A second advanced listen from “Armageddon Scars” by Fane has surfaced in “Dead Shepherd” with the album set to drop on 28th August via Argonauta Records imprint label Octopus Rising. Exploring themes of endurance, damage and aftermath, the record is an infusion of Doom, Sludge, Hardcore, Folk and Black Metal traditions which embraces deliberate pacing,
A long awaited sophomore album from Doom Metal purveyors Silbertomb, a band who feature both current and former members of Type O Negative, Danzig, Agnostic Front and Sheer Terror in their ranks is going to be unveiled to an unsuspecting world in November. First single “No Way To Live” brings to an end a near
Rooted in the classic language of Finnish Death Metal, a debut album in “Obsidian Majesty” by Hekatoxen is slated for a 2nd October release via Nuclear Winter Records. The follow up to their 2022 EP “Utter Darkness” is said to be not only more refined but dramatically sharpened, the band crafting immediate and uncompromising material
Joined by cellist Liisa Paakkunainen, Finland Heavy Metal force Grey Sky Bleed have shared a single in “We Share The End” inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. It tells a haunting story of love and togetherness at the end of a dystopian world, reminding us that even when all hope seems lost, the strongest bond is
Seven long years after their critically acclaimed 2018 album “Innhøstinga” the Norwegian Melodic Black Metal beast that is Iskald has awoken from hibernation. Recorded during the summer of 2025 at Strand Studio in Beiarn before being mixed and mastered by Hallstein Sandvin, their sixth album “Curse of the Mind” will arrive on 25th September via Dusktone.
Inspired by Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and shaped by the band’s sharpened, collaborative songwriting a new single in “Veil Of Mankind” has surfaced from Montreal Heavy Metal force Wooden. It’s said to be the first from a new EP that finds them pushing into new territory and perhaps even throwing off the shackles of
Known for crafting relentless compositions steeped in dark fantasy and psychological decay, Staffordshire Hardcore infused Death Metal quartet Victormonica have long been a band investigated as a guilty pleasure. Having made their name with cuts like “So Now the Killing Starts” the band return with “The Eve Of Destruction“, a track recorded, mixed and mastered
Having opened for Ektomorf, Drowning Pool and Keith Caputo across Europe over the past few years, a couple of months back Polish Alternative Metal act Serpents signed a deal in blood with Out Of Line Music. Their first single in partnership with their new label is one they like to call “Painkiller” which blends Metalcore and Alternative
Laced with themes of disinformation, blind popularity, social and personal collapse, a new album titled “Allied With the Enemy” from British Thrash veterans Xentrix is on the way via Listenable Records. Recorded from late 2025 into 2026 at Backstage Studios in England and produced by Andy Sneap (Testament, Fear Factory, Killswitch Engage) and adorned by artwork from
An international collaboration between Australian pair Mark Kelson and Richie Poate in Melbourne alongside Finnish duo Niclas Etelävuori (ex-Amorphis, Flat Earth) and Jan Rechberger (Amorphis) in Helsinki, The Eternal have been making their presence felt in the darker side of the Progressive Metal world. They’ve just offered up a new single in “Colours Fade” with their
