Describing themselves simply as four friends trying to play as hard and as loud as they can, Italian Post-Hardcore crew If I Die Today have been blazing a trail across skies over Europe and Russia over the past two decades, sharing stages with everyone from The Dillinger Escape Plan and Every Time I Die to
“The songwriting process for this album had two key elements. First, the addition of myself on second guitar brought new ideas and textures to the band’s sound. Second, we wanted to stay true to our identity while pushing beyond what we had done on our previous EP. We didn’t rush the process at all. We
“We started writing the music for ‘Led Into Oblivion’ in 2021 knowing what we wanted to refine from previous releases. This is definitely the most focused record we have done to date, we spent a long time arranging the music and lyrics to ensure it is concise and to the point, with any fat stripped
“Very excited to release new music with the original Iron Reagan lineup. This is the first time we’ve released something with Paul since 2014 (Exhumed Split). This is some of our strongest/heaviest material we’ve done to date. Looking forward to getting back on the road with these guys and seeing everybody.” ~ Tony Foresta
Just five months after they released their first demo “Fairest She“, Polish Black Metal act Characith returned with a second burnt offering in “Curse of the Black Mist“. Citing influences from the 90’s second wave of Northern European Black Metal and in particular Dissection, Immortal and Marduk, the quartet who hail from the city of Poznań
Musing on themes of Anti-Cosmic Satanism, Characith are a Polish Black Metal band hailing from the city of Poznań. Founded in 2025 by guitarist and vocalist Wojciech Majchrzak and guitarist Piotr Melcer, a pair known for their parts in Speed Metal merchants Bömbardiër and Death Thrash act Manhünt respectively. The evil duo were initially joined
For the past fourteen years Japanese purveyors of Heavy Progressive Melodic Groove Prompts have been establishing themselves as a force to be reckoned with, sharing stages with the likes of Kublai Khan, Parkway Drive, Crossfaith and Stray From The Path to name but a few. Having escaped from the Tokyo underground scene they made their
Having spent the past decade and a half making us rethink what Hardcore Punk can twist, contort and morph into Lansdale Pennsylvania’s L.M.I. (standing for “Lazy Middle-Class Intellectuals“) created a critically acclaimed album in 2024’s “Failed To Feel It“. Back then their award winning formula found them incorporating elements of heavy Post-Hardcore, Sludge and Post-Metal with
Blazing a trail for Progressive Death Thrash from Baltimore Maryland around the globe since 2011, Nuclear Tomb have often been called out as being a little weird. Perhaps that’s because of their wide ranging sound that has been known to include shades of noisy Punk aggression as well as Traditional Heavy Metal at its extremes
“In being a surviving unit like Cripple Bastards for some 35+ odd years, it takes much persistence, perseverance and an undying spirit to wreck yourself, all out with Brutal-F**king-Grind. Yeah, I said it. I said Brutal, so what. Brutal. That’s the supposed overused adjective that most ‘heavy’ band bios and descriptions overlook nowadays for fear
