After crushing single “IHYG (I Hate Your Guts)” arrived in time for their set at Bloodstock Open Air Festival last summer, it was only a matter of time before male backed Metallic Hardcore crew Cage Fight admitted to having a new album locked in the vault. Recorded by Sam Bloor (Graphic Nature, Forlorn) at Lower Lane
To introduce new drummer Matthias Biechler, French Extreme Metallers Benighted have presented a new single and music video for “The Spineless Freak” recorded at Kohlekeller Studios in Germany with Kristian Kohlmannslehner (Powerwolf, Aborted, Crematory) as Producer, Sound, Mixing and Mastering Engineer. The track is their first since 2024 album “Ekbom”, a concept record inspired by a
Volatile, unpredictable and deeply unsettling is how the debut album “Learning the Secrets of Acid” by Umulamahri is being described by those who have heard it in advance of its 1st October release via Ordovician Records. A desire to push the limits of Extreme Metal to new levels of depravity and more corrosive territories seems to
It seems crazy but it has been two years since the almighty “Made Of Stone” appeared via Lacerated Enemy Records from French Groovy Slamming Death Metal four piece Embrace Your Punishment. In case you haven’t heard, it features guest appearances with Jason Netherton from Misery Index, Julien Truchan from Benighted and Kirk Windstein from Crowbar and we highly recommend
1st December 2023 saw the arrival of the criminally underrated album “Made Of Stone” from French Groovy Slamming Death Metal outfit Embrace Your Punishment. A record that includes an unholy trinity of guest appearances with Jason Netherton from Misery Index, Julien Truchan from Benighted and Kirk Windstein from Crowbar all making appearances, it’s one that
A nightmarish journey, where the ferocious music mirrors the unsettling sensations of delusional parasitosis that drags listeners through the darkest recesses of the human psyche is on its way from French Extreme Metallers Benighted. A concept album of sorts inspired by a rare neurological disorder known as “Ekbom syndrome” and branded “Ekbom” will arrive on
Recorded at Studio Kohlekeller Studios in Germany with Kristian Kohlmannslehner (Powerwolf, Aborted, Crematory) as Producer, Sound, Mixing and Mastering Engineer, a new album inspired by a rare neurological disorder known as “Ekbom syndrome” is on its way from French Extreme Metallers Benighted. Titled simply “Ekbom“, the record is described as a nightmarish journey, where the
Having roots that go back nearly two decades to 2004 when they were known as C-Vice and were a predominantly Deathcore inspired outfit, Embrace Your Punishment now celebrate their third album “Made Of Stone” having contorted into offering something closer to Brutal Death Metal. The Valenciennes France based quartet are joined for the first time
If you missed “Receptor“, a convergence of Technical Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal and Grindcore framed around a classical core created by OWDWYR then this bass playthrough from Chris Williams demonstrates why we recommend you check it out. Mastered by Alan Douches (Dillinger Escape Plan, Cannibal Corpse, Municipal Waste) at West West Side Music, it
The story goes that back in 2020, tired of the way things were going and not overly convinced of the benefits of robbing a liquor store, guitarist and composer Paul Plumeri, Jr. (ex-Isyou), bassist Chris Williams (Dark Waters Fall) and vocalist Max Lichtman (ex-Immolith) joined forces with the idea of creating something extreme. Taking their
