Review: “A Solitary Vigil” by Phobetor

Mixed by Ollie Roberts (Pythia, Born For War) and mastered by Lawrence Mackrory (Darkane, Defleshed, Paradise Lost) after 2021’s disturbing “Through Deepest Fears and Darkest Minds” album comes a new burnt offering from London Blackened Death Metal act Phobetor in “A Solitary Vigil“. The bands fourth record since inception in 2018, it finds them officially

Playthrough: “Emaciate” from Art of Attrition!

10 months after the track was originally released,  Art of Attrition guitarist Jack Sutherland has returned to “Emaciate” for a guitar playthrough video. Filmed by Abscene Productions, the cut is one from last year’s EP “…And It Will All End Forever” a record which led to a Canadian tour of pure Deathcore devastation. What is

NEWS: Currents turn off the lights…

…with the Bad Luck North America Tour set to take We Came As Romans, Currents, After The Burial and Johnny Booth from Toronto to Detroit in July and August, Currents have taken the decision to unveil their first new material since “The Death We Seek“. The track in question is “It Only Gets Darker” with

NEWS: Null Existence announce new vocalist!

After 18 months of radio silence Null Existence have returned from the void with a new vocalist in none other that Alex Cohen of Gjallarhorns Wrath fame. Moving away from the stylings of  2023’s “The Gehenna Complex“, the band have embraced a new sound in Blackened Technical Death Metal, shared “Wilt Thou Weep” as the

NEWS: Decayer continue to be a Deathcore force to be wrecked with!

More than a decade of breakdowns and takedowns are set to continue long into the night as Decayer unleash a music video for new track “Reckoning Of Falsivity”. What does it mean? We’ve got no idea but it sounds provocative and it’s part of the package that the Deathcore outfit are offering up in “Memoirs

NEWS: Clawfinger announce first album in 18 years!

…with the music video for new single “Scum” surpassing 150k of YouTube streams alone in the past two weeks, it probably comes as no surprise that Reigning Phoenix Music have announced they will be distributing the first album from Clawfinger in 18 years. Pencilled in for a 20th February 2026 release date by the label it’s

NEWS: Kuro misread the exit signs?

After sharing stages with electro-metal legends Combichrist off the back of 2024 EP “Social Venality“, Glaswegian Alternative Metal crew Kuro, a band forged in the fires of post-lockdown discontent have sent out a warning they’re calling “No Exit“. It’s the first single from their next EP “Circling The Drain” which is set to arrive on 3rd

NEWS: Exaust smell blood!

Hailing from deepest, darkest South Wales Exaust have made a name for themselves over the past year by sharing stages with bands like Inhuman Nature, Overpower and Thrasherwolf. Having earned their right, they have announced that EP “Abysmal Earth“, a portrait in Thrash mixed by Chris Sanderson of Grove Street and mastered by Grant Berry

NEWS: Tallboy enjoy acupuncture?

Rumour has it that a debut EP that bursts with intensity, soaring hooks, and raw unfiltered emotion in Alternative Metal is set to see the cold light of day on 25th July. Titled “House of Glass” its said to be the work of Cumbria England based Tallboy who hare building the momentum ahead of the