Having given us a cover of the Slayer classic “Raining Blood” last year, Arsames have now given “The Trooper” by Iron Maiden a Persian makeover. The Death Metal band who are inspired by Persian history, mythology and monotheism continue to remain active despite being arrested back in 2020, accused of being satan worshippers.
A first single of 2026 has crawled out from Newfoundland Black Metal duo Artach in “Banshee“. It’s the Canadian’s first since last year’s “Morrigan… Goddess Of War” album, the pair not making music for genre purists as they have often strayed from the left hand path and embraced elements of Thrash, Death and Industrial Metal
Directed by the band’s longtime videographer Sarah Holick a music video for “May This Pain Never Leave” filmed at The Webster Underground in their hometown of Hartford, Connecticut has surfaced from Boundaries. The band, who are currently on a European festival run, have new album “Yearning: The Unbeautiful After” out on 17th July via Sumerian Records
Celebrating three decades in Heavy Metal, Sicilian multi instrumentalist and vocalist Tregor Russo, known for projects including Gates of Eden, Dionisyan and Untory has announced a new album from Leper Divine with first single “Arcane Spell“. Recorded and mixed at Underground Music Recording Studio in Palermo between November 2025 and February 2026 “Ascension Of Plagued Souls” will see
Having intrigued us with their EP “Celestial” not so long ago, Australian Finnish Dark Progressive Gothic Metal collective The Eternal are set to continue their Doom laden path with an eighth studio album in “Obscured Horizons“. Featuring in their ranks current and former members of Amorphis and Flat Earth the band will play four shows in Australia to celebrate
A second single taken from the forthcoming album “No One Is Coming to Save Us” by Blackened Hardcore crew Burner has emerged in “Blood River“. The album, slated for release 25th September arrival via Church Road Records, features guest appearances from an unholy trinity of iconic vocalists in Matthew K. Heafy (Trivium), Josh Middleton (Sylosis)
Blending the nostalgic fury of MySpace-era Deathcore with grim Black Metal influences “New Moon Rising on Florence” from Italian Blackened Deathcore heavyweights Drown in Sulphur seems to mark a deliberate shift towards a less symphonic, more hardcore-driven sound. Having washed off the corpse paint with their last album “Vengeance“, the band have once again introduced
Exploring humanity’s collapse, interplanetary survival and the enigmatic Homo Cumulus, an anthropoid species native to “Theasterion” looks set to be an epic science fiction album from Montréal Technical Death Metal force Volubilis. The band have shared a second single cut from it in “Le Flamboiement Stellaire” with the date of their debut conceptual release “Theasterion”
Dealing with a form of imprisonment that does not depend on walls: the one created inside the human mind, Brazilian Death Metal act Ereboros have released “In the Depths of Misery” the first single from the upcoming album “From Oblivion to the Grave”. The track introduces the central themes of an album shaped by real experiences
The first taste of blood from the new Wednesday 13 live album “Un-Alive from Pol’and’Rock” has arrived in a rendition of the “Transylvania 90210″ classic “Look What The Bats Dragged In”. A career spanning set captured during the “Mid Death Crisis” tour cycle is on offer, the White Label 2 LP vinyl edition having already
