A specialist in conjuring an atmosphere that is as brutal as it is beautiful, guiding listeners through the desolate realms of human despair and nature’s unforgiving majesty, Finnish one-man Black Metal entity Valontuoja is about to return. Multi instrumentalist and vocalist Jal’zoroth has completed work on a second album “Tulesta Syntynyt” (or “Born Of Fire“) which
A cover of “If You Were Here” by Kent originally released in Swedish as “Om du var här” in 1997 has been chosen by The Halo Effect as their latest post “March Of The Unheard” album single. Where the Melodic Death Metal supergroup find the time given their other commitments in the likes of Dark
What’s better than a music video? How about a music video AND a tour announcement? Leeds Melodic Hardcore crew Higher Power have mentioned they have an October run of shows in the United Kingdom with Existence lined up that will find Dynamite opening the first two nights. As their new album “There’s Love In This World
Featuring guest appearances from members of Blasphemaniac and Dödsrit a new album from acclaimed international Black Metal duo Outlaw is on the horizon. Their fourth studio offering “Opus Mortis” is slated for a 31st October arrival via AOP Records with single “Through The Infinite Darkness” shedding some light on what it might sound like. An offering that
Exploring themes of regret, failure, and the haunting question: Is redemption still possible, or is it too late? A new single from Canadian Metalcore collective Unpunished called “Shattered in Disarray” is the third from their 5th September releasing EP “Echoes of History”. Written over two years during a period of personal upheaval for each band
The return of Billy Graziadei, Bobby Hambel, Danny Schuler and Evan Seinfeld will come full circle when Brooklyn Hardcore veterans Biohazard give us their first album in thirteen years. Produced by Matt Hyde (Slayer, Hatebreed, Deftones) it very much looks like “Divided We Fall” will continue the touring cycle that began in 2023 and will be out on
Thirty five years after they first made their presence felt, Charlotte North Carolina Death Metal merchants Deteriorot have shared the first taped confession in “Winter Moon” from a new studio album dubbed “Awakening“. Vocalist and guitarist Paul Zavaleta remains the last man standing from the original line up and this time out he is joined
Trapped in a prism between the worlds of Black Metal and Hardcore, Utrecht Netherlands based Terzij de Horde are known for intense performances of catharsis and reflection. They’ve inked a deal with Church Road Records for the release of their next album “Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone” on 10th October and with that news comes
How time flies when you’ve enjoying wall to wall riffs. It only feels like yesterday that Salt Lake City Nu-Deathcore merchants Extortionist signed to Unique Leader Records and dropped “Devoid Of Love & Light” and yet in reality it was May 2024. Fifteen months on the band have committed another thirteen new songs to tape
It’s spot the difference time! Despite calling it a night on their career in chaos with new album “Future Orphans” it seems there is more in the archives of American Standards that will be seeing the cold light of day. The first of those is an alternative take on “Kodak Stare” from the new album
