A third extended play in two years from Swedish Blackened Death Metal Crust Punk infusion Övervåld (or “Overwhelmed“) promises raw fury and despair, of both a vicious and infectious variety with side order of relentless aggression, misanthropy and a drizzle of unfiltered brutality. Named after an ancient Swedish term for revenge “Vigarv” is said to fuse
In 2o23, Canadians Vortex graced us with their third epic concept album “The Future Remains In Oblivion”, a record which drew critical acclaim as well crafted Science Fiction tale set to a soundscape of Blackened Melodic Death Metal with symphonic orchestrations. It was their seventh album in a career dating back to 1998 and so
Australian Slamming Dinocore? That’s the sole purpose of Terrordactyl, a solo project from Raymond Martin, whom you may or may not know from his work in The Senate or Wraith. Back in 2022 he wrote and recorded five tracks for his debut endeavour with sound engineer Shawn Mayer, producer George Mackenzie and vocal engineer Taylor
A concept record which tells the story of a poisonous plant that seduces people with its properties and charm, leading them to their “happy” doom is the first burnt offering from Sofia, Bulgaria based Death Thrash merchants Mashaile. Thematically “Tales of the Cured” explores the dark side of human nature, where hypocrisy, temptation, envy, destruction,
You may know him from the trail of the dead or one of numerous projects including The Senate or Wraith but Terrordactyl is the solo endeavour of Raymond Martin. His first endeavour, EP “Extinction Event” arrived in March 2022 labeled as Dinocore, a hybrid blend of Deathcore, Death Metal and Metalcore with lyrical themes from
Having been by their own admission baptized in the gutter San Diego, Californian Death Metal and Hardcore merchants Mongrel rose to prominence in 2022 with a demo musing on themes of anger, violence and inner struggles called “Off The Leash“. Mixed and mastered by Dan Swano (Insomnium, Maceration, Dark Funeral) that record unites bassist Andy
There has long been an argument that the city of Birmingham is the home of Heavy Metal based on the fact that Black Sabbath are considered to be the first true Heavy Metal band, not to mention the place giving rise to the talents of Judas Priest, Napalm Death and Benediction to name but a
Klagenfurt in Austria is home to Downtempo Deathcore purveyors Castiel, a band who have trodden where Gods fear to tread since their 2013 inception. A string of waterfall released singles paved the way for their debut album “Blasphemy” in 2017 and six years late they brought Alan Grnja from Distant and Robby Estamuerto from Street
The story goes that long time friends in vocalist Sebastian “Basti” Markovic and multi instrumentalist Marco Kärger once played together in a Hardcore band that toured Europe. Rekindling the flames of a passion to create music, the pair reconnected over a mutual love of classic Death Metal bands like Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel and Entombed and in
A terrifying collection of tales of ancient entities, enraged warriors and hideous monsters from multiple realms has been put to music by Chronepsis, a New Jersey melodic Technical Death Metal act formed as recently as 2023. Taking their name from the dragon god of fate, death and judgment in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game,
