Most bands don’t last three albums before spontaneously combusting so its wonderful to see that Finnish Death Metal pawnbrokers Hautajaisyö are set to release their fifth album “Surun Paino” (or “Weight of Sorrow“) on 20th March via Inverse Records. Inspired by the year 536, the “Year of Darkness“, when the world was shrouded in darkness
Back in 2016 Scarlet Records distributed a third album from Italian Thrash crew Game Over in “Crimes Against Reality” and after a decade of destruction the band have announced it has been remastered for a 20th February release. The work was completed by the albums original producer Simone Mularoni (Against Evil, Vision Divine, Ne Obliviscaris)
Continuing their journey in tribute to the ancient Baltic tribes of the historical Warmia region of northern Poland in primal Black Metal accompanied by traditional instrumentation, Varmia have a fifth studio album in “Lauks” waiting in the wings. Rumoured to be a more straight forward and intense burnt offering from the band lead by composer
Recorded and produced by Scott Atkins (Cradle Of Filth, Sylosis, Gama Bomb) at Grindstone Studio before being mixed and mastered by Chris Clancy (Machine Head, Architects, Evile), a new album from Bloodstock survivors Divine Chaos is on the horizon. Promising heightened focus, devastating hooks and fierce vocals on the evidence of single “Condemned To The
Having just completed a run of shows opening for Aborted in Japan, Lyon France based Brutal Death Metal act Warside have warned of a new album titled “Cognitive Extinction” waiting in the wings with single “Synthetic Abyss“. Curiously enough the credits list former Benighted drummer Kevin Paradis with recording and Thibault Bernard (Deathawaits, Monolyth, Tempt
It seems that there is no rest for the wicked as London Black Metal masters Sidious have spent the past few years sharpening their blades at the grindstone of Valhalla, waiting for the opportune moment to strike. A growing concern since their 2009 inception as Seed of Detest, their 2022 album “Blackest Insurrection” was so
A meditation on transmutation, grief, and the violence of becoming, a crushing new single in “Between Soil and Sun” from Progressive Deathcore act Burial Path explores the tension between decay and rebirth, where identity is stripped down, interrogated and reforged while introducing new vocalist Maya Pobst. Powerful instrumentation collides with visceral lyricism, capturing the turmoil
At HHSoundLab Studios between October and December last year, a sixth studio album in “Soaked In Rot” was committed to tape by Polish Black Metal act Hegeroth. We will be able to get our greasy paws on the record, adorned by artwork from Maciej Kamuda (Witchfinder, Three Eyes of the Void, Coffin Storm) on 25th March
While Ben Duerr, Chris Wiseman, Bryce Butler and Andrew Monias, also known as Shadow Of Intent, are in Europe they decided to do the decent thing and incite mosh pit violence. Filmed at the O2 Universum in Prague Czech Republic on 25th January, “Mechanical Chaos” and “They Murdered Sleep” demonstrate exactly that, both songs appearing
Filmed and edited by Ben Gresko at The Butcher Shop in Lansing, Michigan last summer, Voluntary Mortification drummer Giulian Cardillo tears through a rendition of “Death Cult” for our viewing pleasure. The track is taken from the Deathcore outfits current EP “Mortem Cultus”, the sequel to the crushing, destructive, ominous and foreboding debut album “Suffer To Rise“.
