Review: “Descent” by Grone

Back in 1987 the writing partnership of Chris Christopher (Guitars, Vocals) and Chris Gennaro (Bass, Vocals) started a Death Thrash band called Suiciety that created music with themes of social criticism, suicide and emotions. In 1994 that band became East Brunswick, New Jersey Industrial Death Metal force Grone with a name change and a style shift,

NEWS: Complexant release the beasts!

Australian Blackened Death Metal machine Complexant have warned that we may need a bigger boat when they launch their new album “Apex” on 31st July via Bleeding Art Collective in partnership with Blood Blast Distribution. Mixed and mastered by Christian Donaldson (Cryptopsy, Suffocation, Shadow of Intent, Ingested) the second single is “Afterlife“.

NEWS: KOH pan for gold in the hills?

Celebrating the arrival of their new record “Golden Death” in style, Darwin Australian Metalcore merchants KOH have shared a sunkissed music video for the title track. They’ve been whipping up a storm of late with appearances at Blacken Open Air 2025 and TerrorLoud 2026 festivals, their groove driven guitars, ripping vocals and haunting electronics a

NEWS: Occult Master play with madness?

…with roots which in the classic Heavy Metal of the 1970s and 1980s, Finnish Heavy Doom trio Occult Master love nothing more than telling horror stories with a devilish grin. Their self titled debut album is slated for a 14th August grand unveiling via Inverse Records and so they have chosen “Heavy Metal Madness” as

NEWS: Black Coast Vs Delour in October!

Celebrating the fact that “Strangers Skin” has surpassed a million Spotify streams and that “Chains” is fast approaching two million, Yorkshire Tea loving Nu-Metal gentlemen Black Coast have locked in some shows. They will take place in October with South Wales Sad bois Delour in support, all made possible with the help of Jackson Guitars, Blackstar

NEWS: Harakiri For The Sky Vs Sunken in November!

Doomstar Bookings have announced Austrian Post-Black Metal force Harakiri For The Sky will be dragging Danish atmospheric Black Metal act Sunken kicking and screaming across the UK and Ireland in November. If you piece together their latest album titles you get “Scorched Earth Happiness“…

Playthrough: “Dystopian Vermin” from Revocation!

Ahead of European Festival appearances in August that include Brutal Assault, Dynamo Metalfest and Kaltenbach Open Air, Revocation bassist Alex Weber has been given the opportunity to impress with a playthrough for “Dystopian Vermin” from the bands new album “New Gods, New Masters“. It’s American Technical Death Metal with a sprinkling of Thrash that everyone can

NEWS: Ghostkid! Dropout Kings! Stain The Canvas! Seven Blood! October!

Taking a cue from Neo in original The Matrix movie the “Follow The White Rabbit” tour will find Ghostkid, Dropout Kings, Stain The Canvas and Seven Blood join forces for a march across Europe in October. For those not in the know, the headliner is the project of former Electric Callboy vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Sebastian

Review: “From The Bloodlines Of Bram” by Dragsholm

Hailing from New Jersey, Dragsholm have been conjuring Blackened Death Metal from the crypt for almost a decade. Inspired by classic horror cinema and Gothic literature they have mused on themes of Luciferianism, Paganism and Vampirism over an unholy trinity of EPs and a pair of split records while building their fan base in the live