Hailing from Antwerp in Belgium, Spankraght first came to our attention five years ago when a Kickstarter campaign helped them complete concept album “Thou Shalt Drown In The Blood Of Thy Children” complete with DooM II levels. A seven track affair comprised of heavy guitars and danceable electronics with retro video game nostalgia, that record
A new dawn, a new day and a new life has just begun for Shields as they welcome new bassist Krishan Pujara and new drummer Alastair Wain to the ranks. That announcement comes will an obligatory new single and an 86 second burst in “Abuser” has been chosen for the purpose. Mixed and mastered by
18th July will see Agonia Records distribute “A Void Within Existence” from Black Metal masters Abigail Williams which muses on existential themes of loss, disintegration, and unreality. Produced by frontman Ken Sorceron (ex-Aborted, ex-The Faceless, Vale Of Pnath) and mixed by renowned engineer Dave Otero (Aborted, Cattle Decapitation, Akhlys) the album is said to have stand
Five years after their first interview together former Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell sat in the hot seat with Heavy New York to discuss everything from thirty years of “Demanufacture” to lyrical inspiration and new music he has in the works. For those not in the know over the past year or so three
Set to spend the rest of the year sharing stages with the likes of Amira Elfeky, Spite, Knocked Loose, Pain Of Truth, Midrift, Landmvrks and Underoath as they tour Europe twice either side of a North American run, Split Chain have a debut album that everyone is wanting to hear. An 11th July release via
Set to perform on the Sophie Lancaster Stage at this year’s incarnation of Bloodstock Open Air Festival, Ba’al are warming up by unveiling their sophomore album “The Fine Line Between Heaven And Here”. The Sheffield emotive Blackened Sludge purveyors chose to work with producer, engineer and mixer extraordinaire Joe Clayton (Conjurer, Dawn Walker, Ithaca) and
Get ready for a nightmare you won’t soon forget. For the second year running a Rabidfest have announced show on the night before Oxfords biggest Metal weekender. Dubbed “The Fright Before Rabidfest” it will take place at The Jericho Tavern on the evening Friday 31st October with tickets sold separately to the main event. So
Finnish female fronted Symphonic Progressive Metal band Dominant Chain have shared a music video for “Kissed by This Life” from their upcoming EP “Wasteland Requiem“. Fuelled by lyrical themes of cruelty, mental issues and human fragility the video stars stunning and expressive actress Johanna Loimalahti, who was directed by vocalist Marja Kettunen. The whole song is
Uniting members from legendary acts like Asphyx, God Dethroned, Cirith Gorgor and Inhume Dutch Death Metal bastards Mass Deception have announced the final chapter of a trilogy of concept records. Following 2016’s “Revelations” and 2019’s “Redemptions” comes the crushing intensity of “Resurrections“, an album mixed and mastered at the renowned Soundlodge Studios (Anvil, Suicidal Angels, God Dethroned, Dew-Scented). A July
If you need a third advanced listen to convince you to check out “Death from Above” by Irish Metal act The Risen Dread when it appears via Time To Kill Records on 13th June then you’re in luck. The band have offered up a music vide for “Burn My Angels” from the album produced, recorded, mixed
