After spending their first six years as Hate Suffocation, in 2007 Egyptian Death Metal beast Scarab announced themselves to an unsuspecting world with EP “Valley Of The Sandwalkers“. Three full length albums soaked in Ancient Egyptian culture, spirituality, ritualistic riffs, cinematic orchestration and crushing aggression would follow, the bands reputation growing in stature year on year.
“There was no comfort, no distance, and no way to step away. That isolation mattered. It stripped everything down to what was essential. This record exists because we chose to be uncomfortable, to argue honestly and to stay in the room until it felt right” ~ DJ Temple, guitars
Recorded and produced by Jason Rowe with mixing and mastering handled by Justin Felder, Bastian Kühn and David Deutsch at 1408 Productions (Mortal Form, The Hirsch Effekt, Dagger Threat), German Hardcore crew Thin Ice believe “Happiness Ain’t Meant For All“. The follow up to 2024 album “A Matter Of Time” promises five tracks of straight
Don’t call it a come back but six years after their split EP with Retaliation, a new album from Swedish Grindcore veterans Gadget fits nicely into the long awaited, highly anticipated category in the video store that Patrick Bateman frequents to return his videos. As it happens, that split EP sowed the seeds for this new burnt
For damn near twenty five years Australian Blackened Death Thrash masters In Malice’s Wake have been soothsayers who have warned of the downfall of humanity and possibility Armageddon. Their fifth studio album “The Profound Darkness” takes that narrative one step further, as an exploration of the darkness that awaits us all beyond the grave and the
“This record is a defining milestone for us. Taking on vocals has pushed us to re-engineer how we experiment with the blend of elements in our sound, unlocking new creative pathways to compliment the core identity of the band. What you will hear are four dudes all adding their flavours to the melting pot to
Hailing from the mountains of Santa Cruz California, Stump Grinder are a quintet who claim the sound of “Forest Metal” as their own. As it happens the genre tag they have chosen is also the title of their sophomore extended play, referring to what is loosely speaking a melting pot of Sludge Metal, Hardcore Punk
Its been nine long years since debut EP “Archaic Malevolence“, so it seems fair to admit that there was a time when it seemed almost impossible that any new material would emerge from Kent Technical Death Metal stalwarts Infected Dead. However the five piece, who feature in their ranks members known for prior convictions in
Mixed and mastered by Chris D’Onofrio (Evocator, Infernal Angels, Black Faith) at Atrocity Exhibition Studio, a second burnt offering from Strega awaits in the crypt. Describing their sound as Blackened Hex Heavy Metal, the band throw 80’s Traditional Heavy Metal and Black Metal into a witches cauldron with Goblin-inspired keyboards sections. As if that wasn’t
“This EP has been a long journey for us. We’ve poured a lot of time, work, and emotion into these songs, and it feels great to finally share them. We’re so beyond proud of what we’ve made, and this is only the beginning of Olympus Ex morte pulchritudo prodit” ~ Oz Hassan, drums
