Review: “Slay Utterly” by Carrion Vael

Since their 2017 inception Brutal Melodic Technical Death Metal storytellers Carrion Vael have embraced exploring every facet of true crime history, often focusing on the stories of individual serial killers and their victims. Their fifth studio album “Slay Utterly” doesn’t stray from the left hand path, instead offering a perspective that jumps between the killer

NEWS: The Raven Age return to vision!

In 2025, Traditional Heavy Metal force The Raven Age unleashed an unholy trinity of singles as well as going on a tour celebrating a decade of the raven king. November single “Vision” hasn’t told its full story however with the band unleashing a fresh music video for the single that was previously only available as

NEWS: Throne Of Roaches smash “Right Through The Skull”!

It appears as though Swedish Death Metal act Throne of Roaches have completed work on a new EP with that title “What Dwells Below” appearing in the comic book style music video for new single “Right Through The Skull“. The track has actually been shared by the band in triplicate around the singles release with

Bootleg: A prize pair from Tortured Saint!

Canadian Metal heads Tortured Saint may have only just given us new single “Trampled” but that hasn’t stopped them from raiding their archives. From those hard drives of the land that time forgot they have shared live rendions of “Atrocity” and “Through The Halls Of Purgatory“, filmed at Loud As Hell Festival in Drumheller, Alberta

NEWS: Gloom49 search for witnesses…

Mixed and mastered by former Loathe guitarist Connor Sweeney (Creak, Pulse, Fromjoy) the fourth and final track waterfall released single of EP “Abstract Mind” by Deeside Metalcore act Gloom49 has emerged in “Witness“. It comes with the band having announced their participation in this year’s Metal 2 The Masses competition for the opportunity to play

Bootleg: “The Day The Earth Shook” from Pyrexia!

Last summer Long Island New York Death Metal titans Pyrexia unleashed their re-recorded, previously only available in demo form album “Unholy” via Unique Leader Records. Featuring very special appearances by Devin Swank of Sanguisugabogg, Ron Kachnic of Malignancy and after a 25 year silence Doug Cerrito, formerly of Suffocation and Hate Eternal, that lead to

NEWS: Lionheart bite back with a little help from Kublai Khan!

Directed, filmed and edited by Daniel Priess (Terror, Nasty, Comeback Kid) a music video for “Chewing Through The Leash“, a song from the new Lionheart album “Valley Of Death II” has arrived. It’s a moment of celebration as the song is arguably one of the most anticipated ones of the collection due to a guest

NEWS: Worst say mercy when it hurts?

Recorded at The Metal Bar in São Paulo, a music video filmed by Ivan Verrengia has premiered for “A vida não tem dó” (or “Life Has No Mercy“) taken from last year’s album “Flesh” from Brazilian Hardcore heavyweights Worst has arrived in internet land. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Rodrigo Oliveira at Dharma Studios, the

Review: “At The Mercy Of The Merciless” by Anti-Sapien

Written on the road and recorded at Growl House Studios in Long Island New York by renound sound engineer and Mutilation Rites bassist and vocalist Ryan Jones (Pyrrhon, Flourishing, Overdose), “At The Mercy Of The Merciless” is a third portrait in Death Grind from Brooklyn natives Anti-Sapien. Proudly anti fascist, openly political and committed to

5 Albums I Want To Be Buried With #18: Metal Noise Edition!

Back in ancient Egypt they believed that the items their Kings were buried with would travel with them into the afterlife and so part of the burial ritual would see the mummified bodies surrounded by chariots, gold and more.  Fast forward to now. If there were five albums that you’d want buried in the coffin