NEWS: Speed pray for all their angels!

Addressing the sobering realities of loss while  musing on mortality, EP “All My Angels” from Australian Hardcore crew Speed is more vulnerable and raw than ever before. That will be available on 23rd October via Flatspot Records with second single “Ain’t My Game” now streaming. The question is, does the track make the grade for

NEWS: Pupil Slicer embrace the nomad?

Produced, recorded and mixed by Joe Clayton  (Trudger, Dawn Walker, Ithaca) at No Studio and mastered by Grant Berry (Boston Manor, Ithaca, Static Dress) at Fader Mastering, 7th November will see a third album in “Fleshwork” arrive via Prosthetic Records from London Hardcore trio Pupil Slicer. The title track is currently streaming everywhere that’s good

NEWS: De Profundus hunt the great deceiver!

Filmed on the grounds of the University of West London by Dale Pountney of Ironside Studios, a music video for “II: Deception” by De Profundus celebrates the imminent arrival of their EP “The Gospel Of Rot” on 1st October. A forceful and focused heavy hitter it’s arguably the most potent Death Thrash tune on the

NEWS: All We Leave Behind rip out the coffin nails!

Practising the rituals of Doom fueled Death Metal with Gothic atmospheres are All We Leave Behind, a band who hail from Grenoble, France. Citing influences as varied as Type O Negative, Candlemass and Paradise Lost the four piece have announced their next album “In The Absence Of Light” will be distributed by Argonauta Records imprint label

NEWS: Brotthogg share the tale of “Pesta”!

If you missed it a couple of weeks back, Norwegian Progressive Black Metal act Brotthogg have given us a timely reminder of their new album “Ved Veis Ende” with a lyric video for “Pesta” cut from it. That also comes with a full English lyrical translation for those not familiar with the language of their

NEWS: Sulphur And Mercury summon the seer!

Featuring keyboards by Freddy Delirio of Death SS, Traditional Metal stalwarts Sulphur And Mercury have shared “Summon the Seer” via label home Time To Kill Records. It’s the first new material from the band since last year’s EP “Alchemia Prophetica“, a six track affair that includes a cover of demo-era anthem “Heads Will Roll” by Satan. As

NEWS: Black Skull Ritual begin the countdown…

Dani D. Messmer at Spice Farm Studios has admitted to a love affair with Black Skull Ritual by remixing “Count To Ten” from the Industrial Metal acts 2023 album “Death Is Forever“. Accompanied by a video from by vocalist, bassist and programming guru Baron Von Strange, it’s evidence that the is life in the old dog yet. If

NEWS: Falling Below shatter into…

It looks very much like 2026 is shaping up to be the year that Falling Below become a household name, as the Alternative Metal band have lined up a home town headline show at Rough Trade in Nottingham on Saturday 21st February. That’s the day after their sophomore EP “Holding Out for Hope” arrives, a

Review: “A Whispered Curse” by Plague Pit

Broken, bruised and bloodied Plague Pit came into existence in 2024 in Bristol, a first demo “Give In To Death” a portrait in Blackened Hardcore paving the way for the band to share stages with the likes of Coffin Mulch and Thou. However all was not as it first seemed with those shows revealing that