After taking a break, German Melodic Death Metallers Heaven Shall Burn decided to take a different creative route with their ninth studio album, the follow up to 2016’s critically acclaimed “Wanderer“. Bringing in composer Sven Helbig (Rammstein, Pet Shop Boys) and renowned conductor Wilhelm Keitel, they sought to add a string section to their sound
“‘The Birth of Hate’ is our first creation and is the beginning of our adventure. It’s a journey through the facets of the anger and motivations that feed it. This album talks about strong emotions and the breaking point from which you cannot go back. We mix different elements of metal for this release, you
For those who are unfamiliar, Dark Tranquillity are a six piece Swedish Melodic Death Metal act originally formed as Septic Broiler in 1989 in the city of Gothenburg and widely considered one of the creators of the Gothenburg scene sound along with In Flames and At The Gates. They made their major label debut “Skydancer”
…the next leg of the “I, The Mask” European Tour from In Flames has been announced with special guests to be confirmed. The Gothenburg Sweden act, renowned for being the forefathers of the Melodic Death Metal sound will be upon our shores starting on 25th April in Edinburgh! Support acts are still to be confirmed…
If you think that Sometimes We Make Music (often abbreviated to SWMM) have a strange band name, then it isn’t without good reason. Ivar Oftedal (lead guitar and composing), Danny Valle Johannessen (vocals and lyrics), Terje Martinussen (drums), Zlatko Kusmic (rhythm guitar) and Alejandro Roberto Sanhueza (bass) started SWMM in the spring of 2013 as a
Having gone in deep on Killswitch Engage, Meshuggah and In Flames over the last couple of days, Cover Killer Nation has gone one step further with a Rank ‘Em All series entry for Oakland California’s Machine Head. Their entire 25 plus year career gets put under the spotlight and… All we really want to know
Canadian guitarist Nik Nocturnal has not only gone and compiled a list of 50 of the best riffs of the past decade in his eyes. Oh no. He’s taken things one step further and plays through them in this latest clip! Motionless in White, In Flames, Killswitch Engage, Architects and more get some praise on
Founded in 2015 around the area of Rennes in France, Man’n Sin quickly found there own musical path between Groove Metal, Thrash, Hardcore and even Progressive Metal as the quintet took influence from (early) Machine Head, Pantera and Lamb Of God before they began their musical journey on stage, playing dozens of gigs in Europe and
Celestial Ruin, from Vancouver, Canada released their new single “Heart Shaped Ashes” produced by Mike Plotnikoff (In Flames, The Cranberries) on 5th November and have now followed it up with a music video. The visual introspection tells the story of loss and the walk through the painful fire of rediscovering yourself and overcoming the past.
Gothenburg Sweden is home to Cynical Existence, a band who after four Extended Play releases in five years, took stock of their sound and started a new chapter. A trio of singles with a more Metal oriented sound and a cover of “Cold” by Static-X helped establish the sound of the bands full debut album,
