No word of a lie but back on 22nd March when we shared our “5 Possibilities for Rabidfest 2025” article, we put Corby wrestling heroes Raging Speedhorn on the list with no advanced knowledge of the fact that a month on they would be announced as the Saturday headliner! What’s even more interesting about it
From the Greek Black Metal bastion of Athens emerges Eleventh Ray with lamentations that have lain dormant for the best part of a decade. A project brought to prominence by Serpent Noir guitarist Y.K. in whose personal archives the riffs were left to rot, a 2022 demo from a full line up catching the attention
Following the news that Valkenrag will return after seven years in the wilderness with a new EP “Untamed Fury” to be released on 25th April in partnership with Polish label Art of the Night Productions, the band have shared a track by track breakdown of the record. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mariusz Konieczny at Heavy Gear Studio (Hellspawn, Odium
It seems that London Technical Metalcore heavy hitters Perpetual Paradox not only survived an unholy trinity of shows with Draconian Reign in February but have thrived, returning with a brutal new single in “Ash and Blood“. It’s the first from an eight track deep debut album that on this evidence alone is going to hit
“Can we evolve without destroying ourselves? We don’t need to save the planet. The Earth has undergone several mass extinctions and will remain alive until our star, the sun, dies out. Humanity is less certain” ~ Spheres
Currently in the process of recording a debut album, London Groove Death Thrash Metal trio Lethal Evil have shared a second single in “Lone Wolf“. Formed in 2022 by current and former members of Savage Messiah, The Heretic Order and Sanguinem, the outfit have already played Bloodstock Open Air Festival and shared stages with Kill II This,
It might be seven long years and seven deadly sins since their last taped confession in EP “Walk With Vermin” but Swedish Groove Thrash crew Sanctrum have been far from quiet between then and now. Formed in Uppsala in 1999 and known for themes of Agony, Death, War with some lyrics in Bosnian, to date
Combining live multi-cam filmed and edited by Kim Quint and audio mixed by Andrew Marsh, a performance of the title track from their current album “Godlike” live from their European Tour in 2023 has surfaced courtesy of Thy Art Is Murder. The Australian Deathcore titans are currently preparing to wage war on Japan at the
Seven long years after 2018’s “Chasing the Gods” album awoke us from our slumber Polish Blackened Melodic Death Metal outfit Valkenrag have arisen from their graves once more with an imminent new EP in “Fury Untamed“. Set for a 25th April arrival the record was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mariusz Konieczny at Heavy Gear Studio (Hellspawn, Odium Humani Generis, Warfist)
Mixed and mastered at Sonic Train Studio by legendary guitarist and producer Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) who also makes a guest appearance on “Miriam and the Endless Night“, a new EP in “Blood Moon Sacrifice” is on the way from Margantha. A concept record based on a legend passed down through generations in oral tradition,
