”When I look back, I realise that Crystal Lake has now been active for 23 long years. People often say, “time flies,” but the truth is we’ve carved out countless histories together – with friends, bandmates, and fellow musicians – sharing struggles that drew blood and building this band piece by piece. I have constantly
Our first gig review of 2026 finds us at the iconic Camden Underworld for a night of sonic oblivion at the bands of a band who we last witnessed back in 2023 as one of the headliners of the 10th Anniversary of UK Tech-Fest. That band is of course Born Of Osiris, an American Progressive
Having finished 2025 in Europe with Drowning Pool and Spineshank, 2026 finds (hed)p.e. heading to Australia for seven shows from Sydney to Wellington in celebration of their seminal album “Broke“. Vocalist Jared Gomes spoke to Sense Music Media about the bands plans for the trip, the love of the album and what he’s been doing
The Browning mastermind Jonny McBee does an unedited walkthrough of how he rebuilt “Not Alone” from the ground up after fifteen years for the [EVOLVED] version of the electronicore bands album “Burn This World” in this latest featurette. You’re going to want to grab a caffeinated beverage of choice before watching it too because he
Filmed at Mosh The Rock 2025 a live rendition of “Cryptnotism” by the British Columbia based Black Speed Death Thrash creators of “Necronomisongs” that are Torrefy is circling online. The band have also shared dedicated bass cam footage of the performance captured by a Go Pro camera attached to the neck of the guitar for
It’s time for another classic. Filmed at the Chicago stop of the “Carnival of Death Tour 2025” that found Vader, Malevolent Creation and Skeletal Remains joining Death Metal legends Kataklysm on stage, a new episode of the iconic Bus Invaders series from Digital Tour Bus let’s us inside the French Canadians vehicle. Filmed on 19th
They say that good things come to those who wait but does that proverb ring true when it comes to Thrash Metal? There can be no argument that 2011’s debut “Violent Aggression” by Brazilian Thrash overlords Deathraiser is anything but a genre masterclass with influences from early Sepultura, Kreator and Dark Angel rising to the surface throughout but can a
New Hampshire experimental Extreme Metal trio Agenbite Misery have unveiled “Circe” as the next advanced single from their forthcoming debut album “Remorse of Conscience” a record which is due out.on 6th February. For those not in the know, the trio include guitarist Sam Graff and drummer Adam Richards who have been longtime collaborators with Under
A full set of pure unadulterated Death Metal from Vermithor at Oranssi in Helsinki Finland on 16th January has been shared by the band themselves. It includes such classics as “Banquet of Bastards“, “The Last Line of Defense” and “Sickening Shrapnel Surgery” while the show itself found them joined by Concrete Icon, Devil’s Vomit and
Deficit drummer Zak Borg is armed for the apocalypse with a Chaos Drums set in Elite Custom Maple with Mappa Veneer, Evans Drum Heads, Rech Cymbals by Nuclear, Prestige and Inferno and a pair of Trick Pro 1 V Bigfoot pedals as he delivers a drum playthrough of “Step Up“. If you missed it, the
