Having astounded with their debut record “The Drakketh Saga“, the departure of orchestration master Dale Urban (Mortem Obscuram, Salem Burning) in 2023 left many wondering what the future may hold for Dragoncorpse. That record had given us a truly unique experience, blending themes of fantasy, death and humour with Deathcore soaked in Power Metal, so
Hailing from Boston Massachusetts and inspired by the likes of August Burns Red, Counterparts and Meshuggah Progressive Metalcore quintet Vicarium first appeared in the horizon in 2022. Wasting no time, by January 2023 they had completed and self released a five track self titled demo before hitting the road, using the shows to help them
From scraping together their first set to play a show with Graphic Nature in Swansea in 2023 which they confess to finishing by the skin of their teeth, Welsh Nu-Metalcore crew Loveletter have come along way. A trio of barnstorming singles since then in “Slow Death“, “No Sun” and “Choke” have not only put them
““A Leap Into The Dark” is fixated around a very vivid dream I had that I couldn’t forget or erase. Lyrically, it’s about taking a massive leap of faith into a chaotic unknown. It could lead to blessings or towards your downfall. It doesn’t matter; you’re at the moment where you need to make a
“I produced nearly all of our music ‘in-house’ (quite literally in my house…) with the drums being recorded and mixed by some close friends of the band at Vault Studios in Kidderminster. It can certainly be a double-edged sword by self-producing your music. You’re able to spend a lot more time on the finer details
2023 was the year of change in the Penny Coffin camp as original drummer Panagiotis Rodopoulos exited stage left. His boots have since been filled by Luke Lockley, a man of vast experience having graced the drum stool for such household names as Desecrated Extinction, Lashing Out and Unhallowed Void to name but a few. After
It’s been six long years since the last confession of Bay Area Thrash outfit Hatchet with 2018’s “Dying To Exist” leaving scorched earth in its wake. Inking a deal with M-Theory Audio, the band teamed up with Nick Botelho of NB Recording (Interloper, The Kennedy Veil) who handled that album to record, mix and master their
“City was written off the back of us becoming a 4 piece band in 2022. It was our first experimentation with using synths and samples within our music and it helped us craft the stories that we wanted to tell! Once we’d finished most of the pre-production, we began working with our dear friend and
“When writing songs for EP “6” we wanted to deal with a certain era in our work and at the same time open a completely new chapter, the songs are aggressive and dark and mark a new direction. Lyrically, it talks about depression, phobias and mental problems. This EP also shapes the direction in which
Hailing from East Brunswick, New Jersey, Grone have been inking cryptic writings since 1987 with the writing partnership of guitarist and vocalist Chris Christopher and bassist and vocalist Chris Gennaro as the band’s beating black heart. Between 1987 and 1994 they released four demos under the name Suiciety before rebranding and going on to release
