Uniting John McEntee (Incantation), Fiore Stravino (Fulci), Dave Neabore (Dog Eat Dog), Chuck Sherwood (Incantation), Giacomo Anselmi (Goblin Legacy) and Titta Tani (ex Goblin, ex Necrophagia) to resurrect the blood soaked legacy of horror infused death metal, channeling the rotten spirit of bands like Necrophagia, Mortician and Fulci, while paying tribute to the grotesque imagery and raw energy of cult underground horror
It’s been fifteen months since their last album “Abhorrence” put a dent in our skulls so New Jersey Technical Death Metal outfit Cognitive have decided to throw us a cover to keep us warm while they continue to take jailbreaks from the studio to tour. They’ve shared their take on “People = Shit” by Slipknot,
While the lasting influence of Candlemass and Paradise Lost hasn’t vanished without a ghostly trace, Finnish Death Doom stalwarts Hooded Menace continue to break the mold and for their new album “Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration” have chosen to crush “Save a Prayer” by Duran Duran splattering it with the band’s signature blood-soaked dread. Their seventh album
Having blown our tiny minds with their firecracker of a tune “Remain Untamed” four months ago and subsequently survived the heat of Guilfest 2025, United Kingdom South Coast Metal act Rogue Awakening have shared a new single in “Taste of Sorrow“. Seeing as they have done it so well, we’ll let them tell you what
As their 2024 single “Ever Before, Never Again” breaks the 107k worth of Spotify streams, Italian Post-Deathcore ensemble Despite Exile have bitten back with a new cut titled “New Warfare“, a second of 2025 following the impressive “Terminal Dusk“. In other surprise news, the band will be supporting the mighty Fulci on selected dates of
As with their previous record “Catharsis“, Swiss Melodic Death Metal purveyors Ophelia’s Eye have announced an upcoming EP titled “Severance” has been recorded, mixed and mastered at SOS Basement Studios with Sebastian Schiess (Shadowpath, Anger In Defeat, Hunted Like Thieves). What the band haven’t done is given us a release date or cover artwork, although it maybe
Ahead of their appearance at Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender Rabidfest in November, the world’s only Chef Metal band Thrashatouille have dropped a brand new single in “Attack Of The Bludgeonaise“. Whether or not its a straight to streaming services sequel to “Spaghetti Bludgeonaise” from the bands 2021 EP “Rise of the Bludgeonaise” because they couldn’t get
Imagine if you will a twenty two minute single entity of a track within which there are five movements that being together elements of Drone, Death, Sludge and Doom Metal with Shoegaze and ambience. Add to that a sprinkling of uncommon instruments and sounds such as heartbeats, bells, choirs, cellos, piano and hammond organ. That’s
Adorned by artwork from the legendary Adam Burke (Unto Others, Gatecreeper, Cloak) at Nightjar Illustration, “Passage of the Arcane” is the title that Blackened Melodic Death Metal quartet Withering Soul have chosen for their next magnum opus. Described as a collection of stories ranging from unexplained disappearances to the supernatural, each with its own soundscape
Following the news that they will be opening for Siamese in London in October, Newcastle’s Rituals have announced a EP titled “Hope In Hatred” for a 7th November arrival. Mastered by Grant Berry (Boston Manor, Ithaca, Static Dress) at Fader Mastering, the title track of the record features a guest vocal appearance from Tom Prendergast
