The fifth category in our Listmaina Awards Season is dedicated to those bands who bring the heat to the stage, the one place where there is absolutely no hiding place. So of all the bands we’ve witnessed from all the shows and festivals we’ve reviewed in the past year, who stood out enough to make
Now that our teeth have rotted out from all the sugary Christmas treats we’ve consumed over the past week or so it’s time to turn to our most anticipated releases of 2024. Another incredibly hard fought category with albums and EPs already scheduled as far as May that we’re aware of, this one has been
An all time classic played to a huge crowd at the biggest festival in Europe? “Behind A Wall Of Silence” from Heaven Shall Burn at Wacken Open Air Festival 2023 is a masterclass despite the muddy puddle. How long will we have to wait for a follow up to 2020’s “Of Truth and Sacrifice“? That
A pro-shot full set from American Death Metal Masters Frozen Soul should be all the evidence you need to confirm that the Bolt Thrower influence everyone talks about is true. 53 minutes filmed by the legendary hate5six at Underground Arts in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on 7th November is the fresh offer with such classics as “Arsenal of
“Dreaming of something better, To start all over again, To break free from those monsters, Which limits and consumes, Holding us back, Everything feels possible, With wings of crystal…”
A mosaic of footage left over from the European leg of the “Pain Remains” tour headlined by Lorna Shore has been pieced together by Bart Sperling to create a music video for “Born Of Blood” from Rotterdam Deathcore brutes Distant. Both bands of course share a label in Century Media with the later dropping the
Courtesy of 197 Media a pro-shot full set from Orthodox at Bangin In The Rock Festival in Little Rock Arkansas with audio mixed and mastered by Brad Racine at Local Man Studios has landed in cyberspace. Much to our surprise, the Nashville Tennessee Nu-Metal tinged Hardcore homewreckers are celebrating a number of cuts including “Panic”
Its long been known that Century Media signings Cryptosis are set to open a co-headlining European tour trek which will find Cynic and Obscura going toe to toe but now, much to our surprise, that run has been extended. Ending Cynic playing Inferno Festival in Oslo Norway, the tour has had dates added to the
Norwegian pioneers of Avant-garde Progressive Black Metal Borknagar have announced their return with a twelfth studio album. Mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (Opeth, Amon Amarth, Kreator) and combined with stunning album cover artwork by Eliran Kantor (Testament, My Dying Bride, Sodom), the record is set to appear on 23rd February 2024 via
As soon as it was announced we wanted to hear the guest vocal appearance from Brain Fair of Shadows Fall fame on the upcoming new album “Death Moon Mother” from San Fernando Valley Melodic Death Metal quartet Upon Stone and now we’ve been given the opportunity. The track is one called “Paradise Failed” which is
