Following the announcement that they’ll be joining the likes of Vanitas, Hacktivist and Rituals at The Sanctum: Modern Metal Fest 2026 at Dead Wax in Digbeth Birmingham in August, Writhe have shared a sinister new single in “Blight“. It fuses Deathcore with cosmic horror and dark ambient sounds because as the band say “The mark
Continuing the fear campaign around their EP “Genesis Of Decay“, a one take recording with no post-processing finds bassist Abbas Razvi from Godless playing “Doctrine of Hate” for our viewing pleasure. For those not indoctrinated in their ways, Godless hail from Hyderabad, India and perform ruthless Death Metal with some Thrash thrown in for good
Adorned by artwork from Maciej Kamuda (Blut aus Nord, Nunslaughter, Master), the sixth album from Hegeroth is slated for the 25th March. The Polish Black Metal act have continued their sonic evolution, shifting from Symphonic and Melodic Black Metal in their early days, through complex, multi-layered melodic structures intertwined with disharmonies, to expressive, energetic pieces
Prolific American Progressive Metalcore collective, Erra have shared the first part of a trilogy of songs in new single, ‘i. the many names of god’, a track which seethes with discontent. It’s part of “silence outlives the earth“, a 6th March release via UNFD that coincides with a North American tour from Baltimore to San
A new standard of Technical Death Thrash metal showmanship, including returning influences of progressive writing, harmonized with fantastical storytelling awaits with “Overspace And Supertime” by Cryptic Shift, a sophomore album set for a 27th February via Metal Blade Records. A demonstration of that has been offered with Alexander Bradley of Cryptic Shift performing a guitar
Celebrating 20 years as a band, Scottish Metalcore Kings Bleed From Within went to Australia for the first time in October 2025, thanks to a cracking album in “Zenith” which is out now via Nuclear Blast. They’ve shared a documentary featurette around that and with a wealth of shows lined up across Europe and North
…with just hours to go before the grand unveiling of new album “Isle of Bliss” by Progressive Death Doom Metal act Hanging Garden via Agonia Records, the label have let slip a lyric video for the title track. Recorded in various studios in southern Finland before being mixed and mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano (Opeth, Moonspell,
Before they head out on a North American tour with Malevolence and Guilt Trip, Nashville Tennessee Hardcore crew Chamber are going to be lighting some fuses. Produced, mixed and mastered by Randy Leboeuf (Kublai Khan, The Acacia Strain, Vomit Forth), a third full length album titled “this is goodbye…” is set for a 27th March release
Rising like a phoenix from the ashes of Rain Of Acid in 2019, Crowen reunited multi instrumentalist and vocalist Esa Uusimaa with lead guitarist Sami Sandberg having initially been cast as Uusimaa’s solo project. Seven years on the pair are joined by bassist Tuomas Saukkonen, a man known for his prior convictions in Wolfheart, Before
Swedish Post-Metal legends Cult Of Luna have left us wondering if their set at this year’s incarnation of ArcTanGent Festival will be recorded as it’s been reported as the only one of their spring and summer run to find them joined by the equally legendary Julie Christmas. That is of course because the band are
