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

NEWS: Soulgrind test the waters…

A third single in “Dark Water Wide” has crawled out from the woodwork from the upcoming 10th album “Ad Pulchram Mortem” by legendary Finnish Metal act Soulgrind. Slated for a 14th August grand unveiling by via Inverse Records, it will be their first in sixteen long years as the six piece continue to transcend from Death

NEWS: Break Fifty enter the darkness…

Ahead of a show at The Craufurd Arms in Milton Keynes on Sunday 31st May supporting Welsh Metalcore merchants Continents, Nu-Metalcore brutes Break Fifty have dropped a new track produced by Ryan Wood at 105mm Studios (Ruina, Sunfall, Vakora). Titled “Dark Room” it’s another collection of thoughts from the disturbed mind of Angus Robertson.

NEWS: Northern Genocide make it three with “Epilogi”!

If anyone was concerned about the future of  Finnish Industrialially tinged Melodic Metal band Northern Genocide after the departure of long time vocalist Tommi Salonen last year then the bands recently released singles should put that to rest. His replacement Joni Parkkinen now graces a third of those in “Epilogi” with all three set to be