Since they wandered in from the bitter, cold and barren wilderness in 2019, Forlorn have never ceased to astound and amaze, sharing stages with everyone from Dying Wish to Crypta and performing at festivals including Radar and Tech-Fest while maintaining a near constant waterfall release of singles. Having witnessed the band live on numerous occasions,
Completing a trilogy of albums that outlines a dystopian future and the downfall of humanity with themes of technological dominance, environmental collapse, and societal degradation that are often found on the darker side of the science fiction horror genre, “Synapse The Hivemind” actually has roots that go as far back as 2018. At that point
The story goes that vocalist and lyricist Cassiopeia and guitarist and song writer Nick Temoshok met during a brief stint in a local Baltimore band. They found themselves sharing a different vision and soon separated from the pack to start afresh and create a project that was better suited to their creative thought process. That
At one time the stench of rotting dangling corpses was heavy in the air upon Gallows Hill, an intersection in the city of Oslo in Norway from which Galgeberg take their name. It’s a literal translation that casts a shadow over the place… and therefore feels like an appropriate name for a band who combine
A Technical Death Metal band from Perth in Western Australia, Allocer have been treading the boards since 2022 giving us their cunningly titled debut EP “The First Offering” in the summer of the following year. Combining Melodic Death Metal leads with Deathcore intensity and groove the five piece have the capability to offer something that
Fuelled by themes of War, Injustice and Politics, the Draaisma brothers, Dirk on guitar and Lars on drums formed Dutch Metallic Hardcore crew Zubzero back in 1999. Alongside like minded musicians they gave us their first burnt offering in album “Stolen Land” in 2001 and despite a couple of line up changes haven’t looked back
Citing influence from acts like Undying and Dissection, Syracuse New Yorkers Azshara struck like a wrecking ball with their 2023 self titled demo and it was enough to get them signed to Daze, who re-released it in remixed and remastered form earlier this year. Taking their name from a Queen in classic video game World of Warcraft, the band
Crafting a sound that blends crushing Metalcore with the emotive qualities of Post-Hardcore, Halfway Home put themselves on the map with debut EP “Autumn” in the summer of 2022. After a run of shows with anyone who would tread the boards with them including Akkadian, Indevth and Bloodshot the band took the plunge and entered
Four years after their last burnt offering “Impermanent” the sophomore album from Boston, Massachusetts Progressive Melodic Death Metal horde Aversed finds them at something of a cross roads. Titled “Erasure of Color” it follows no less than four waterfall released singles that have showcased the vocal talents of Sarah Hartman who was brought in from Metanoia to
Seven months after last summers EP “Neurotic Age” and yet another collection of acoustic Folk inspired Black Metal songs has been crafted for our listening pleasure. The culprit is of course the ever prolific Finnish artist Tuomas Kauppinen, a man who with this record has given us no less than five albums and four EPs
