It might be hard to believe but after a decade together that has seen them destroy venues with their ten ton hammer like fists of rage in pure defiance, Leicester D-Beat Thrash quartet Feral State have reached the nirvana of a sophomore album. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ian Boult (Shrykull, Mage, Foul Body Autopsy) at
“After 2 years of being a band, we have reached a sound that we think looks like us, this is our best work yet and we are happy to be working once again with [Producer] Joey Sturgis. He became such a great element to our team and is always pushing us to improve ourselves.” ~
“The making of our Reckoning EP made us look into ourselves and ask what made us who we are and what we stood for. As a result, this is our darkest and grittiest release to date, but there’s a prevailing theme of hope and rebirth running through the entire record” ~ James Russell, guitars
Since their 2021 self titled demo first reared its ugly head, Hamilton, Ontario Canadian Old School Death Metal dealers Last Retch have been eating away at the dark corners of our minds with themes of violence, witchcraft and cannibalism running through the veins of all of their cryptic writings. Inspired by the likes of Bolt Thrower,
Having delivered a mighty fine debut self titled EP in the summer of 2024, after performances in the Metal 2 The Masses competition in Leicester alongside eventual winners Baelfyr, Peterborough Hardcore crew Break Them finally admitted guilt. They had a sophomore EP waiting in the wings with guest appearances from members of Full Contact and Low Life making us
After a first single inspired by the classic first person shooter BioShock and a collection of no less than five stand alone singles in 2023 with a couple of guest appearances from members of Bitewound and Dispute thrown in for good measure, a debut EP from Peterborough Hardcore quartet Break Them was always inevitable. Turning stages to sawdust
It is written that back in 2007, Finnish Melodic Black Metal pioneers Mustan Kuun Lapset went on a planned year long hiatus. As the other members of the band were still in hibernation in 2009 vocalist and guitarist Pete Lehtinen felt the itch to return to music and so started a new project, this time in
The subliminal suggestion that mutual love of Scandinavian music has lead Æl-Fierlen down the left hand path through the haunted forest in the depths of bleak midwinter was brought sharply into focus as the quartet from the South of England gave us a cover of “Like Humans” by Myrkur not so long ago. Their rendition of
Celebrating a decade of destruction in 2025, Belgian Groove, Thrash and Hardcore lovers Behind Bars have offered up five fresh cuts to incite mosh pit violence with in “As I Wait For Death“. The record is the follow up to 2023’s well received album “All in Due Time“, one which continued perpetual forward motion for
“When we started writing the songs that would make up Stormcaller, our intention was to create the most complete Krigsgrav album that took something from every era of the band, while still pushing our sound forward. A culmination of the blackest hues, doomiest of dirges, and most soaring of lead guitars. We think we achieved
