melodic Death Metal, Everture found a way to complete their debut album “Emerge” despite the hinderances of the Great Plague and we salute them for that as they have given us a fabulous piece of work. We spoke to the quintet about all
The best thing about 2021 so far without a shadow of a doubt has been the return of Sunfall from hiatus with the Will Putney mastered single “Harakiri“. The Surrey based Post-Metalcore outfit had been off the grid since 3rd November 2019, leaving us to muse on when they might return having given us the
Together guitarist Jeremy Cronk and drummer Paul Drake Jr. are Lucius Fox, an instrumental duo from Kalamazoo, Michigan who have spent the past six years at the grindstone creating complex music that moves between Metal sub-genres with consummate ease. Each release they have created together has followed a theme or concept and their latest offering
Enthusiasm can be seriously infectious and that’s something that Elliott Fullam from Little Punk People has got in spades! He got chatting to Frozen Soul bassist Samantha Mobley, not just about the Death Metal acts debut record for Century Media in “Crypt Of Ice” but also about life in Texas, her work as a tattoo
The surprise of a new single in “The Conjurer” from Insomnium last week has perhaps prompted Riley McShane of Allegaeon to host guitarist Markus Vanhala in the latest episode of the long running Metal Blade Live Series. The Finnish Death Metal band had released their eighth studio album in “Heart Like A Grave” a few
Forged in the fires of the South African Black Metal scene, solo project Aois Innealan (Age Of Machinery) has been creating Industrial Metal sounds that demand to be heard, releasing an EP pairing “Colossus” and “Mechanical Temple” in the past six months, not to mention a quartet of standalone tracks. We spoke to prolific Mastermind
When musicians from well known projects return to their instruments and release something decades down the track in a new outfit there are always mixed emotions for long time fans. Is this new band going to be as good as the the previous one? Are they doing to damage their legacy by putting out something
