After drummer and vocalist Violeta Mosquera spoke to KnotFest.com last week, the other half of Spanish Alternative Metal duo Bala in guitarist and vocalist Anxela Baltar discussed the bands critically acclaimed album “Maleza” which is out now via Century Media, with Heavy New York. But that’s not all as topics of conversation include the underground
Formed in 1998 in Seattle Washington and taking their band name is from the Sanskrit word for “harm” or “violence“, Himsa were a Metalcore act who managed four albums over a decade long run that finished with “Summon In Thunder” in 2007, their only release for Century Media. A quintet, they had sixteen different members
Choosing the longest title that they could, Finnish Doom Merchants Swallow The Sun have announced a live album will be released via Century Media this summer. Featuring a set that is celebration of their 20th Anniversary, they’ve chosen for the title “20 Years Of Gloom, Beauty And Despair – Live in Helsinki“ with a date
As “The Nightmare Of Being” approaches, Swedish Grand Masters of Metal At The Gates have chosen to work with director Patric Ullaeus (Arch Enemy, In Flames, Dimmu Borgir) to create a music video for the second single from the 2nd July via Century Media appearing album. The song of choice is “The Paradox”, which follows
One half of Spanish Alternative Metal duo BALA in drummer and vocalist Violeta Mosquera spoke to KnotFest about the bands new album and major label debut for Century Media in “Maleza“. Topics of discussion include how the duo have developed their sound, the way in which music is consumed in the digital age and how
Returning to the planet of myth and legend that is “LV-426” for a concept EP that creates a fresh narrative based upon the character of Rebecca ‘Newt’ Jorden from the second Alien movie directed by James Cameron, Italian Technical Death Metallers Hideous Divinity unleashed a facehugger of an EP last month. Continuing the terror, the
Celebrating the first anniversary of their album “Fracture“, Glaswegian Metallers Bleed From Within have collaborated with Overtone Brewing to create a thick, juicy DDH DIPA beer with bright flavours of mango, pineapple and passion fruit, softly balanced with hints of lemon and lime. At 8% ABV a 440ml Can will set you back £6.10 with
If you’re a lover of vinyl and Californian Death Metal act Skeletal Remains then you’re about to be parting ways with some of your hard earned cash. The band, who take their name from a line in “Human Dissection” by Demolition Hammer are in celebratory mood and have got a trio of reissues in 2012’s
Like so many, Finnish Melodic Death Metal masters Insomnium suffered being unable to tour during the Global Pandemic but it hit them harder than most as in October 2019 they had unveiled the critically acclaimed “Heart Like a Grave“. A commercial success, entering the German Top #10 and #1 in Finland, they had big plans
The first episode of the Throwback Throwdown series hosted by Joshua “Talk” Toomey from KnotFest.com sees one half of Butcher Babies dual vocal attack Heidi Shepherd discussing the whole “female fronted” tag and how they don’t hate it but instead see it as a sisterhood and movement. The band themselves have been dropping singles from
