Exclusive Interview: Christmas with… #5 Metal Noise!

Drum roll please! If Metal Hammer can do an Editor’s column note in each edition then why can’t Metal Noise (dot) Net do a “Letters to the Editor” style Christmas Interview?! Who makes the rules?! After one of our biggest years to date we asked our Editor Michael the same damn questions we asked the

NEWS: Lionheart can’t get no peace!

Squeakquel lovers unite as West Coast Metallic Hardcore crew Lionheart are preparing for a European tour with new album “Valley Of Death II” out via Arising Empire on 9th January. A fifth advanced listen from that has emerged in “No Peace” with the album itself produced by A Day To Remember guitarist Neil Westfall before

NEWS: Crystal Lake confirm sleep is for the weak!

Having previously released an audio stream of the track, Japanese Metalcore masters Crystal Lake have returned to “Neversleep” for a music video directed by Koh Yamada. The track features a guest vocal appearance from former Bury Your Dead and current Volumes vocalist Myke Terry while taking pride of place on the bands upcoming new album “The

Bootleg: “Dance of the Sullen” from Ancestor of Kaos!

Filmed in Miami Florida on 17th February 2024 “Dance of the Sullen”, “Narco Metal Blasphemers” and “Legacy” are another three cut from the archives of Cuban American Black Metal act Ancestor of Kaos and presented for your viewing pleasure in the wake of the bands new album “Animal Ritual“. If you missed it that is

NEWS: Sarcoma: Pure Death Metal from Ecuador!

Having survived shows opening for both In Flames and Deicide in recent times, Sarcoma have returned to the Valley of the Death in Quito, Ecuador to record a new album titled “Ponzoña” (or “Poison“). Produced by their guitarist Juan Pablo Flores before being mixed and mastered by Juan Pablo Rivas (Deathroll, Aztra, Colapso) that has

NEWS: Handful of Hate spare no soul!

The 23rd January will see “Soulless Abominations“, an eighth studio album in violent, dark and unsettling Black Metal from Handful of Hate arrive everywhere that’s good via Dusktone. The first fierce demonstration of what that sounds like has been unleashed in the opening cut “Libera Me“. Pre-orders including black and marbled red vinyl editions available

Documentary: Sanguisugabogg on Bus Invaders!

They say when in Rome you should do as the Romans and so when bands roll into Chicago it’s customary for the Digital Tour Bus cameras to be rolling. In the latest episode of Bus Invaders, filmed outside the Metro on 5th November while American Death Metal band Sanguisugabogg, were on tour with Despised Icon,

Documentary: Annisokay: The Abyss vLog – Chapter Four!

London, Leeds, Bristol, Nottingham. These are the final cities of The Abyss Tour for Germany Metalcore merchants Annisokay. For the purpose they will be joined by Heart Of A Coward from 15th January onwards as they celebrate “Abyss: The Final Chapter” an album comprising twelve tracks from their original EP pairing joined by three more

Review: “Truculence” by Facada

For the past twenty two years Brazilian Grindcore band Facada (or “Stab” in English) have been treading the boards with everyone from Napalm Death to Cannibal Corpse and even Testament at various festivals while churning out what they describe as music which is “Simple. Fast, heavy, raw, without experimentation, without frills, without sonic trips, without

NEWS: Skulld pray to “Mother Death”!

A relentless blend of old-school Swedish death metal, crust punk and hardcore, combining ferocious riffs and punishing rhythms with a dark, evocative atmosphere will be offered up by  Italian death metal collective Skulld with their upcoming album “Abyss Calls to Abyss“. Reflecting themes of mortality, existential struggle, and the shadowed corners of human experience the