Imagine if you will a twenty two minute single entity of a track within which there are five movements that being together elements of Drone, Death, Sludge and Doom Metal with Shoegaze and ambience. Add to that a sprinkling of uncommon instruments and sounds such as heartbeats, bells, choirs, cellos, piano and hammond organ. That’s
Following the news that they will be opening for Siamese in London in October, Newcastle’s Rituals have announced a EP titled “Hope In Hatred” for a 7th November arrival. Mastered by Grant Berry (Boston Manor, Ithaca, Static Dress) at Fader Mastering, the title track of the record features a guest vocal appearance from Tom Prendergast
Crawling out from under the rubble of their 2023 debut self titled EP, which earned them the right to share stages with the likes of Uridium, Fury and Ghosts Of Atlantis are London Traditional Heavy Metal act War Grave. Returning to the tried, tested and true, the outfit have recorded a debut album in “Free Will” with
They may have only given us EP “In This Silence” on 8th August but Hungarian Symphonic Metal act Meteora aren’t taking a single moments rest. They have shared a music video for “Broken Mind”, the title track of another EP mixed by Nino Helfrich (Thrash Cult, Traces Of A Life) and former Jinjer drummer Dmitry Kim (Khors, Arhat)
A first international collaboration finds Finnish Atmospheric Progressive Metal act Alase invite Scottish vocalist Matt Norriss to join them for a single dubbed “The Essence“. A tale about one’s long struggle with health issues and life around them, a balancing act between hope and despair, the track is the first since the bands EP “Beyond
Glaswegian Metal trio Eld Varg have unveiled a music video for “Darkest Waves” cut from their 14th November releasing sophomore album “Destroyer“. The follow up to the well received “One Man Army” record, this new beast is another soaked in Norse mythology, epic battles and tales of triumph with the focus said to be on
Recorded and mixed by Nick Corcillo (Tracheotomy) at The Crypt Studios and mastered by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Blood Incantation, Cavalera Conspiracy) a debut album in “Envisaged Human Collapse” from Southern Florida Death Metal purveyors Ephemeral is on the horizon. The band, who comprise members of Collateral, Domain and Undercrypt have announced that with first
After their last chapter introduced fans to new vocalist Andy Small (Spellmaster, Olyphant), who was credited as bringing fresh intensity to the band’s evolving sound, Connecticut Traditional Heavy Metal act Mourn the Light have returned with a new album “Sorrow Feeds the Silence“. Argonauta Records have announced they will distribute the nine track, fifty two minute
The recent suggestions that the Thrash revival has begun to falter have to be considered some kind of sick joke with the likes of Condition Critical, Electrocutioner and Necrokinesis blazing a trail like a commit breaking the atmosphere as it descends on Planet Metal in recent times. The latest act to raise a middle finger
A first album in eighteen years from Swedish Rap Metal pioneers Clawfinger is set for a 20th February arrival via Perception, an imprint label under the Reigning Phoenix Music banner. Titled “Before We All Die” and mastered by Jens Bogren (Sepultura, Amorphis, At The Gates) at Fascination Street, it follows a summer European Festival run
