Celebrating a decade of destruction that began in 2015, Potsdam Germany based Grindcore quartet Constrict have finally unveiled a record in “Kadavergehorsam” (or “Blind Obedience“) that was recorded, mixed and mastered in DIY or DIE fashion between 2023 and 2024. They’re describing it as their most focused and furious work yet, which seems almost impossible
Inspired by bands like Nails, Carcass and Nasum to name but a few, multi instrumentalist and vocalist Jamie Ryan had an idea for a solo project that some might consider total and utter madness. The Irishman, living just south of Paris in France was sick to the back teeth of over produced albums in contemporary
Adorned by artwork by Samaelle Edrakin that immediately takes us to the darker side of Pacific Rim and Kaiju rising from the oceans to crush cities, a debut full length album from French Technical Death Metal aficionados Horror Within to follow 2022 EP “Awaiting Extinction” holds much promise. A six piece, the band have a twin
Having spent the past seven years digging graves with other projects including Cabinet, Oreamnos and Sxuperion, drummer and mastermind Matthew returns to his first frostbitten love in Blackened Death Metal project Valdur to offer “Guilded Abyss“. An album recorded over a two year period between 2023 and 2025 at the Bloody Mountain Bunker, its the first
“Ostracism was meant to be a manifesto of our solitude, which we wanted to offer as a gift and the best chance for each person to truly know themselves. But as we dove deeper into our own minds, we came across images we weren’t ready for. Under pressure from outside forces we couldn’t control, we
Perhaps in an attempt to make up for their unofficial thirteen year hiatus from 2002 to 2015, a prolific couple of years has seen East Brunswick, New Jersey Death Metal duo Grone has seen them hammer a fourth EP out of the park in quick succession with “Diyu“. It follows “Made To Suffer“, “Murder Engine” and
Broken, bruised and bloodied Plague Pit came into existence in 2024 in Bristol, a first demo “Give In To Death” a portrait in Blackened Hardcore paving the way for the band to share stages with the likes of Coffin Mulch and Thou. However all was not as it first seemed with those shows revealing that
“This EP is the pinnacle of our growth. We DIY recorded it with producer Pieter Rietkerk and landed on a solid, antagonistic alt-metal sound we’re proud of – lyrically it speaks to the anxiety of trying to thrive in a relentlessly unstable world.” ~ Kuro
From the moment we first heard 2020 single “God Complex” we knew that Beyond Extinction were going to be up to no good in their Essex neighborhood for years to come. At first their youth may have seemed like a hindrance as it prevented them from playing as many live shows as they desired however
“The Gospel Of Rot is both a warning and a weapon – a sonic rebellion against the forces that seek to silence and subjugate. De Profundis offers not salvation but a wake-up call… the rot is everywhere – and it’s time to tear it down.” ~ De Profundis
