24th July will see Teeside Sludge Metal outfit The Larches will host an EP launch show at the Georgian Theatre in Stockton as they unveil “Nihilistic Majesties“. Combining crushing low end weight with earnest emotional intensity, it compromises five blistering and brutal tracks that drag listeners through murky soundscapes of despair, defiance. and decay. The first single
Exploring the terrifying scale of cosmic darkness and the fragility of existence within a primordial emptiness Norwegian Melodic Black Metal band Sworn investigate the philosophy of becoming and unmaking. The place where reality and time emerge from nothingness only to eventually collapse back into the same unfathomable origin is where they take us with their fifth
After Spanish label Memento Mori released a Cerebrum compilation of their 1990s material titled “Vestiges of an Evoked Past (1993–1994)” last summer it was only a matter of time before the Finnish Progressive Death Metal band gave us something new. Inverse Records have shared the first single from a forthcoming EP in “Once You See It“,
Set to open for Crowbar in August, German riff lords Red Stone Chapel have announced a renewed collaboration with Argonauta Records and dropped new single “Evil Seed”. Rooted in the Sludge Metal spirit of the NOLA scene while embracing a broader Heavy Metal identity, lineup changes and a renewed creative vision solidified in late 2023,
As they approach two decades of destruction, Lexington Kentucky Death Metal quartet Tombstalker have warned of impending doom. Their sophomore album “Chaos Monolith” will see the cold light of day on the 25th September with not one, not two but three labels sharing responsibilities for it’s distribution. Awakening Records will be leading the charge with compact
A new project from veteran guitarist Ira Black, known for his work in Vio-Lence, Metal Church, I Am Morbid, Lizzy Borden and Westfield Massacre and dubbed Apocælypse have dropped a first glimpse at their debut album in “INTELL-I-GENTS“. Produced and mixed by Kane Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, Five Finger Death Punch, Disturbed) and mastered by Maor
Uniting musicians known for their work in Black Oath, The Rite, Extirpation, Extirpation, Funest, Araphel and Demonomancy, Italian Death Doom newcomers Eternal Mourn have signed with Terror From Hell Records for the release of their debut EP “Winds of Sorrow”. Channelling feelings of melancholy, frustration, inner decay and loss into music steeped in darkness and emotion, that
Featuring in their ranks current and former members of Necromantia, Emperor, Rotting Christ and Electric Wizard, a new force in Extreme Metal called Hexbane have unleashed their first single in “Nefarious Spells”. They’ve got a debut EP in “From Hell” set for a 15th September release jointly via The Circle Music and Hell’s Fire Records and curiously
Dark Descent Records have announced that the wait for a sophomore album from Chile Death Thrash monsters Ripper is finally over – after a decade. The band made their name with their 2016 debut “Experiment of Existence“, their blend of old school aggression, razor sharp guitars and intense percussion an award winning formula. Now they
Directed and Produced by Ian McFarland a music video for “The Nightmare” by Connecticut Hardcore crew 100 Demons celebrates the arrival of the bands new album “Embrace the Black Light“. Mastered by Will Putney (Knocked Loose, Body Count, Fit For An Autopsy) of Graphic Nature Audio and featuring the artwork of James Bousema with guest vocals
