Celebrating a decade of destruction having emerged from their crypts in Lancaster Ohio in 2016, Death Groove powerhouse Crucible of Hate have followed 2023 album “The Unknown Path” with EP “Chasing the Wind“. Exploring the futility of resisting change, the inner turmoil of facing life’s difficult decisions, and other personal struggles, the new material was recorded,
Well gaah damn! Summer is almost over which means the countdown to Halloween has started! Fright night weekend wouldn’t be complete without Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender Rabidfest now would it?! Saturday 31st October and Sunday 1st November will see the annual event take place at The Bullingdon which is fast becoming something of a spiritual
The host with the most, Craig Reynolds spoke to Dying Fetus drummer Trey Williams at Sonic Temple for this latest in The Downbeat Podcast series. Topics of conversation range from origins and practice philosophy to Brutal Assault Festival and the future of metal drumming with the Death Metal legends being half past due a new
A Middle Eastern Death Metal band established in 2003 in Arman Jordon now residing in Los Angeles California, Esodic are enjoying a rich vein of form with some impressive new singles. Those were enough to take Zed Amarin, Kevin McCombs, Mo Lamastro and Austin Burleigh to Hellfest Open Air Festival in France earlier this summer and
M-Theory Audio have announced the signing of Bogotá, Colombia based Thrash Overlords Perpetual Warfare with a brand new single in “Nihil Sumus“. Mixed and mastered by Zack Ohren (Machine Head, Warbringer, Sworn Enemy) it’s going to be released on a 7″ vinyl limited to 300 copies Worldwide on 25th November. As a collective the band have
Shattering like a mirror that curses you for a thousand years only to be chopped, glued and screwed back together, Norwegian Melodic Black Metal veterans Iskald have unveiled a second teaser for their upcoming sixth album “Curse of the Mind“. That is slated for a 25th September via Dusktone release as a conceptual journey which unfolds
Due to their commitments to other projects including Vintersea, Syx, Inflict and Proven we had begun to wonder if we would ever see a sophomore album from Portland natives Ligature Marks. The band released their debut “Set Oceans On Fire” in 2017 and went on to play shows as direct support for the likes of Gojira,
The trail of breadcrumbs that will lead us to new album “Vendetta” from Calgary Cinematic Metalcore quintet Victoria Lies continues with “Weaving Webs” as the band countdown the days until it’s 30th October via Black Cat Records grand unveiling. A concept‑driven record built on theatrical storytelling, emotional depth and genre experimentation, it finds the band
To use a cliche that is very true, a long awaited, highly anticipated new record from Metallic Hardcore crew Walls Of Jericho is on its way to us via Napalm Records. Legendary producer and Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Code Orange, Every Time I Die) was behind the boards with guests including
…with hours before the release of their first album in partnership with Napalm Records Lithuanian avant-garde Metal act Black Spikes have shared a music video for “Dulkės” (or “Dust“) cut from it. Titled “Ydos” the album has been labeled as a modern Progressive Metal record in the sense that it pushes boundaries in all directions while
