Bootleg: “Enemy Within” from Mass Punishment!

Earlier this year Extreme Metal force and WormHoleDeath Records singings Mass Punishment went to Japan to open for Thrash overlords Warbringer and from that run they have shared a live rendition of “Enemy Within”. The performance took place at The Cyclone in Shibuya Tokyo on 15th April with the track one to appear on their album

NEWS: Meret drop eponymous track!

Having given us single “Breath of the Dying Sun” in April, Finnish Melodic Metal act Meret then gave us an eponymous track in August. A music video directed by Juho Jokimies for that has now surfaced online alongside the announcement that the band have an EP slated for a 2027 release via Inverse Records that

Bootleg: Wretched Tongues in Cleveland Ohio!

Where would we be without “Death Orchestra“, “Twisted Perception” and “Call of the Chasm” from Wretched Tongues? Those are just three of the cuts in this forty one minute set from the band which took place on 28th June at The Mercury Music Lounge in Cleveland Ohio where it was filmed before the multi-track audio

NEWS: Maatkare Vs Alyris in November!

Having conquered Mangata Festival a couple of weeks back, while they rest and recouperate ahead of Rabidfest the almighty Death Metal force that is Maatkare have announced a November weekender with Metalcore force Alyris. Whether that will see any new material from a promised sophomore album see the cold light of day remains to be seen

NEWS: Marea share “Aurora”!

A partnership between Hypnotic Dirge Records and Masked Dead Records will see “A Caress of Autumn for All the Lost” a new album from Italian atmospheric Black Metal project Marea released on 9th October. From that “Aurora” has been chosen as the first glance, the album said to be an  exploration of isolation, remorse, regret, broken

NEWS: Underdark Vs Ba’al in October and November!

If you missed the memo, on 6th November Underdark will be giving us their next album “O Come Forth Annihilation” via Church Road Records, the release perfectly timed to appear in the middle of their run of five shows with Ba’al. Blending Black Metal with Post Rock and Post Hardcore has taken the band to ArcTanGent

NEWS: Sundowner sing the blues!

Three years after their album “Lysergic Ritual” dragged listeners through a feedback soaked wasteland of nihilism and decay, Australian quartet Sundowner have warned their third album “Cesspool” will be arriving on 15th October Disdain Records. The first taste of that is “Intoxication Blues” which sounds like it might be inspired by the likes of Crowbar,

Bootleg: “Exodus Unknown” from Imperium!

They say this live performance is presented with the raw audio captured directly from the camera as if it’s a negative. A live rendition of the title track of the new album “Exodus Unknown” by Imperium has made its way into internet land. Filmed at the Corporation in Sheffield on 5th June it also gives

Review: “Demo ’26” by Reticence

Does anyone still remember what a dictionary is? Back in the early 1990’s before the internet was a thing, everyone had this massive book with words and their meanings in it which they used to prop up the TV. It was second only to the Yellow Pages, a book listing everyone’s name, address and telephone