NEWS: Haxprocess unleash “Privation”!

Is there a more intriguing album title than “Endlessly Flowing Cascades of Grief” out there? Haxprocess don’t think so which is why they chose it for their 4th December via Transcending Obscurity Records releasing album. “Privation” is the latest cut from that to see the cold light of day but be warned, there is a twenty

Playthrough: “D.E.N.N.I.S. System” from Belushi Speed Ball!

Are Louisville, Kentucky Crossover Thrash crew  Belushi Speed Ball are hoping for free burgers from Burger King by putting a crown on the head of guitarist Nathan Roger for this playthrough video for “D.E.N.N.I.S. System“? Only time will tell if an endorsement falls their way but one thing we do know for sure is that

NEWS: Barren sharpen their blades!

The furious HM2 Chainsaw Grind band that is Barren who hail from Belgium and feature in their ranks former members of Aborted, Agathocles, Emeth and Human Vivisection are continuing the fear campaign around new album “Verderf” with a cut titled “Blades“. That’s the second single from the Selfmadegod Records releasing album which is going to

Review: “The Search for Permanence” by Downpour

Richard Lardner, Jesse Brock, Mitch Young and Isaac Barton are better known as Downpour, a Melodic Hardcore crew hailing from Bristol. They announced themselves to an unsuspecting world with 2024 single “Losing Grip“, having formed a  year earlier from the ashes of a pair of much loved bands in Lock & Key and We Struck

Live Review: A Mangata Festival 2026 Experience!

Mangata Festival. 41 bands. 5 stages. 1 day. Like Pokémon it’s going to be damn near impossible to catch them all but with a prevailing wind and a cold beer in hand, we’re going to witness as many full sets as we can. So if you’re wondering why this live review is called “A Mangata Festival

Rabidfest 2026: Breaking Down The Bands #11: Hacktivist!

Most pits? Headbanging? Crowd surfing? Stage dives and high fives? There will be all that and more as twenty bands demonstrate their prowess over two days at Oxfords finest Metal Weekender Rabidfest! The annual festival will take place at The Bullingdon over Halloween weekend, Saturday 31st October and Sunday 1st November so what are you

Review: “Thanatocracy” by Hymns of Hadean

An old school Death Metal band hailing from Guwahati in India, Hymns of Hadean began life in 2021 exploring themes of mortality, violence, fanaticism and the darker machinery of the human mind. A four piece who feature in their ranks a pair of current members of Thirst Of Faust, the band have gone through a wealth

NEWS: Slaughtersun share Coroner classic!

In the wake of last year’s critically acclaimed EP “Black Marrow“American Death Metal force Slaughtersun have shared a cover of “Die By My Hand” by Coroner. Injecting elements of their own distinctive character into their interpretation, the band who are lead by Ben Karas (Windfaerer, Thank You Scientist) continue their journey into insanity.

NEWS: Konvent stare into the abyss!

Described as being their bravest album yet, Danish Extreme Metal Witches Konvent have let Napalm Records announce they will be distributing “Firesky” on 6th November. That news comes with obligatory single “Exorcise” as the Doom infused, Black Metal loving quartet prepare us for an atmospheric journey into the darkest depths of the soul and the

NEWS: Carnal Desecration awake in a casket!

Creating inception level madness, a label called Thrash Records is putting out an album called “Ancient Malediction” by Belgian Death Metal band Carnal Desecration, which goes to show that not everything does what it says on the tin. The follow up to 2022’s “Sacrificial Death” recorded and mixed at Breeze inc. studio with Bob Briessinck