Two weeks ahead of the release of “The Hell We Create” via Solid State Records, Texas Metalcore merchants Fit For An King have released their fourth and final single from it, “Times Like This” featuring Jonathan Vigil of The Ghost Inside. In search of further promotional opportunities, bassist Ryan “Tuck” O’Leary speaks to Heavy New
After some digging in their archives Canadian Deathcore pioneers Despised Icon will be releasing an EP of five demos from 2004 titled “Déterré” via Nuclear Blast on 28th October ahead of new music in 2023. Guitarist Eric Jarrin spoke to Heavy New York about that new burnt offering, two decades of aggression and the evolution
What do you call a gathering of former members of In Flames looking to bring Melodic Death Metal into a new era? Ah, that would be The Halo Effect. Bassist Peter Iwers spoke to Sophie K from KnotFest about the bands recent debut album “Days of the Lost” at this years incarnation of Wacken Open
Canadian Death Grind act Human Compost unveiled their third album in “Descendants of Evil” last month and it completely destroyed the very fabric of our existence. Filled with horror and exploitation cinema references the album is the metaphorical sound track to the kind of low budget movie best watched on Halloween as the successor to
After last weeks little chat with Sobriquet vocalist Ludovico Fahey and guitarist Tom Green-Morgan we join them once more for a conversation about what went into making the Hardcore bands new EP “Apotheosis” and we just hope that Ludo doesn’t like sugar in his tea given his gummy bear addiction. If you haven’t had the
Christmas has come early with the latest episode of the “How Songs Are Made” series from Gear Gods as Lorna Shore guitarist Adam De Micco talks to host Tre Xavier about the bands upcoming new album “Pain Remains” and how it was put together. The follow up to 2020’s “Immortal” will see release on 14th
When former Revocation and 3 Inches Of Blood pairing Justin Hagberg and Ash Pearson released “Give In To Despair” as new project Ritual Dictates two years ago it had everything you’d expect from them with Death, Thrash and Grindcore influences in the melting pot. Their sophomore album “No Great Loss” however is an entirely different
Having spoken to drummer Levi Damiris in last weeks exclusive interview about the new album “Tyrannicide” from Brisbane Australian Thrash Metal act Asylum, this time out we are joined by mastermind Shane Robins who handled vocals, rhythm guitars and bass duties on the record that sends the band on their way to Metal enlightenment. No
Now that the touring machine of Stray From The Path is firing on all cylinders with thought that drummer Craig Reynolds The Downbeat Podcast series would be placed on the back burner. How wrong we were as he caught up with Isaac Hale Knocked Loose after their US arena tour with $UICIDEBOY$ and ahead of their
A going concern since 2016, Sobriquet have been noisily going about their business in Sheffield with three records in five years with deep rooted influences in their sound from late 90’s hardcore and cult film. Recorded with Lewis Johns at The Ranch (Employed To Serve, Bailer) their latest burnt offering “Apotheosis” runs on a theme
