At the time of publication there will be just thirty eight days until this years incarnation of Oxfords finest Metal Weekender (trademark, patent applied for) otherwise known as Rabidfest. If you missed their social media build up, the warm up show and even our weekly features then lets remind you what its all about. Raising
A landmark sixteenth studio album and a massive European tour trek with Exodus, Carcass and Nails in tow has been announced by the legendary Kreator. A reveal of the cover artwork for “Krushers Of The World” by Polish artist Zbigniew Bielak (Behemoth, Dimmu Borgir, Imperial Triumphant) has preceded the first single “Seven Serpents“, the album
Described as an enveloping nightmarish journey through temptation and spiritual destruction “Things Seen But Always Hidden” by West Midlands occult Black Metal band Suffering is said to possess the power to disturb with contrasting states of terror and ecstasy. A dehumanising ritual from which their is no escape, it will be with us on 28th
As the 26th September fast approaches, Swedish Melodic Death Metal act After Earth are preparing for war. Their battle cry is sophomore album “Dark Night of the Soul“, the follow up to 2023’s critically acclaimed debut “The Rarity of Reason“, a record completed in three weeks of sessions at Obsidian Recording Studios in March 2025.
Milan based multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and relentless sound explorer Gabriele “GG” Gramaglia (Cosmic Putrefaction, Vertebra Atlantis, Turris Eburnea) has announced a new project called Lugubrious Garment that showcases fast, annihilating Death Metal infused with the raw energy of Black and Speed Metal. A sonic onslaught that balances aggression with unsettling moments of variation, it was born out
Finnish Melodic Death Metal trio Bloody Moon have chosen “I’ll Torn ’em Apart” as the third virgin sacrifice from their upcoming new album “Lost & Damned“. Inverse Records have engraved a 31st October release date on the gravestone of that one with a release show at Nirvana in Turku on 5th November seeing them joined by
They may have only given us the gift that is “Chess with The Reaper” on 6th June but that hasn’t stopped London Groove Thrash overlords Halberd from getting inspired and writing and recording a new single in 24 hours. Titled “The Narrative” it reeks of the current state of the World as the band themselves explain…
More than three decades after they first crawled out of the Belgian underground Black Metal scene, the enduring legacy, uncompromising vision and ritualistic intensity of Enthroned remains. Six years after their last recorded confession, an album written in collaboration with occult author Gilles de Laval and dubbed “Ashspawn” is upon the horizon. Said to chart
Promising to play it every night of their upcoming North American tour with Signs Of The Swarm, the title track of the upcoming new album “The Axe Forgets, The Tree Remembers” from Canadian Deathcore purveyors Carcosa has been unveiled. Ranch Boy Productions are credited for the music video with the album set to drop on
“The making of our Reckoning EP made us look into ourselves and ask what made us who we are and what we stood for. As a result, this is our darkest and grittiest release to date, but there’s a prevailing theme of hope and rebirth running through the entire record” ~ James Russell, guitars
