It’s hard to believe but formed in the unlikely crucible of a Princess Auto parking lot, Ivy Gardens began with a simple desire to shred through Rush instrumentals and explore the outer reaches of heavy music. Now, a couple of years and a critically acclaimed album later, the band share “Eye Witness“, a blistering preview of
Arguably there are few challenges greater in Metal than replacing a vocalist, especially after a well received album. After 2023 sophomore album “Legacy of the Sword” helped put German Traditional Heavy Metal act Tomb Of Giants on the map after a decade at the grindstone, the departure of Sergio Cisternino left the band wandering in
A third single in “Thrive in Destruction and Death” from “Emergence“, the debut album from Seattle Washington Progressive Thrash crew Ursawrath has surfaced online ahead of it’s grand unveiling on 29th August. The record promises intricate song structures combined with unbridled aggression having been recorded by the band themselves before mixing and mastering by Max
If you missed it then don’t miss out on debut album “Aether” by Forlorn, a long awaited, highly anticipated record mixed and mastered by Sam Bloor (Graphic Nature, Black Coast, Dream State) which arrived a few months ago via Church Road Records. As a band they have forged a sound that blends expressionist art, crushing soundscapes
As the machine rumbles across Europe celebrating the 30th Anniversary of seminal album “Demanufacture” with the Festival hordes, Fear Factory were caught on camera at Barba Negra in Budapest, Hungary on 24th July. All we’re saying is fan filmed footage of the band performing “Dog Day Sunrise“, “A Therapy For Pain“, “Self Bias Resistor” and the
Originally formed in 2014 before disintegration and reformation with a new line up in 2022, South Wales Alternative Metal crew House Of Hosts have offered up a music video for new single “Darkest Days” as a prelude to an EP “Reckoning” due out on 26th September. Said to pick up where previous standalone singles “Oblivion”
Courtesy of TrulyStucker, a partial set from Machine Head at Barba Negra in Budapest, Hungary on 24th July has surfaced online in all it’s glory. The band are playing career spanning sets with just a couple from new album “Unatøned” so if you do manage to catch them on their European Festival tour this summer
After their recent appearance on The Garza Podcast a music video directed and edited by Salem Vex for “Inverted Spear Of Heaven” seems like a fantastic move for SharpTone Records signings Psycho-Frame. The band have album “Salvation Laughs In The Face Of A Grieving Mother” out now, owing producer Hunter Young at Digital Ghost Audio
The masked men that are No Kings Allowed have chosen a familiar path, reimagining “Lion Eyes” in acoustic fashion, something which goes against the grain of their previous aggressive tendencies. The Netherlands and Belgium based six piece continue to play live shows around their sophomore album “A New Era” but in April announced they would be
Famined Records have shared a second new single from Dematerialize as the embers of their 2024 debut album “The Abyss Below” continue to smoulder. Bleakly titled “In Time We Will All Be Dust” this one follows last month’s “Datura” with neither referencing anything further and all at a time when “Rancid Earth” from the aforementioned
