The first single of a new project Vower featuring former members of Toska and Palm Reader was always going to get the full playthrough treatment so it comes as no surprise that Rabea Massaad and Joe Gosney take responsibility for doing so. They play “Shroud” from their new outfit Vower live using the Quad Cortex
Continuing the preparations for a run of shows with Profiler and Vended, Australians The Gloom In The Corner are cracking the whip on new guitarist Jesse Abdurazak. Filmed by Stephanie-Jessica Rose he uses a Schecter Tao-7 armed with Ernie Ball Strings to do a playthrough of their song “Nor Hell A Fury” from 2022’s “Trinity“.
If you’ve not had the pleasure of “Somber“, the sophomore album from ATER as yet, or heard their wonderful interview with Heavy New York, then on the face of it this isn’t going to mean much to you. But a drum playthrough video demonstration of prowess, this one finds sticksman Stephen Seguin in the recording
It might be unlucky for some but for Slaughter To Prevail sticksman Evgeny Novikov, having a Tama drum kit embellished with no less than thirteen Zildjian cymbals of all shapes and sizes works perfectly. He demonstrates how they are used in this rendition of “Viking” which also sees him use gear from Roland, Evans, Vic
Guitarist Rob Wharton has been given a moment in the limelight as he gives us a playthrough for recent single “A Pact Unholy” recorded before Cognitive wage war on Europe alongside Scottish Slamming Death Metal act Party Cannon. That continues the build up to the Americans fifth album “Abhorrence“. Recorded, tracked and mixed by drummer
As Andorra Progressive Death Metal outfit Persefone stow away their gear for a run from Nagoya to Shanghai that will include three shows in Japan with Scar Symmetry later this month, they’ve issued a timely reminder of EP “Lingua Ignota” with a guitar playthrough of the title track. A February release via Napalm Records it
You’ve had the music video and the behind the scenes featurette and now it’s time for riff merchants Lucas Gabb and Alex Scott inflict their damage as they demonstrate how new single “Dissimulate” is done. All that’s left is for InVisions to announce a wealth of summer shows to give this ship the champagne send
Having just given us a bass playthrough video for “Stochastic Existence” a few days ago, Ekoa guitarist Paweł Staszewski refuses to be out done by Tom Aurel and so has shared a playthrough for “Vicarious“. The Kraków Poland Progressive Groove Metal outfit don’t usually partake in such sibling rivalry but they have a debut album
Progressive Groove Metal from Kraków Poland continues to be waterfall released by Ekoa as the four piece offer up a bass playthrough video for “Stochastic Existence” that for once finds Tom Aurel playing the four string variant of the instrument. The cut is the fifth to be premiered since 16th February from a debut album
Using the Aztec race as their inspiration, Belgian Melodic Death Metal three piece Fragmentum will be unveiling EP “Corn Ritual” on 10th May via Gio Smet Records. Having premiered the title track a couple of weeks back, guitarist Jan Bruggeman was given the task of continuing the promotional campaign as they approach a decade of
