Bootleg: “Dark Age” from Vader!

Courtesy of Nikos Mixas a live rendition of “Dark Age” from legendary Polish Death Metal act Vader on this years incarnation of the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise is now online. How long we have to wait for the sequel to 2025 EP “Humanihility” remains a question to be answered but for now they have

NEWS: Jungle Rot welcome the apocalypse!

Most bands don’t make it to three albums so for Unique Leader Records to announce a twelfth album in “Cruel Face of War” from Death Metal legends Jungle Rot is huge. That will be with us on 15th May having been produced by Chris Djuricic (Broken Hope, Morbid Saint, Casket Robbery) at Bell City Sound

NEWS: Beyond Salvation seek incarceration!

Keeping it strictly DIY or DIE, vocalist and guitarist Jon Pedley from Manchester Thrash titans Beyond Salvation has taken it into his own hands to produce and mix their crushing new single “Incarcerate“. They say good things come to those who wait and seeing as its been a couple of years since their last EP

NEWS: Blighted share debut deathcore single!

Not to be confused with Benighted, American Deathcore brutes Blighted have shared their debut single in “Ribcage Rearrangement“. Mixed and mastered by Psycho-Frame bassist Brandan Lopez (Corpse Pile, Weeping, Graveview) it serves as an introduction to bedlam with a music video directed by Toddi Babu (Coma Waves, Bodysnatcher, Heavy//Hitter) and filmed by Austin Scherzberg adding to

NEWS: Thorgrim suffer cuts and bruises?

Offering a powerful introduction to their upcoming album “Puca” and its bleak and visceral atmosphere, Wisconsin Doom Punk trio Thorgrim channel crushing riffs with a primal sense of urgency in “Children Of Doom“. A raw fusion of Doom, Sludge and Punk, enriched with dark and abrasive textures that rejects overproduction in favour of immediacy and emotional

Review: “Metaxis” by Night Thieves

Derived fro m the Greek word “metaxu” meaning between, “Metaxis” defines the human condition of existing between the physical and divine or the real and the fictional. The word doubles as the title which Welsh Alternative Metal act Night Thieves have chosen for their debut album, offering an insight into the overarching themes and concepts

NEWS: Wolves In The Throne Room make it a Black Summer!

Doomstar Bookings have confirmed the summer plans of American Black Metal predators Wolves In The Throne Room with a European Festival run locked in. That includes a pair of shows in Scotland which will find them joined by Spectral Wound although there are a few gaps suggesting there could be a little more fun…

NEWS: Mizery commit to the “Renegade Rhythm”!

Built on the foundations late drummer Cayle Sain laid down, a self titled EP from San Diego Crossover Hardcore band Mizery has landed through Flatspot Records. It serves as a symbol of persistence and a call to action in today’s trying times. The songs defy a steady route, mixing infectious rap-sung vocals with metallic riffs, inventive

NEWS: The Absolution Sequence see dead people?

After twelve months writing, recording and refining, Tasmanian eight piece Technical Death Metal force The Absolution Sequence have warned that August will see a full length album titled “Dread Cycle” from them available everywhere that’s good via Blood Blast Distribution. Mastered by Jens Bogren (Sepultura, At The Gates, Amorphis) at Fascination Street Studios it will

NEWS: Boundaries scream beneath blackened skies!

American metalcore force Boundaries have shared their first new material since 2024’s “Death Is Little More” with “Skies Cast Amber Black“, a track that channels the current cultural climate into a crushing, cinematic storm. The band will spend much of 2026 on the road, joining The Amity Affliction and August Burns Red for a North American