Born from the desire of three friends, Miguel Nunes (Drums), Eduardo Cunha (Guitar) and António Tavares (Guitar) to start a band back in 2017 and play a blend of Metallic Hardcore and Sludge Metal, Vaneno expanded into a five-piece with the arrival of Pedro Fernandes on bass and Alexandre Fernandes in 2019 and the result
Portuguese Sludge Metal act Vaneno who hail from the capital city of Lisbon may have formed in 2017 but it wasn’t until the group of friends expanded their line up with the arrival of Pedro Fernandes on bass and Alexandre Fernandes on vocals that their flame ignited with the desire to commit their works to
Kicking up a storm since 1996’s “Under The Knife“, the return of Connecticut bruisers Hatebreed has been a long time coming, four years after 2016’s “The Concrete Confessional” and with a record delayed by a Global Pandemic. Their eighth studio album “Weight Of The False Self” was written and recorded in the second half of
The return of Corby’s finest Raging Speedhorn following their 20th Anniversary original line up show at Camden Electric Ballroom has been a celebration of all things Metal. A new line up has brought fresh impetus and there have been a wealth of shows prior to this highly anticipated new album. So who is in the
Two tracks down in “Weight Of False Self” and “When The Blade Drops” and Nuclear Blast have asked Hatebreed vocalist Jamey Jasta who he’d have in his ultimate supergroup. Wait. Didn’t he have that when he did those Kingdom of Sorrow records with Crowbar legend Kirk Windstein? Or when his solo project took to the
A band of legend centered around the work of Kirk Windstein as the only member who has been in the revolving door of the band over the last 32 odd years, Crowbar are the undisputed Kings of Louisiana Sludge Metal that takes the slow, brooding style of Doom Metal and Injects it with a lethal
In 2015 Melbourne, Australians I, Valiance dropped a bombshell with “The Reject Of Humanity“. The Deathcore collective had been tearing it up since 2012’s debut “Prometheus” with bone crushingly heavy breakdowns, augmented riffs and the kind of killer solos that you wouldn’t usually associate with any act in the “core” category. Fresh ideas in each
A pay per view live stream that sees a trio of bands in I AM, The Obsessed and Crowbar for a single price makes for more of a gig experience than the one band one hour long streams we’ve witnessed during lockdown and as good as those previous streams have been, they have seemed a
Recorded at Soundhouse Studio in Seattle, Washington with Mikel Perkins (Windhand, Maklak, Hissing) on production duties and mastering by Chris Hanzsek (Melvins, Soundgarden) at Hanzsek Audio in Snohomish Washington, “Buried Alive” is an album that sees Hole Dug Deep in a philosophical mood, the band look at the world through the eyes of a dark
Back on 23rd July 2013 when Clutch had a family emergency and had to abandon their set at Hellfest Open Air in France, Down stepped in at the last minute. Their set only actually saw them play a pair of their own songs, instead choosing to play an eclectic mix of EyeHateGod, Crowbar, Corrosion of
