NEWS: Battlegrave spit venom!

Joined by guests Robin Stone (Ashen Horde, Chestcrush, Norse) on drums and Daniel Mackie (Triple Kill) on solos a second single from the upcoming Battlegrave album has been parachuted in like an ammo crate. The track is titled “Venom” and takes pride of place on the Melbourne Australian Death Thrash two piece’s third full length

NEWS: The Hate Project unleash “Metamorphosis“!

Having announced their new vocalist Jonathan Karlsson with single “Recreation” at the tail end of 2025, Swedish Blackened Deathcore band The Hate Project have shared a second tune to help you breathe more easily graces by his presence in “Metamorphosis“. It surfaces as the band celebrate the 5 year anniversary of their debut album “Seize

NEWS: Infected Rain: no strangers to the road!

Ahead of a tour run which will take them from Glasgow Scotland to Las Vegas Nevada over the next three months, Napalm Records signings Infected Rain have shared their first new material since 2024 album “Time” in single “Stranger“. It will surely see some serious action as part of the bands set, leaving us to

NEWS: Great American Ghost decay once more!

As they prepare to head out on a North American tour with Bleed From Within, Sylosis and Life Cycles at the start of April, Great American Ghost have watched as SharpTone Records have pushed the red button and released a deluxe version of their album “Tragedy Of the Commons” digitally. In amongst that collection, a

NEWS: Beyond the Styx premier “Never Ending War”!

French Metallic Hardcore outfit Beyond the Styx have thrown caution to the wind and shared a video for “Never Ending War”, a track which takes aim at the realities of global conflict and the systems that keep it in motion as the second single from their upcoming album “Divid“. That’s available on 8th May via Innerstrength

NEWS: Se, Josta Ei Puhuta strike two with “Varis”!

A second single from “Syvyyden portit on saatava auki” (or “The gates of the deep must be opened“) in “Varis” has surfaced from Finnish Blackened Melodic Death Metal band Se, Josta Ei Puhuta as they continue the build up to the release of their fourth studio album on 29th May via Inverse Records. A force

NEWS: Human Issue warn of addiction!

Southern California Hardcore Punk outfit Human Issue have warned of a new album titled “In Flesh” slated for a 5th June arrival via Smartpunk Records. Produced by vocalist Hunter Martinez, Bryan Lothian (A Global Threat) and Alex Jacobelli (Negative Blast), who also engineered and mixed with mastering by Nick Townsend the promise is of a

NEWS: Iron Kingdom share “Defenders”, announce HUGE Canadian tour!

It’s going to be a busy summer for Vancouver, Canada based Traditional Heavy Metal force Iron Kingdom as it’s looking very much like they’re playing every single venue in their homeland. The shows serve as a celebration of their sixth studio album “Shadows and Dust” which will arrive via Steel Shark Records on 5th June, adorned

NEWS: Decapitated 30th Anniversary Summer Tour!

The 30th Anniversary Summer Tour will find Polish Death Medal pioneers Decapitated sharing stages with Megadeth, Gatecreeper, Cytotoxin and even Evergrey with a mix of festival appearances and club shows allowing them to let their hair down. The vast majority of the shows are in June leaving us to speculate wildly that there is room

Review: “Surun Paino” by Hautajaisyö

Having mused on themes of death, melancholy, depression, suicide and failure for the past two decades (if you count their time as Redeye) things aren’t about to change any time soon for Finnish Death Metal lovers Hautajaisyö (or “Funeral Night“). Written between 2023 and 2025, the songs they’ve committed to tape for their fifth album