After six albums, an EP and stage dives and high fives all around the globe there was always a question mark in the air over whether or not much loved Australian Hardcore crew Deez Nuts would have the heart to go on after bassist Sean Kennedy committed suicide aged 35 in February 2021. It was
A Symphonic Black Metal act specializing in tales of ghosts, historical legends, hauntings and horror, Carach Angren have blazed a trail from the southern province of Limburg, Netherlands to the bowels of hell itself since 2003. Five years after their last taped confession “Franckensteina Strataemontanus“ they return with “The Cult of Kariba“, a five part
“My goal with this record is to explore ideas that represent some of my greatest fears. Having worked in nursing homes, I’ve seen firsthand how miserable they can be. The thought of losing my faculties and facing spiritual judgment terrifies me – and that’s what I wanted to capture” ~ Jerry Hauppa
Having shared stages with Employed to Serve, Terror and Pupil Slicer in recent times, not to mention earning a bag of chocolate coins for “Self-Hatred” from their 2023 album “What Makes You Tick?” which has 294k of Spotify streams alone, its safe to say Manchester Hardcore Punks Going Off have done the hard yards. Returning to
Conceived in the spring of 2025, Lugubrious Garment is the brainchild of Milan based multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and relentless sound explorer Gabriele “GG” Gramaglia (Cosmic Putrefaction, Vertebra Atlantis, Turris Eburnea). Born from the urge to channel darker, more ravenous instinct in comparison with his other ventures, the nightmarish vision is of fast, annihilating Death Metal infused
Olesin is a forest in eastern Poland, a place of ruined palaces with lions, libations, fights, suicides, drownings, mysterious candles, and the birthplace of figures who changed the course of history. A place of hunting returns. Just like home. A perfect name then for a mysterious collective offering a raw, chaotic and Bergmansk form of
While all that glitters may not be gold, for Melbourne Australians Heavensgate, the ascent to glory seemingly continues without falter. 2023 saw them unveil EP “And All I Loved, I Loved Alone“, a record which has subsequently gone on to accumulate more than 1.5 million Spotify streams alone. Then came singles “Ratking” and “Violent Joy”
“It’s an extremely personal record, albeit one set against the backdrop of a world tearing itself apart. It’s about hopelessness, the pain of loss, and the brutality of everyday life. But it’s also about conquering the summit, overcoming both yourself and your detractors” ~ Brainwave
Written and recorded in the first months of 2025 in order to escape the trappings of the two year gestation period of its predecessor, “Bitter Lucid Truth” is the third burnt offering from Raleigh North Carolina Black ‘n Roll quartet Valletta and their first with bassist Cody Rogers. Recorded and mixed by Al Jacob (He Is Legend,
Produced by Juliet Ruin and Diego Fernandez (Art Of Attrition, Grand Mal, Fall Of Earth) who also mixed and mastered at Oracle Recording Studios in Alberta, a forth studio record from Canadian’s Juliet Ruin is an intriguing prospect. The five piece have long drawn comparisons to the likes of Jinjer, Infected Rain, Butcher Babies and even
