Hailing from the mountains of Santa Cruz California, Stump Grinder are a quintet who claim the sound of “Forest Metal” as their own. As it happens the genre tag they have chosen is also the title of their sophomore extended play, referring to what is loosely speaking a melting pot of Sludge Metal, Hardcore Punk
Its been nine long years since debut EP “Archaic Malevolence“, so it seems fair to admit that there was a time when it seemed almost impossible that any new material would emerge from Kent Technical Death Metal stalwarts Infected Dead. However the five piece, who feature in their ranks members known for prior convictions in
Mixed and mastered by Chris D’Onofrio (Evocator, Infernal Angels, Black Faith) at Atrocity Exhibition Studio, a second burnt offering from Strega awaits in the crypt. Describing their sound as Blackened Hex Heavy Metal, the band throw 80’s Traditional Heavy Metal and Black Metal into a witches cauldron with Goblin-inspired keyboards sections. As if that wasn’t
“This EP has been a long journey for us. We’ve poured a lot of time, work, and emotion into these songs, and it feels great to finally share them. We’re so beyond proud of what we’ve made, and this is only the beginning of Olympus Ex morte pulchritudo prodit” ~ Oz Hassan, drums
“This album is bleak. It’s got dissonance and aggression and every song carries a sense of melancholy and density beneath the surface. But there are also moments of meditation, and even signs of optimism woven in that make it feel like a true reflection of who we are as people. We’ve heard it our whole
Here begins a very short and yet sickly sweet history lesson. Back in 1989 the merging of two projects in Pestilence and Butchery led to the formation of the now legendary Mexican Death Thrash purveyors Mortuary, a band who would go on to open for Slayer in Mexico City in 1994. They were on the crest of a tidal
Back in 2002 not even the most optimistic of fans could have predicted that not only would Terror still be alive but very much kicking twenty four years on. The highly influential Hardcore crew, who originated in Los Angeles California, have made the road their home in that time with punishing touring schedules while churning
“We are proud to finally share some news about our eighth studio album, The Ghost of a Future Dead. The album will be released on April 24, 2026 – more than two years after it was completed in the studio. As you all know, Tomas Lindberg passed away last year due to complications from his
The Thrash revival continues with Turin based Italian quintet Ural who rose like a Phoenix from the ashes of Lifeless in 2010 and have since delivered us to evil with an unholy trinity of albums and a pair of extended plays. Maintaining the chainsaw’s perpetual forward motion, their fourth album “Anthropic Genetic Involution“ is their
In the summer of 2024 while everyone was going to festivals, drinking beers and shouting obscenities at the government, Finnish death-grind provocateurs Sewer Altar released a ten minute six track demo. Running on traditional Death Metal themes of defilement and horror, intertwining them with the pervasive malaise of sociopolitical inequality, thriving on short, sharp bursts
