NEWS: Rogue Awakening premier “Remain Untamed”!

Having risen to prominence with their 2023 debut EP “Feed Me Fire“, South Coast Metal act Rogue Awakening return with a song they describe as “a rallying cry to every woman who has been told to conform and come in line with society’s norms and expectations“. A powerful statement piece, “Remain Untamed” is their second

Playthrough: “D.N.R” from Dead Flesh!

Bloodstock Festival surviving Nu-Deathcore purveyors Dead Flesh have shared a drum playthrough video for recent single “D.N.R” that finds sticksman Michael ‘Nelly’ O’Neill proving his worth. The track was produced by Justin Hill (Hacktivist, The Five Hundred, SikTh) and fits nicely within their mission statement of wanting to create sound of “Blastbeats and breakdowns. Deathcore with depression.

NEWS: lowheaven float on chemical trails?

Exploring the reality of complete social isolation and the acceptance of what it means to lose faith in life and yourself, a debut album “Ritual Decay” is on the horizon from Toronto based Post-Metal collective lowheaven. They’ve just announced their signing with MNRK Heavy for the 29th August grand unveiling of the record, produced by

NEWS: BOCC return to the crypt!

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have announced the signing of Spanish old school Death Doom Metal destroyers BOCC with the partnership set to present a compilation in “Obrint El Taüt” on 13th June. That translates as “Opening The Coffin” and contains each of the band’s unholy trinity of EPs: “Al La Forca“, “Santa Eulàlia” and “La

NEWS: Shadecrown drown in their own tears?

Featuring not only guest vocals from Sheila Bernal but also guest cello from Vilma Peltokangas, a second single in “Tear-Blind” has appeared from Shadecrown. The Finnish Melancholic Melodic Death Metal outfit have got a fourth studio album in “0” set for a 25th July via Inverse Records arrival on Planet Metal. If you missed it,

Playthrough: “The Reactor” from Gorgatron!

Axe throwing pair Paul Johnson and Coop Schuh have been put through their paces and ordered to record a guitar playthrough of “The Reactor” from their album “Pathogenic Automation” by their band mates in Gorgatron. It follows the news that the Death Metal lovers will be appearing at this summer’s incarnation of Loud As Hell

Bootleg: “Misconception” from Critical Defiance!

A live rendition of “Misconception” by Critical Defiance that more or less celebrates it’s sixth anniversary has surfaced online. Recorded on 1st March at Liquid House in Viña del Mar, Chile the show saw the band split their set between the aforementioned album, “The Search Won’t Fall” and “No Life Forms” with an unreleased song from

Review: “Sarcophagal Corridors” by Desekryptor

Back in 2016 a pair of multi instrumentalists struck up a partnership in order to write Death Metal musing on themes usually associated with Black Metal like blasphemy, desecration and both anti-human and anti-religious rhetoric. Hailing from Fort Wayne, Indiana the pair formed an open relationship, also working on many other projects at the same

Interview: Novelists talk “Coda” with Belgian Jasper!

Currently on a World Tour, including stops in Australia, Asia, Europe and North America supporting bands like Northlane, Periphery, Tesseract and Erra, French Progressive Metal act Novelists have put vocalist Camille Contreras forward to speak to Belgian Jasper about their new album “Coda“. An inspired resurgence from a band who blend technicality with atmospheric depth