Documentary: King Parrot on Bus Invaders!

While on the “Gor-Gor Strikes Back” tour with GWAR and Soulfly, Australian Grindcore merchants King Parrot opened the doors of their RV to the Digital Tour Bus cameras. Filmed on 2nd April outside the Concord Music Hall in Chicago, the latest episode of the iconic Bus Invaders series is perfectly timed to follow the bands

NEWS: Currents! Erra! Caskets! Aviana! November 2026!

The month of November will be a busy one as American Metalcore act Currents and Progressive Metalcore band Erra have announced a European co-headlining tour. Dubbed “The Silence Follows” it will see cuts from “All That Follows” and “Silence Outlives The Earth” appearing on the respective bands set lists, the trip across the continent also finding

NEWS: Apogean carve their names…

A second of eight cuts to make the grade for a new album from Canadian Technical Death Metal force Apogean has surfaced in “Daughter of the Oak“.  Mixed and mastered by Zack Ohren (Machine Head, Fallujah, Warbringer) the new record is titled “Waste Where Life Begins” with a 10th July date set The Artisan Era

Documentary: Persefone: North America 2026 part #1!

From recording at Audiotree in Chicago on day one to Saint Andrew’s Hall in Detroit, Andorran Progressive Death Metal act Persefone played 23 cities in 30 days as direct support for Dark Tranquillity and Soen on their North American tour. The band have documented the run and shared the first part which takes them as far as

NEWS: Cripple Bastards unveil “L’era della dispersione”!

What does the world need now more than anything else? More Grindcore from Italians Cripple Bastards. Fortunately the band have been listening to our cries and have indulged us with a third cut from th it upcoming EP “La tua foto sul marmo” (or “Your photo on marble“). This one is called “L’era della dispersione”

NEWS: Baalzagoth offer “Excommunicatus Ab Humanitate”!

Embracing the aesthetics of Blackened Death Metal, Polish quintet Baalzagoth have offered a second single in “Excommunicatus Ab Humanitate” from their 6th June releasing album “No God, No Savior” via Putrid Cult. Drums were recorded at Sound of Records Studio by Mikołaj Kiciak (Blindead 23, Leash Eye), guitars at Tetra Wave Studio by Krzysztof Kostencki (Morrath, Sothoris),

NEWS: Distant flush out the rats!

Given the amount of time that Downtempo Deathcore Kings Distant have been spending on the road since forever, the fact they’ve managed to find the time to use the bathroom let alone record new material seems like a miracle. But ahead of a European Summer Festival run that will include Graspop Metal Meeting, Impericon Festival,

Review: “Iron Baphomet” by Necrobeast

It is written upon ancient scrolls found in long forgotten tombs by those who see fortunes only to find plague and pestilence that twenty years ago in Valdivia Chile, Necrobeast was born under blackened skies. Creating sonic abrasions in Old School Blackened Thrash with lyrical narratives that muse on the nature of the cosmos, the

NEWS: Mental Cruelty! Ov Sulfur! Extermination Dismemberment! Winter 2026!

It seems like a bizarre thing to say but sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. German  Blackened Deathcore protagonists Mental Cruelty have announced their first ever European headlining tour. They’ve been around since 2014 so how is that even possible?! The run will take place in November and December with American label mates Ov Sulfur