While the years of great plague, famine and pestilence that were the global pandemic brought much hardship to the international Metal community it also lead to the creation of some really interesting music. Suddenly and without warning musicians who had often talked about ideas for side projects had the opportunity to bring them to life,
Named after Matti Haapoja (1845-1895), one of the most famous Finnish serial killers, a four piece painting portraits in Blackened Death Metal infused Hardcore have been walking the Earth since 2007. Their genre defying mayhem has been described as dissonant yet melodic and relentless yet catchy, a demo, a split and a pair of albums
Originally formed as a duo by vocalist and guitarist Achlycet and drummer Tenebris who were both members of Schänder, Austrian Black Metal outfit Verba Serpentis rose to prominence with their debut “Ophidic Gnosis” in 2024. Mixed and mastered by Stefan Traunmüller (Across a Blackened Sky, Cercle du Chêne, Nocturne) at Soundtempel Studio, Freilassing Germany, adorned
Over the past eight years Scottish Metal heads Tyrannus have plotted a course from Lovecraftian horror to anti-capitalist and anti-fascist rhetoric in their cryptic writings, creating a toxic blend of 80’s Thrash, Black Metal and Post-Punk in the process. Produced, recorded and mixed by Scott McLean at Neon Fable Studios in Edinburgh between January and June 2025,
An unflinching exploration of psychological trauma, mental illness and the lingering horrors of war “Mens Devastata” is an intravenous drip created by multi instrumentalist and vocalist Vladyslav Blizniuk. Hailing from Kharkiv in Ukraine, he has been nothing short of prolific over the past couple of years, releasing six EPs and two albums of Black and
Formed in 2023, New Jersey based Revenge Ritual have made a name for themselves by fusing together Sludge Metal, Hardcore and Black Metal for conversations about occultism, desolation, depression, misanthropy and murder. Their self titled EP landed in the August of that year with then vocalist Mordecai Wolfenstein exiting stage left a year later; that
Dealing with themes of Existentialism, Insanity, Morbidity, Society and Politics, “Opacity” is the debut EP from Anomic, a Death Thrash duo formed in 2023 and split between Holland and Germany. Guitarist and shrill vocalist Raafat Atasi (ONKT, Paindemonium, Pitchfork) is joined by bassist and death growl beast Fadi Massamiri (Abidetherein, Eulen, Wrahha) for the purpose,
Conceived in the minds eye of multi instrumentalist and vocalist Rodger Boyle (Stonecarver, Reilig, Ruairi O’Baoighill) in Galway Ireland in 2019 as a solo studio project that is also a full live band, Noosed have been a vessel of furious Death Metal, Crust Punk, Sludge Metal and Hardcore ever since. Seven years, five extended plays,
Formed at the start of the barren winter of discontent that was November 2023 in Northern Italy, Downtempo Deathcore crew Gravery immediately started to write no compromise tracks addressing uncomfortable topics such as the analysis of the destructive potential of the human mind. They announced themselves to an unsuspecting world just one month later with first
