Live Review: Kittie w/Holy Wars at The Dome, London!

A whistle stop European Festival run for Canadian home coming Queens Kittie is a thing of beauty and the fact that the band are able to sell out The Dome the day after an appearance at Download Festival bodes well for the longevity of their return. A new album in last summer’s “Fire” via Sumerian

NEWS: Anguish Enslaved reborn with “Nothing Left”!

Back in December Anguish Enslaved vocalist James Hunte declared himself the only member of the band as of that moment. Fast forward six months and the Wisconsin native has been joined by multi instrumentalist Alex Khod, who also got behind the boards to mix and master “Nothing Left” as a first single to erase the

NEWS: Margantha fight the wolves at the gate!

Who are Margantha? It seems not even Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) who mixed and mastered their EP at Sonic Train Studio knows. The anonymous act hailing from Finland and Italy identify themselves simply as Nocturnus I, II and III however what we do know it that they draw inspiration from art in all its forms: from

NEWS: Eternal Drak return to the warrior code!

A year after they gave us their fourth studio album “Imprisoned Souls“, Blackened Thrash crew Eternal Drak have offered up a fresh five cut EP titled “The Warrior Code“. However all is not as it at first seems as this new record is a reimagining of four tracks that made up their 2002 debut EP “La

NEWS: De’Lour premier new single “Follow”!

Continuing to plough new furrows in our craniums with their big choruses and heavy grooves are emotion driven Welsh Metal heads De’Lour. They claim to play nothing but sad which is great because that’s just how we like it and “Follow” is their latest burnt offering. Hopefully they’ve not forced new bassist Cerith Thomas through

Playthrough: “The Alchemist” from Skaphos!

If you missed it, last month saw French Blackened Death Metal force Skaphos launch their third album “Cult of Uzura” arrive via new label home Transcending Obscurity Records to rave reviews. Soaked in dissonance and mysticism while being wrapped in artwork by Paolo Girardi, it’s one that could well end up on numerous end of

Review: “Ascension” by Accursed

Hailing from Connecticut and specialising in Melodic Death Metal with Progressive and Thrash leanings, Accursed formed in 2019 before going through a few different members to get their line up stable. That didn’t happen until 2024 with vocalist Will Devereaux the final piece of the puzzle as he joins bassist Chris Dwyer (100 Proof), guitarist

Bootleg: “Pissant” from Kiritsis!

After making our day with their self titled album, a portrait in Sludge fuelled Doom Metal, Kiritsis have shared a live rendition of the almighty “Pissant” for your viewing pleasure. The song was cut from the set at The Mouse Trap Indianapolis, which doubled as a home town throwdown of a show for them to