NEWS: Handful Of Hate seek salvation?

The wait is almost over for an eighth studio album from Italian Black Metal force Handful Of Hate. Seven long years after their last taped confession “Adversus“, a line up change sees bassist Luca Buti exit stage left to be replaced by Avdere “Iblis” Gvstav (Funeral Oration, Lord Vampyr, Milvus) with a second single in “Skinless Salvation”

NEWS: In Her Ashes announce five fresh shows!

The first glimpse of a new record from Derby Progressive Metalcore outfit From Her Ashes surfaced in May with “In Depths” and while we impatiently wait for the next piece of that puzzle the Tech-Fest and Rabidfest survivors have announced five shows across England’s green and pleasant land. There will be more to come too

Documentary: Sicksense on Bus Invaders!

A Canadian Nu-Metal group partnering vocalists  Robby J. Fonts of Stuck Mojo with Vicky Psarakis of The Agonist rolled up on the Cobra Lounge in Chicago in an RV on 28th September, touring their debut album “Cross Me Twice”. The Earache Records release is one that belongs to Sicksense and in the latest episode of Bus

NEWS: Hell Can Wait Vs Witness in February!

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. However the exception to that rule is the sudden announcement of a run of six February shows from South Coast Melodic Hardcore crew Hell Can Wait that start in 37 days time. They’ll be joined by Glasgow core-ish band Witness from Edinburgh onwards as once again they search

Review: “Restoration” by Denominate

If you count the six years they spent together as Encrypted before re-branding in 2015, Finnish Progressive Death Metal collective Denominate have been together for seventeen years at this point. Together bassist Tuomas Pesälä, drummer Joni Määttä (ex-Fatal Effect), vocalist Ville Männikkö (Phobia Ride, ex-Insanity) alongside guitarist duo Eetu Pylkkänen and Kimmo Raappana have given us

NEWS: Sylosis prepare to be erased!

They say that timing is everything so ahead of their European headlining tour with Revocation, Distant and Life Cycles starting next week, Sylosis have shared a music video for “Erased”. It’s the second from their upcoming new album “The New Flesh” which will surface via Nuclear Blast during the tour on 20th February having been

NEWS: Tailgunner enter a state of mourning?

As there are just a fistfull of days left before they join Hammerfall on a European tour trek, Tailgunner have asked Napalm Records to do the decent thing and offer up another advanced listen to their upcoming new album “Midnight Blitz“. The song of choice is “Eulogy“, the closing chapter of the 6th February release

NEWS: Karelian Warcry embrace the plague of the mind!

After twelve years in stasis due to the tragic death of vocalist and guitarist Matti Mikkonen, the third studio album “Veripellot” (or “Fields of Blood“) from Finnish Blackened Death Metal warriors Karelian Warcry is set to see the cold light of day via Inverse Records this spring. The first single in “Mielen rutto” (or “The plague

NEWS: Fear of Domination seek solitude?

Finnish Industrial Metal band Fear of Domination have seen Inverse Records release their seventh full length album “Katharsis” with a new music video opening track “Alone” premiering in celebration. Over the past two decades the band have toured around the Europe with everyone from Deathstars to Amaranthe and PAIN with a national tour for the new

NEWS: Distant: more blood, more gore, more thrills!

Having survived two months on the Evisceratour with Ingested and Ov Sulfur in the USA and Canada as well as their own Dutch Xmas Special with Cabal and local supports to help their native scenel Dutch and Slovakian downtempo deathcore colletive Distant have dropped a new single in “Nothing Left To Hate“. Its very much the