Review: “Horrific Mooktation” by I Am Mook

Exactly how long I Am Mook have been around is something we’ll have to ask them in an interview because it doesn’t seem possible to be as prolific as the dates on their discography suggest… could they?! What we can say is that they have a pair of albums in “Mooklear Disaster” and “Mooklear Fallout”

Live Review: A Bloodstock 2025 Experience (Saturday)

After learning from graffiti the back of the toilet door that “The naked man fears no pickpocket” and witnessing a Spaceman, some Formula 1 drivers and a man dressed as a pony giving rides to his friends yesterday, it’s obvious that every one has entered into festival spirit(s). How people manage to carry off fancy

Documentary: Behind the scenes of “Solaire” with Vanitas!

There isn’t a Vanitas music video that doesn’t get followed shortly thereafter by a behind the scenes making of featurette and rightly so because they put so much work into them that they deserve to double up. This time out it’s “Solaire” which was the release date video that accompanied new EP “Journey to the

NEWS: Raging Speedhorn come out swinging!

Filmed throughout the UK and Ireland on their March 2025 Headline Tour, Hard To Kill road warriors Raging Speedhorn have shared a music video for “Comin’ In Hard” from “Nightwolf“. That’s their first in partnership with Spinefarm Records, the band delaying a follow up as they celebrate 25 years of their debut album with Mastiff

NEWS: Signs Of The Swarm return to nature?

It’s going to be a back breaking party until the end of the year for Pittsburgh Deathcore brutes Signs Of The Swarm as they follow a North American tour with a European one in celebration of their latest magnum opus “To Rid Myself of Truth“. As that lands on Planet Metal, so does a music

NEWS: Violator hunt the evil order!

Recorded at Refinaria Estúdios, Brasília, Brazil in July 2025, produced, Mixed and Mastered by Yarne Heylen (Sisters Of Suffocation, When Plagues Collide, Nervosa) at Project Zero in Laakdal, Belgium, the return of Thrash overlords Violator with “Unholy Retribution” is imminent. Kill Again Records will be distributing the album on 5th September with a music video for

NEWS: Legacy of Torment embrace the pain!

In case you missed it, 5th August saw the arrival of “Ritual Exsanguination“, a new album from Legacy of Torment via Inherited Suffering Records. Not only does that feature an unholy trinity of guest appearances but also a cover of the Dying Fetus classic “Vomiting The Fetal Embryo“. A fresh (blood) stream of “Embrace Of

Playthrough: “Fade” from Carcosa!

What better way to prove to your band mates that you’re actually learning the new songs ready for tour than share a playthrough video? Carcosa guitarist Andrew Baena is the man of the moment, the band having announced new album”The Axe Forgets The Tree Remembers” for 15th October. The Deathcore four piece will be on

NEWS: Incendiary Vs Desolated in March!

Ahead of their appearance at Ieperfest in Belgium next March, Long Island New York Metallic Hardcore legends Incendiary have announced a pair of UK headlining shows which will see Desolated appearing in main support. The question is, will it Change The Way You Think About Pain?