Just incase you haven’t read the memo 25th April will see “Fallen Star“, a new album from Employed To Serve distributed lovingly by Spinefarm Records. Featuring guest vocal appearances from Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage, Serena Cherry of Svalbard and Will Ramos of Lorna Shore it’s made the run of shows preceding it the hottest tickets
Belgian Jasper sat down with Bury Tomorrow guitarist Kristan Dawson to dive deep into their upcoming new album “Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience” in this latest in-depth interview. The arrival of guitarist Ed Hartwell and keyboardist and clean vocalist Tom Prendergast lead to the creation of 2023’s album “The Seventh Sun” which
Guitarist Greg Burgess took time out from his busy schedule to talk to Belgian Jasper about the new Allegaeon album “The Ossuary Lens” as well as things like 15 Years at Metal Blade Records, Black Metal and Melodic Technical Death Metal, Lady Gaga and of course the return of vocalist Ezra Haynes. Producer Dave Otero
Keyboardist and vocalist Zoe Federoff-Smerda spent some time under the FBI style interrogation spotlight as she spoke to Belgian Jasper about the new album from Extreme Metal institution Cradle Of Filth. Their fourteenth studio record, “The Screaming Of The Valkyries” will arrive on 21st March via Napalm Records with a wealth of shows around the
As we all know, Southern California Thrash overlords Warbringer have a date on a tombstone of 14th March for new album “Wrath And Ruin” to drop via Napalm Records and after their 2020 record “Weapons of Tomorrow” gained critical acclaim, the hype around this one is huge. Vocalist John Kevill discussed not only the album
It must be strange to write and record an album and then have to sit on the material for an extended period of time while it’s mixed and mastered, suitable artwork is found and your label, if you have one, sets a release date and sorts out physical editions. 7th March sees the arrival of
A year after their spine juddering album “Everything Bleeds” made our ears *ahem* bleed, Crown Magnetar are once again plotting a path to World domination. 7th March will see their latest burnt offering in EP “Punishment” landing in our greasy paws courtesy of Unique Leader Records and so Belgian Jasper has leapt at the opportunity
After a pair of albums that pushed their sonic boundaries, Knoxville Tennessee Deathcore collective Whitechapel are preparing to unveil “Hymns in Dissonance” on 7th March via Metal Blade. When they performed at Bloodstock Open Air Festival last summer their set was distinctly heavier and that has been the case with the cuts that have been
When it comes to new records from Scour, there is no hiding from the fact that there is a certain weight of expectation. That comes with the territory when you have a line up of heavy music veterans like Philip H. Anselmo (Pantera, Down), Derek Engemann (Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals), John Jarvis (Nest,
There aren’t many who would claim influences as far apart as ABBA and Napalm Death but suffering from “Post Apocalyptic Depression” means that German Blackened Death Punk duo Mantar will admit to almost anything. They spent some time in the company of Belgian Jasper who once again proves to be the host with the most,
