The end of July marked the return of Essex Heavy Metal act Hellforged, a band who had entered into battle in the 2023 incarnation of the Metal to the Masses competition for a place at Bloodstock Open Air Festival and survived to tell the tale. Having had line up issues with limited options in their search
Reamped, mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni (Against Evil, Vision Divine, Ne Obliviscaris) at Domination Studio, an album that is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist and composer Matteo Galimberti (ex-Cripple Bastards) is set to arrive on 24th October via Rockshots Records. “Inveteratus” was recorded at multiple studios between 2022 and 2024 with George Kollias (Nile) providing drums
As guitarist and vocalist Tyler Larkin having a portrait of The Prince Of Darkness tattoo’ed on his arm for all to see, it was only ever a matter of time before Blackpool based Thrash crew Blacklist took on a Black Sabbath or Ozzy Osbourne cover. Celebrating the life of Ozzy, the band have recorded a
Having shared stages with such notable acts such as Obituary, Revocation and Havok, New Jersey Thrash crew Condition Critical went into recording new album “Degeneration Chamber” with the desire to create something heavier, faster, slower, and more technically unrelenting. 5th September will see that arrive in cyberspace with “Postmoral Simulation” the second single and on that evidence
Known for a sonic assault rooted in unity, resistance and survival, American Extreme Metal quartet Mass Punishment have unleashed a music video “Enemy Within”. A track that takes pride of place on their well received album “Proving Grounds Devastation” which is out now via Wormholedeath Records, the video feels like the bands take on the Michael
Hot on the heels of their EMP stage headlining performance at Bloodstock Open Air Festival this past weekend, The Five Hundred have announced a January European tour with Sugar Spine, Bite Down and Torn From Oblivion:
Midwest Metalcore merchants ExitWounds have joined the ranks at Seek & Strike Records and shared a music video for a track called “Calcified“. That’s the first from a 21st November dated EP in “An Offering To Tragedy”, an affair produced, mixed and mastered by Chris Foster (Carrion Vael, Hollow Prophet, Vices To Veils) at First Strike
North Carolina based Progressive Metal masters Between The Buried And Me have scheduled a European tour to bring their upcoming eleventh studio album “The Blue Nowhere” to the continent. If you missed them, you can find a pair of singles in cyberspace in an advanced listen to what that might offer with the the record
Three years after 2022’s self titled debut album found Brutta unleashing 33 minutes forged in fury, moulded by malevolence and painted in Blackened Death Metal, the band trio return with a second taped confession. Once again produced, mixed and mastered by bassist Tom MacLean (Athemon, ex-Haken) at Twelve Tone Studio, “Horror” finds him joined by
It transpires that the truth is often stranger than fiction as following the dissolving of Gridlink, a new band has been born with guitarist Takafumi Matsubara and drummer Bryan Fajardo at the helm. The pair have enlisted Grindcore commandos Mauro Cordoba on bass and Rory Kobzina on guitars, who were both present on “Coronet Juniper”
