Category: Review

Review: “For All the Dead Dreams” by Mastiff

Known for their tales of Misanthropy, Nihilism, Hatred and Despair in Sludge Metal laced Hardcore, Kingston Upon Hull five piece Mastiff are the kind of band who will meet you at midnight on a building site for a brick fight if you cross them. They’ve spent the last twelve years reducing venues to rubble on

Review: “In a Violent Nature” by Vanta NC

Hailing from Raleigh North Carolina, Deathcore quintet Vanta NC have been using “919 ignorance” and “Blue Collar Deathcore” as their call signs since their 2024 inception. Debut EP “VantaBlack” paved the way for the band to rattle a few cages while sharing stages with everyone from God Of Nothing to Weeping Wound and Chained to

Review: “VantaBlack” by Vanta NC (1st Anniversary)

On the 1st October 2024 Raleigh North Carolina Deathcore skull crushers Vanta NC announced themselves to an unsuspecting world with a debut EP that left us wondering what we’d just heard. It was the work of five arch criminals in guitarist duo Conrad Crounse and Drew Greene alongside vocalist Dylan Barham, bassist Rob Volkov and

Review: “Nothingman” by Age of Ruin

They may have only released the half an hour of power that is their fourth studio album “Thieves” in February of 2023 but by the October of that very same year Washington DC natives Age Of Ruin were already working on follow up “Nothingman“. In what can only be considered a labour of love, the

Review: “Divided We Fall” by Biohazard

It is written that a third reunion of Brooklyn New York Hardcore veterans Biohazard began in 2022 with the tragic passing of the bands manager Scott Koenig. The story goes that vocalist and guitarist Billy Graziadei and bassist vocalist Evan Seinfeld met at his memorial and began a conversation about getting back together after Koenig

Review: “Here Goes Nothing” by Mental Maze

A decade after their initial five year run that saw them leave venues across the middle east reduced to rubble, the four horsemen of the apocalypse reunited. What was intended to be a one off jam session reignited the flames underneath the remains of Mental Maze, triggering the urge to not only write and record

Review: “Structured Chaos” by Barbarism

The precursor to a currently in the works debut full length album set for a 2026 release via Grave Island Records, “Structured Chaos” is billed as a demo produced, recorded, arranged, mixed, mastered and performed by Barbarism. The Ecuador based Technical Death Metal trio comprise drummer Carrasco Claudio (Criptor, Infected Humans, Nephropexy), vocalist and lyricist

Review: “Black Sites In Lower Chambers” by Wild Beyond

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania might not be the first place you’d think of as a point of origin for a Black Metal band but that is the place that Wild Beyond call home. A power trio consisting of Deava and former Infernal Stronghold member Edward Gonet III on vocals and guitars alongside former Woe and Woods Of Ypres drummer

Review: “Biological Genocide” by Parasite Disciple

Creators of Brutal Death Metal with a side order of Deathgrind from Jacksonville Florida, Parasite Disciple are a four piece consisting of guitarist Ben Davis, vocalist Brian Fitzgerald, bassist Stan Martell and drummer Zach Lindsey. Taking the tried, tested and true route to “Biological Genocide“, which follows their 2023 debut “Auditory Hallucinations“, the outfit have their