Four long years after we were graced by the presence of their seminal 2022 album “A Kingdom Of Ice” Portland, Oregon natives Forsaken Eternity return with EP “Shades Of Existence” however all is not as it seems. The band has been stripped to the bare essentials with the writing partnership of multi instrumentalist Vladislav Gayko
After impressing with their critically acclaimed 2024 sophomore EP “Digital Dementia” you might have been forgiven for thinking that Southeast England vanguards of Thrash Metal Chemical Storm would continue down the concept record path but by all accounts “Splintered, Crushed And Shattered” has no message, no moralising, no cautionary dystopian warnings or imagery. Instead the record,
Born of an idea conceived back stage at Heavy Montreal in 2015, Nu-Metal merchants Sicksense announced themselves to the world in 2021 with single “Make Believe”. In the five years that have followed, the band, who feature in their ranks former The Agonist vocalist Vicky Psarakis and Robby J. Fonts of Stuck Mojo fame have
After a decade of destruction and an unholy trinity of extended plays the time Derby Deathcore powerhouse The Cartographer have made one small step for a man and one giant leap for mankind by presenting us with the gift of their debut album “The Collapse of a Bitter End“. The bleak title is one inspired
Produced, mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni at Domination Studio (Wind Rose, Twilight Force, Michael Romeo) and adorned by artwork from Mario López (Skeletal Remains, Toxik, Vulture) a seventh studio album from Italian Thrash veterans Game Over has landed in “When Darkness Falls“. The new material is their first as a quartet following the departure of
Twelve months and eight days after they announced themselves with EP “Divine In Ruin“, West Midlands Thrash crew Mount Slatra are back at the saloon door in search of Bourbon. They come armed for the apocalypse with debut album “Fit for the Dead“, having spent the past year cruising for a bruising on another Metal 2
After capturing our imagination with their 2023 EP “Delusional Monster” the return of Australian Melodic Death Metal act Besomora is an intriguing prospect. A growing concern since 2021, the quartet who comprise vocalist and guitarist Vlad Martynov (Doubleface), lead guitarist Matt Perkins, bassist Zeus Wijetunga and drummer Mustafa Okudan have become known for their dark
Does anyone still remember what a dictionary is? Back in the early 1990’s before the internet was a thing, everyone had this massive book with words and their meanings in it which they used to prop up the TV. It was second only to the Yellow Pages, a book listing everyone’s name, address and telephone
Richard Lardner, Jesse Brock, Mitch Young and Isaac Barton are better known as Downpour, a Melodic Hardcore crew hailing from Bristol. They announced themselves to an unsuspecting world with 2024 single “Losing Grip“, having formed a year earlier from the ashes of a pair of much loved bands in Lock & Key and We Struck
An old school Death Metal band hailing from Guwahati in India, Hymns of Hadean began life in 2021 exploring themes of mortality, violence, fanaticism and the darker machinery of the human mind. A four piece who feature in their ranks a pair of current members of Thirst Of Faust, the band have gone through a wealth
