NEWS: Kublai Khan in Europe all June long!

Having reigned supreme at Bloodstock Open Air Festival last summer Texan Metallic Hardcore bruisers Kublai Khan will be returning to Europe in June for a run of early summer festivals and a fistful of club shows. Rumour has it that Heriot will be joining them in Ireland too…

Bootleg: “Drinkin’ Our Way To Hell” from Total Maniac!

Filmed at the Metro in Baltimore a live rendition of “Drinkin’ Our Way To Hell” by Maryland Street Metal crew Total Maniac has surfaced online. The song is the first single from the bands sophomore album “Love Overdrive“, a 27th March release recorded by Kevin Bernsten (Full Of Hell, Pig Destroyer, Integrity) at Developing Nations,

NEWS: The Jötunn seek the departed?

Directed and edited by Tom Stumpf and featuring actors Londyn Snow and Mary Hansen, The Jötunn ask “Where do you go when it all goes red?” with a music video for “The Departure“. The song is the final track of the Ohio Metal heads EP “Summoner“, a record that once again finds them blending  an

NEWS: Death To All return to Europe in June!

Returning to Europe this summer with live performances honoring the music of Chuck Schuldiner by former members of Death will be Death To All. The band are an all star tribute with Strapping Young Lad, Dethklok and Death Angel drummer Gene Hoglan, Testament, Death, Sadus bassist Steve Di Giorgio, Leviathan Project, Death and Expedition Delta guitarist Bobby

Review: “Dissonance” by Meteora

Recorded with engineer Balázs Pálfi (Türböwitch), the mixed and mastered by Nino Helfrich (Thrash Cult, Traces Of A Life), Dmitry Kim (Khors, Arhat) and Joel Wanasek (Machine Head, Carnation, Dååth) as well as being adorned by artwork by Dronicon Films (Swallow The Sun, Katatonia, October Tide) the third and final chapter in a triolgy of

NEWS: Saasta pay homage to George Orwell?

Finnish Extreme Metal band Saasta take a magnifying to humanity with their new single “The Leeches“. A grittily realistic depiction of present-day and past societies, in which the world’s small, blood-sucking elite, disguised the high and mighty, take everything from the common person and leave them to rot in the fields. If a human being

NEWS: Total Maniac drink themselves to oblivion!

Calling their sound Baltimore Street Metal, Total Maniac have been sailing the seven seas since 2018 and in doing so they’ve shared stages with everyone from BAT to Poison Ruin as well as earning the opportunity to play Maryland Deathfest with their 2022 self titled debut album. Four years on their sophomore album “Love Overdrive”

NEWS: Exodus unleash “3111”!

San Francisco, California Thrash titans Exodus have announced their new album “Goliath” with first single “3111” ahead of some major European touring commitments. Mixed and mastered by Mark Lewis (Warbringer, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel) at Audio Hammer Studios in Sanford, Florida the record features a guest appearance by Peter Tägtgren of Pain and Hypocrisy

NEWS: Shine hunt the basilisk!

Inspired by Germanic, Norse and Slavic mythology from pre-Christian times, Polish Death Metal act Shine have written a debut album in “Wrathcult” for our listening pleasure. The project is the brainchild of Hazael guitarist Tomasz Dobrzeniecki who also created the cover artwork. A third advanced listen in “Kneel Before the Serpent” is now streaming with

Bootleg: Ingested in Southport!

Ahead of their “Hell Is Here, Hell Is Home” tour with Bodysnatcher, Big Ass Truck and one as yet unnamed band, Death Metal dominators Ingested have shared half an hour of power with two tracks recorded live in the studio. The pair are “Impending Dominance” from 2020’s “Where Only Gods May Tread” and “Invidious” from 2018’s