San Fernando Valley California might not be the first place that springs to mind when you think about Melodic Death Metal bands but Upon Stone started to change that when they delivered their debut EP “Where Wild Sorrows Grow” in October 2021. That record was one that earned them a few opportunities and once they’d
As new album “Fall” is set to rear it’s ugly head on 23rd February via Century Media, Borknagar have taken the opportunity to premier “Nordic Anthem” a month after “Summits” premiered. The twelfth studio album from the Norwegian pioneers of Avant-garde Progressive Black Metal it was mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (Opeth, Amon
Having announced they’re going to Indonesia to open on the final Sum41 tour earlier this week, Orange County Californian Melodic Hardcore band Ignite have wasted little time in launching a new single. Titled “Done Digging The Grave” it features the legend that is Andrew Neufeld, vocalist for Canadian Hardcore Punks Comeback Kid. No doubt that
They’re calling it an official video but it looks like a playthrough as string masters Kyle Rasmussen (playing a custom Ibanez XPT700XH equipped with an EMG 81X/SLV combo) and Adam Roethlistberger (playing a Warwick Streamer Stage 1 equipped with an EMG PJX set) appear in a cabin to demonstrate new single “Shame And Its Afterbirth”
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…”
