Having spent a month on the road around Europe with Of Mice & Men and Caskets at the end of 2023, Defects have begun to roll out some serious summer festival announcements. Now they have Download, Rock The Lakes, Rockharz and Graspop Metal Meeting on the horizon, the band have finally announced that 24th May
Born from an early song writing idea from an individual that was then re-written by the collective, third single “The Bargain” from the upcoming sophomore album “Funeral for a King” by Los Angeles Doom crew Stygian Crown was actually committed to tape after its third revision. The album will see release on 23rd February via
Finnish dark metal torchbearers Counting Hours who feature in their ranks both current and former members of Shape Of Despair, Rapture, Impaled Nazarene, Colosseum and The Chant, will release their sophomore album “The Wishing Tomb” on 23rd February via Ardua Music. Three years after their critically acclaimed debut “The Will” this new burnt offering is
Delving deep into the trials and tribulations of life, exploring betrayals, confronting toxic memories, and the eternal battle between nostalgia and bitter recollections a fourth EP from Lone Star State crossover heavyweights Life Cycles is set to appear via 1126 Records on 22nd February. Mixed and mastered by Chris “Zeuss” Harris (Hatebreed, Angelus Apatrida, Throwdown)
“Insidious madness, the furious anger, The blood that runs in our veins, Runs nothing but hatred, Runs nothing but hate, The wounds are healed now only revenge remains, The renaissance of the darkness, the void eternal”
It must be getting hot in hell as Century Media prepare to distribute “Fragments of the Ageless” by Death Metal purveyors Skeletal Remains on 8th March. Adorned by artwork from Dan Seagrave (Rivers Of Nihil, The Devil Wears Prada, Micawber) the album was announced ahead of a colossal US run with Suffocation and Incantation that took place in
At 10 tracks and 44 minutes it feels strange calling the sophomore record “Progressions” by Canadian Metal act Imonolith an EP even if it does include a trio of demoes, a couple of covers and a remix. The band may have released that in May 2022 but from out of nowhere have premiered a music
Want Cheerleaders, Janitors, Jocks and Monsters in a budget blowing music video? Then look no further as still looking for a quiet place to die, Australian Nu-Metalcore aggressors Alpha Wolf have joined forces with Body Count mastermind Ice-T for “Sucks 2 Suck“. Directed by Jordan Phoenix and premiered via label home SharpTone Records it follows
“Coming from behind, My headlights drawing near, A sadist in the night, A psychopath on wheels, With Toolbox at my side, And duct tape in my hands, My rope around her neck, I drag her screaming, then I Throw them, in the…”
After a couple of social media teaser moments, Australians Northlane have announced that 12th April will find them distributing a new EP. Titled “Mirror’s Edge“, the six track affair was recorded in August with Will Putney (Knocked Loose, Body Count, Fit For An Autopsy) and finds the band joined by a trio of guests. The
