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
While it remains undated a second single from “Guðlaugar Saga” the debut album of Icelandic Folk Metal warriors Hrafnablót has been shared by the band. It follows the frostbitten, narrative driven sea‑shanty style Metal tale that is “Svartigaldur” it continues to showcase a sound based on heavy riffs, folk influences, haunting melodies and both clean
A second piece of the puzzle that is “Gloomweaver” has emerged courtesy of Reno Nevada based Death Metal act Fog Wall. Titled “The Accursed” the track is inspired by all things dark fantasy and horror so the expectation is of the odd haunting melody in amongst some menacing and sinister riffs. A 4th September date
Reinventing their sound with renewed vim and vigor, Italian Blackened Deathcore heavyweights Drown In Sulphur have stripped back the symphonic elements in favour of raw energy occult storytelling, blurring the lines between theological dread and sonic violence for new EP “Strix“. 11th September will see that released via German label Noble Demon with “Groan From
A conceptual work that continues a twelve year exploration of decay, darkness and the oppressive atmosphere of their signature Doom infused Death metal, a third album from Central American trio Morbid Stench in “Doom Metástasis” is slated for a 2nd October reveal via Nuclear Winter Records and Putrid Cult. Despite living in three separate countries the trio
Born from the second wave of Black Metal Draugr have announced a sophomore album in “Ahnenfeuer – Ginnungagap Chaos Pt. I” will appear via Immortal Frost Productions on 25th September with “Surturs Zorn” as the first single. Hailing from the Carinthia region of Austria the band have spent the past two years refining their sound
