…with the exception of The Acacia Strain, our vote for the heaviest band on the Rise Records roster goes to Bloodbather. They’ve let guitarist Salem Vex out of the Chamber of Secrets to record a playthrough video for “Erased” from their new EP “Silenced” using an ESP LTD Black Metal with Bareknuckle Warpig Ceramic Bridge
After a short absence August Burns Red drummer Matt Greiner has returned to the studio for a playthrough video of “Ties That Bind” from the bands current album “Guardians” out now via Fearless Records. The twice Grammy Award nominated Progressive Metalcore outfit are due to join Bury Tomorrow for a co-headlining European tour trek in
If you thought that the number of playthrough videos which saw the use of the new Neural DSP plugin “Archetype: Gojira” had come to an end, guess again. This time out Steven Jones has switched from his Bleed From Within duties to his other outfit From Sorrow To Serenity to playthrough their latest single “Shadows”
The seventh playthrough of eleven cuts from their self titled, Time To Kill Records debut album sees Flavio “Imperatore” Leone from Roma Italy based Thrash n’ Heavy Metal act Soul Dragger back, minus the pig mask for “Maid and the Beast“. Yamaha drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Remo drum heads, Vic Firth Drumsticks, Roland triggers and a
German Progressive Death Metallers Obscura seem to have completed work on their next album with a re-tooled line up and have shared some impressive photographs of a new drummer David Diepold’s recording sessions and a the gargantuan drum kit he’s been using for them. As their 2016 album “Akroasis” has now surpassed it’s 5th Anniversary,
Take a collection of seasoned musicians known for their work in The Great Sabatini, Biipiigwan, I Hate Sally and Architect and throw them into a rehearsal space. What you end up with is Cell Press, a band who create a sonic brew of a concoction that includes elements of Noise, Sludge, Grindcore and Extreme Metal.
Oh how the Great Plague of 2020 robbed us. We would have seen Australian Progressive Metalcore merchants Polaris on their run with Alpha Wolf, Currents and Varials in May, had the whole year not gone up in smoke. Fortunately we were lucky enough to see them on previous runs, including their support slot for Northlane
It’s been one hell of a week for Liverpool Gloom Metal pioneers Loathe. A surprise released ambient instrumental album entitled “The Things They Believe” appeared out of no-where on streaming platforms with this article appearing in Kerrang! Magazine at the same time and now Erik Bickerstaffe and Connor Sweeney have got their finest clobber on
“Diagrams of Consciousness” from Helsinki, Finland Progressive Death Metal quintet Omnivortex is one hell of a debut album and to remind you just how good it is, the band have shot a drum playthrough of “Lifeharvester“, a track loaded with 80’s Thrash nostalgia and brutally savage vocals, while the camera remains firmly on sticksman Aaro
More specifically from Mia Wallace, one of the new additions to the Brazilian Thrash quartet that recorded their newly released album “Perpetual Chaos“. The bassist is known for her work in Triumph of Death, Niryth and Abbath, with whom she recorded “Outstrider“, a Norwegian Black Metal classic. So here she is armed with a white
