Produced by Aurora Motion Pictures, Mental Cruelty has released a majestic new visual offering for the opening tracks “Midtvinter” and “Obsessis a Daemonio” from their latest album, “Zwielicht“. Once again working with producer and mixer Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore, Ov Sulfur, Signs of the Swarm), they’ve pushed their sound to new blacker intensities forged in
Century Media have announced the signing of San Fernando Valley California, Melodic Death Metal act Upon Stone with an anthemic single “Onyx Through the Heart” the first to surface via the label. Influenced by genre pioneers like At The Gates, In Flames and Dissection, the band unleashed their debut EP “Where Wild Sorrows Grow” late in
Ahead of the release of their next album “Amongst The Low And Empty” on 28th July via Century Media, guitarist Carl Schulz from Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian Deathcore brutes Signs Of The Swarm has shared a playthrough video for the title track. A month later the band will be joined upon our shores by To The Grave
May released single “Nefarious“, the first from Transatlantic Progressive Metalcore outfit Monuments since 2022 album “In Stasis” has been given a performance music video shot at this year’s incarnation of Download Festival. Loki Films (Hacktivist, Viscera) were behind the camera, adding to a list of credits for the single that includes mastering from Jens Borgren
They may have only just departed our shores but November will see Symphonic Deathcore titans Lorna Shore bringing Rivers Of Nihil, Ingested and Distant on a march across Europe from Den Bosch in The Netherlands to Oberhausen in Germany. During that run there will be six stops in the United Kingdom with the suggestion that there
As their first album “Shrine” for new label home Nuclear Blast reaches its first anniversary, Glaswegian Metalcore Kings Bleed From Within have shared live drum footage of “Killing Time” from their first ever performance in Greece at Release Festival 2023. The video has a desk mix by Rory Doherty with no edits or samples and
Guitarist John Browne and vocalist Andy Cizek from Monuments are the guests for this week’s episode of The Downbeat Podcast with your host and Stray From The Path drummer Craig Reynolds. An interesting conversation, this one finds the trio discussing their entrepreneurial spirit as they fight against the rising tide of challenges in the music
While they may have only released their Century Media debut “Learning To Dissolve” last August, there is no question that the album was… sat on the shelf for a little bit of time pending release due to the Great Plague. So it should come as no surprise that Nashville Metallic Hardcore homewreckers Orthodox have pulled a
As we’re almost a month into Festival season, Wacken Open Air Festival have done is a favour and shared a trio of tunes from Lacuna Coil during last summers extravaganza. “Trip The Darkness“, “Heaven’s A Lie” and “Our Truth” all make the grade with the heavier anniversary version of “Comalies” still ringing in our ears.
A third single from the Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore, King 810, Tallah) recorded, produced and mixed upcoming new album from Signs Of The Swarm has premiered in “Malady“. The Pittsburgh natives will see that unleashed by Century Media on 28th July with guests including Trivium mastermind Matthew K. Heafy, Joshua Travis (Emmure, Glass Cloud, The
