Birmingham Alabama hell-hounds Ectovoid have spent the past fifteen years decimating the weak and thinning the herd with unsettling lyrical musings set to a disturbing soundtrack as they explore the deepest, darkest, bleakest recesses of the mind. Featuring in their ranks members of Homicidal Maniacs, Seraphic Entombment and Father Befouled the four piece have made fans wait six years
From time to time a band bursts a blood vessel and releases an album that leaves you wondering just how long it might have been waiting in the wings and obviously one such record is “Sounds of Malice” by Louisville Kentucky Old School Death Metal act Redivider. Recorded at Round Table Recording Company and Michael
Rather than being driven by a single musician with a vision Oulu Finland based Groove Thrash quintet Krushor work as a collective in composing songs, writing lyrics and editing their creations. They cite influences in older Metal with a desire to create music that not only sounds good but also gives them time to talk
Sardonic Allegiance was formed as a studio project back in 2009 by multi-instrumentalist Vasco “Triest” Lub and drummer Rick “Griendhakker” Lieffering (Fenris, The Darkest Red) with a vision for creating Black Metal in an epic way through the incorporation of melody and symphonic elements. Based in Rotterdam, Netherlands they released their first EP “Germania Inferior”
After fifteen years wandering the back streets of Rotterdam, Dutch Black Metal duo Sardonic Allegiance returned with their first new material since 2010’s “Germania Inferior” in April 2025. Seven songs for seven deadly sins, spilling over the poison chalice of forty five minutes have been split into two parts, one for April 2025 one for
Forged in the fires of London in 2018, Aggro have spent their time turning stages to sawdust with everyone from Gutlocker to Imperium and Sore Teeth to Thrasherwolf. Blending the punch of Hardcore with early 2000’s Metal swagger, heavy groove laden riffs, brutal breakdowns and powerful emotive vocals, their explosive and dynamic approach is reminiscent of bands like Dry Kill Logic. Recorded, mixed
“Nuit noire is an EP in four scenes: an initiatory plunge through the night of a bad trip triggered by seeds of Argyreia nervosa. Each track is a stage — not a clinical explanation, but an invitation to assume the subjectivity of the journey. Imagine fear becoming embodied: death seems imminent, one clings pathetically to
Recorded and Mixed by Josh Sid Robinson (Survivalist, Uragh, Archives) at JSR Audio in Belfast, “Nightshade” is the sophomore EP from Dublin Nu-Metalcore quartet Broken Habit. A band formed back in 2019 by drummer Andrew Harvey, vocalist John O’Reilly and guitarist duo Rob Stone and John Foley, they began their journey down the left hand
Known for their commanding stage presence in the live arena, Canadian bruisers Deadwood spent 2025 touring Japan with Humanity’s Last Breath and DVRK before opening twice for Born of Osiris in Montréal and registering as seismic activity on the grounds of Inkcarceration Festival. The four piece, who rose to prominence in 2022 with EP “Nemesis”
Nine records in fourteen years of existence confirms Ellende has a band who simply refuse to go away quietly. Founded by multi-instrumentalist L.G. in Graz, Austria in 2011 their journey began with debut EP “Rückzug in die Innerlichkeitˮ (or “Retreat into Inner Life“) and they haven’t looked back since. Originally conceived as an introverted, misanthropic,
