NEWS: Falsebound warn of words left unspoken…

A third single from Falsebound, a Prague Czech Republic based Progressive Metalcore four piece formed this year has arisen from the black depths in “Unspoken“. Their previous pair of offerings fused dark meloncholia with crushing riffs, so have they found their sound? We’ll let you be the judge, jury and executor on that score.

Interview: Coroner talk “Dissonance Theory” with Belgian Jasper!

…with Century Media set to distribute the long awaited (understatement of the year), highly anticipated “Dissonance Theory” from Swiss Technical Thrash legends Coroner on 17th October, it seems like a wonderful opportunity for Belgian Jasper to be joined by Tommy Vetterli to discuss the bands cryptic writings. It’s been more than three decades since they

NEWS: Voidspore rust and decay…

How about some Progressive Death Metal from New England? “Inexorable Decay” looks like the first offering from Voidspore, a toxic trio who are promising a full debut EP mixed, mastered and produced by Danny Russo (Gore Grave, Lightsbane, Deerslug) in the not too distant future. Compromising guitarist and composer Keith Benway, lead guitarist Kenny Bullard and

NEWS: Annisokay need tweezers?

Taking their previously released EP pairing “Abyss” and fusing them together as an album on vinyl was always on the cards but German Metalcore stalwarts Annisokay have taken that one step further. Dubbed “Abyss: The Final Chapter” the album will find those twelve tracks joined by three more on 21st November with Arising Empire distributing.

NEWS: Aittala escape from solitary confinement!

The prolific writing partnership of multi instrumentalist and vocalist Eric Aittala and drummer Gary “Zeus” Smith looks set to continue to bare fruit as genre blending outfit Aittala (pronounced “EYE-tah-la”) have a second EP of 2025 on the way. Having already given us “Machines“, which showcased a unique blend of Traditional Heavy, Doom, Progressive and

NEWS: Extortionist survive the starvation process?

As “Stare Into The Seething Wounds” lands in the mailbox courtesy of Unique Leader Records, as if thrown like a copy of The Daily Sun in the 1985 Atari Games classic Paperboy, Nu-Metalcore aficionado’s Extortionist have unveiled a music video for “Starve“. The timing couldn’t be better either as they’re supporting Fox Lake in San

Track Review: “Hollow” by Solothurn

After recieving critical acclaim for their 2023 debut EP “Servitude” Belfast, Northern Ireland quintet Solothurn threw their hat in the Metal 2 The Masses ring for a chance to play the New Blood Stage a year later. As relative new comers to performing live, those shows provided the inspiration the band needed to match their

Live Review: Lionheart w/Negative Frame at The Dome in London!

The last time we had the pleasure of witnessing Lionheart was all the way back in December 2018 when they supported German Metalcore stalwarts Caliban on their “Elements” album tour. As it happens, the set that they played was the very same one that they committed to tape in 2020 with their “Live at Summer

NEWS: Sanguisugabogg premier “Heinous Testimony”!

Ohio Death Metal iconoclasts Sanguisugabogg must have locked their vocalist Devin Swank in a basement to complete recording his parts on their new album “Hideous Aftermath” because his love of a guest appearance has started to get out of hand. The album, produced by the legend that is Kurt Ballou (Converge, Nails, Gatecreeper) at God