The best EP of 2021 not to appear on our top #5 list for the year in our Listmainia awards season between Christmas and New Year was “The Holocene Termination” from Indian Technical Death Metal project Demonstealer. A record loaded with guest appearances, “What She Creates She Will Destroy” has been chosen for the full red carpet music
With support from Cryptic Shift, French Death Metal Extremists Benighted have announced a quartet of shows for October in support of their new album “Obscene Repressed” with a different band opening each night and Northern Deathcore brutes Osiah set for the Newcastle date. Six months ago. The Frenchmen unvieled single “A Personified Evil” which features
The long awaited fourth studio album from Shadow Of Intent has finally landed with the return of keyboard virtuoso Francesco Ferrini of Fleshgod Apocalypse to add the symphonic embellishments to Chris Wiseman’s crushing guitar work, not to mention a pair of guest vocal appearances from Chuck Billy of Testament and Phil Bozeman of Whitechapel. So
In autumn 2021 Finnish Symphonic Doom Death Metal act Depressed Mode signed a deal with Inverse Records for their third album titled “Decade Of Silence” which is now set for release on 6th May 2022. Mastered by Mika Jussila (Children Of Bodom, Amorphis) at Finnvox Studios Helsinki and featuring a guest vocal appearance from Veronica Bordacchini
Our second look forward to 2022 comes in the form of our Most Anticipated releases because the endless cycle of Metal is a machine that never stops and that like a tank crushes everything in its path with its caterpillar tracks. There is no doubt that albums by Northlane, Crowbar and Once Human will be
Featuring guest appearances from Chuck Billy of Testament and Phil Bozeman of Whitechapel fame as well as keyboard virtuoso Francesco Ferrini of Fleshgod Apocalypse the upcoming fourth album from Deathcore titans Shadow Of Intent is a mouthwatering prospect. If those appearances weren’t enough, the album also sees the band joined by new drummer Bryce Butler
A pillar of the Heavy Metal scene in India, Sahil Makhija, better known as Demonstealer has been decimating ear drums for the past two decades with his first band Demonic Resurrection who have achieved five studio albums, a Metal Hammer Golden God award and multiple tours and festivals across UK and Europe. At the same time he
After two critically acclaimed albums in 2007’s “Ghosts of Devotion” and 2009’s “..for Death..” Finnish symphonic doom/death metal band Depressed Mode went on hiatus and as the years went by it seemed like they would never return. But as unlikely as it seemed, 2020 saw them enter Ansa Studio Ulvila as guitarist Teemu Heinola recorded
A third single from the upcoming new all star underground guest featuring Death Metal Demonstealer EP “The Holocene Termination” has arisen from the black depths in “From Extinction Begins Evolution“. This one sees Simon Schilling (Marduk) on drums, Anton Zhikharev (Gorgasm) on bass and Fabio Bartoletti (Fleshgod Apocalypse) with a guitar solo alongside Mumbai India
Returning for their third orbit around the Sun are Swedish Black Metal act Astrophobos who have chosen to take the left hand path and the road less travelled with “Corpus”. Collaborating with artists Lisa Wallert and Morgan Norman they have chosen to create not only a record that explores themes of impermanence, death and decay
