Recorded once again with Kurt Ballou (Converge, Nails, Gatecreeper) at God City Studios, Armed For Apocalypse are set to unveil their fourth album “The Earth Is Breathing Beneath Me” via Church Road Records on 24th April 2026. That news comes with the obligatory first single “Fists Like Feathers” and is being described as a towering, grooved-out,
A category set aside for singles that are released as standalone, this one is one of the toughest to choose from and is usually made up of bands trying to establish themselves on the path to glory. This year is no different, which is why unlike the EP and Album categories there are no honourable
Fusing together ferocious riffs with elements of R&B, soul and the rich cultural heritage of vocalist Jessica Douek’s Jewish-Middle Eastern roots, Mallavora have been blazing a trail in Alternative Metal that have seen them perform at Download Festival in 2024, 2000 Trees and share stages with Skindred. They’ve announced that their next album “What If
Friday 21st November at Yellow Arch in Sheffield will find Post-Metal act Hidden Mothers playing a home town show with Din Of Celestial Birds, Pleiades and Baosbeinn in support. Legendary Leeds breakbeat duo 601 will be providing DJ sets between bands, themselves having a new album littered with collaborations throughout on the horizon. In celebration
Having shared stages with Employed to Serve, Terror and Pupil Slicer in recent times, not to mention earning a bag of chocolate coins for “Self-Hatred” from their 2023 album “What Makes You Tick?” which has 294k of Spotify streams alone, its safe to say Manchester Hardcore Punks Going Off have done the hard yards. Returning to
Shot and edited by Oliver Bentley-Jones, a music video for “Servants Of Annihilation” filmed on tour in May 2025 has surfaced from Inhuman Nature. The song takes pride of place on the bands sophomore album “Greater Than Death“, a record which arrived in April via Church Road Records and has lead to them being announced
Ahead of its grand unveiling on 31st October via Church Road Records, Sludge fuelled Noise Metal act Believe In Nothing have shared “The Children Are Cattle” extracted from their upcoming record “Rot“. Known for their abilities in creating cacophonous and erratic noise, overlaid with gruesome harsh vocals to build up a bleak atmosphere of dread
Recorded and mixed by Joe Clayton (Trudger, Dawn Walker, Ithaca) at Nø Studio and mastered by the legend that is Brad Boatright (Kylesa, Vastum, Obituary) at Audiosiege, 24th October will see Church Road Records handling the distribution of a new record from Mastiff. The Kingston Upon Hull Sludge fuelled Hardcore purveyors have called that “For
“The All-Consuming Work Of The Soul’s Foreclosing” has been selected by Terzij de Horde as the second single from their new album “Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone”. A 10th October release via Church Road Records it finds the Utrecht Netherlands based Blackened Hardcore band once again making their presence felt with their fierce intensity.
While the original version of “Grandfather” can be found on the album “Erosion / Avulsion” by Hidden Mothers which is of course out now on Church Road Records, a live acoustic version of the song has surfaced. Filmed and edited by Jayne Slater of Made In Error Media it finds guitarist and vocalist Luke Scrivens
