Bootleg: Forlorn live at The Earth House!

A raw and immersive live performance filmed in a subterranean space steeped in folklore and atmosphere, mixed by Dan Weller (Sikth, Bury Tomorrow, Holding Absence) finds Forlorn demonstrating their prowess with three crushing tracks ahead of an unholy trinity of festival appearances. Those tracks include the bands recent single “Let Them Run” as well as

NEWS: Revenge Ritual have a passion…

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have announced the signing of New Jersey’s Revenge Ritual for the release of their album “Arbitrary Punishment” on 15th May. Formed in 2023, the band fuse Sludge Metal, Hardcore and Black Metal for conversations about occultism, desolation, depression and murder with “A Passion For Murder” being a fine example as well

NEWS: Boarzoy warn of The Great Fires!

Boston Massachusetts self declared Boar Metal band Boarzoy may not have committed to a release date or artwork as yet but they have shared first single from their upcoming new album “The Great Fires“. Titled “Agency (Is Necessary)” it follows a couple of stand alone singles that were unveiled in the aftermath of their well

NEWS: End It return to crackin’ skulls!

Directed, edited and filmed by Theo Sicurella, a music video for “Cloutbusting” by End It has appeared via label home Flatspot Records. It’s release has been timed to coincide with the start of a North American tour with Terror, Pain Of Truth and Start Today which the band are shoehorning in before a European festival run that

NEWS: Noosed are morbid and miserable?

In a three way split between Road To Masochist, Fiadh Productions and Throne Of Lies Records, cassettes, compact discs and black vinyl editions of EP “Misery” by Noosed are going to find their way into our sweaty paws on 15th May. The band, who are known for their seething compositions that blend of Crust Punk,

NEWS: Devildriver send their enemies to early graves!

It’s a new dawn, a new day and a new lease of life for American Groove Metal outfit Devildriver as they announce a new line up, a new album and US tour all on the same day. Enterprise Earth guitarist Gabe Mangold is now in the band and credited with recording, producing, mixing and mastering

NEWS: Frozen Soul talk about the Harp…

As they begin their North American tour with Avatar and Fleshgod Apocalypse, Century Media signings Frozen Soul have issued another warning of the sign of things to come with their new album “No Place Of Warmth” in “Deathweaver“. Another anthemic cut of monolithic Death Metal it tells the story of a character that uses the

NEWS: Beyond the Styx break the deadlock!

A politically charged third and final advanced listen from the upcoming new album “DIVID” from French Metallic Hardcore force Beyond the Styx is on offer in “Deadlock V”. The band manifest a dark and violent sonic universe at the crossroads of Hardcore Punk, Thrash and Death Metal, digging into a world where inherited hatred, social indifference, war,

Review: “The Respite” by Resumption

Returning to the cesspool of dirty Death Doom Metal after many years spent playing in blues bands, Wilhelm Lindh (The Gardnerz, Tristitia, Pandemonium, Allamedah) started a project called Resumption. A Swedish musician who has been living in Portugal for decades, he dedicates album “The Respite” to his late father, who hated Metal music but nevertheless

NEWS: Distorta talk about relationships…

After announcing the departure of vocalist Dmitry Keremetskiy and the arrival of his replacement Cherie Briody at the end of January, Ballarat natives Distorta have unveiled a new single from their older stockpile in “Beneath The Surface“. It’s the first material to be released since last year’s EP “Deadman” with the band indoctrinating their new vocalist