The wait may not be completely over but after what seems like forever (and turns out to “only” be three years!) Copenhagen Denmark based Progressive Metalcore act Morphide have set the date of 9th September for their debut album “Anhedonia“. Coincidentally a nine track affair, it is one said to be lyrically focused on human
In what has to be the best advert for Kiesel Guitars, Justin McKinney plays the Ultra-V 6 string model while Chris Beattie plays the Aries 7 string variety as the duo perform “Synaptic Depravation” from their band The Zenith Passage. As luck would have it the Technical Death Metal stalwarts also have a tab book that will
Celebrating the release of the more than a decade in gestation “Rashomon“, the debut album from his Black Metal side project Ibaraki, Trivium guitarist and vocalist Matt Heafy has shared a playthrough video for “Akumu“, a cut that features a guest appearance his hero Nergal from Behemoth. It has to be something special when people
Joining the rising number of guitarists embracing the Neural DSP products, Olle Nordstrom and Viktor Florman from Karlskoga based Progressive Metalcore act Allt have plucked “Paralyzed” from their new EP “The Seed Of Self Destruction” to push the Archtype Petrucci plugin to its limits for their dark and emotive sound. If you’re a fan of
If you haven’t yet indulged in one of the finer albums of the winter of discontent, “Portal Tombs” by Swedish Metallers Mass Worship, then do your ear drums a favour, stop reading this and go and listen to it. Honestly, you can thank us later. They’ve shared a guitar playthrough video for “Orcus Mouth” from the
Arguably the most vicious little ditty on their EO “Oblique Order“, Hadal Maw have shared a dual axe playthrough video from guitarists Ben Boyle and Nick Rackham for “Fetishize Consumption” filmed by Rob Brens at Bushido Studios. The Australian Death Metal merchants entrusted John Douglass at Vorticist Studios (Avatar, Deicide, DevilDriver) to mix and master the
Ahead of their co-headlining European tour trek with Bury Tomorrow, American Metalcore titans August Burns Red have shared a bass playthrough from Dustin Davidson for “Invisible Enemy“. That tour will take place in October with Miss May I and Thronhill also on the bill and with footage of the band recording LP #9 appearing on social
Returning to the US with Code Orange, Gloom Metal pioneers Loathe have seemingly taken the next step in their journey to World domination, playing Canada for the first time as part of the run. As 2020’s “I Let It In And It Took Everything” has taken them to new heights, dedicated drum cam footage of
The timeline of the upcoming new album from The Haarp Machine is an interesting one as footage like this drum playthrough for “Forsaken” from session drummer Travis Orbin (Darkest Hour, ex-Periphery) references it taking place a couple of years ago despite mastermind Al Mu’min seemingly taking a journey into being vocalist much more recently. Whether
Like a Pheonix rising from the ashes, the return of Extortionist from the grave late last year was one totally unexpected. But they nailed it with “Once More In Torment” and with the Cyber Shred tour seeing them joining Rings Of Saturn this summer it seems for now at least that they’re here to stay.
