Hailing from Lohja, Finland the mysterious Exhalus claim to create miserable music with raw and repetitive song structures as their backbone and have been doing so since their inception 19 years ago. Under their collective bullet belts they have released material for the Progressive Drone Metal shelves for Patrick Bateman to collect and return with
The tip of a metaphorical iceberg “Return To Dust” represents the first burnt offering from Refiner, in a year which Rottweiler Records have another EP slated for the summer and a full length record to finish the year for the project. A solo mission from multi instrumentalist, vocalist and producer Christopher Adam who hails from the
A nightmarish vision from inception, “You’ve Got Red On You” finds Necronomicon Ex Mortis and Bloodfeast Ritual seeking to outdo each other over the duration of the split EP. Behind the scenes, Charlie Waymire (Speak No Evil, Tarja, Behold! The Monolith) of Ultimate Studios handled engineering, mixing and production before Ernesto Homeyer completed the mastering
Hailing from San Diego California, Mongrel are a comprised of musicians known for their prior convictions in World of Pain, Poison Headache and Xibalba, used to cutting their way through the urban jungle to claim their territory. The five piece drew first blood in 2022 with a three track debut EP “Off The Leash“, their
A Spaghetti Western themed Alternative Metal album is an interesting concept choice for a debut record but Shadow of the Talisman claim they aren’t the kind of band to shirk a challenge. Hailing from Flint Michigan, the riff slingers are a five piece who were united by college in November 2022, drawing influence from rock
For the past decade To Obey A Tyrant have taken the left hand path that Gods fear to tread, giving us a Blackened Symphonic Deathcore soundtrack of pure unadulterated fire and brimstone. In their formative years line up changes were a thorn in their side but the rage to overcome such obstacles has ensured the
At no point during the touring cycle for their critically acclaimed third album “Aenigmata“ did anyone foresee that the next magnum opus from Hungarian Extreme Metal masters Sin Of God would take nine long years to surface from the black depths. Writing sessions actually took place as far back as 2019 for what would eventually become “Blood
“We are driving into a sound we feel is more our own. Taking the same style of the LP but merging it with more metallic influences. We sonically want to express pain and rage that otherwise builds up on a day to day. Lyrically these songs are darker and deal with a lot of internal
“Influenced by the principles ‘Everything must be electronic, except vocals’ and ‘Forever Feral, Forever Noise’, Retina Burn is a journey of exploring the processing of long term trauma through sound. When it was written, the only goal was to be as reflective and honest as possible.” ~ Adam Sedgwick
Having roots that go back to 1994 when they were called Sleep of Right and then Ethereal, there aren’t many who won’t know the name of Italian Gothic Metal masters Lacuna Coil. Characterised by the dual vocal harmonies of vocalists Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro which often soar over a soundscape of Symphonic Metal, they