Tag: Mental Cruelty

Review: “Zwielicht” by Mental Cruelty

“Let us embrace a new era of darkness by bringing the “black” into blackened heavy music. Join us on the way down to infernal gates of hell to be rebirthed back to life. The album will contain the most mind-bending variety of different heavy musical influences and sounds. Epic symphonic orchestras accompanied by slam breakdowns;

NEWS: Mental Cruelty announce “Zwielicht”!

It seems that German Deathcore brutes Mental Cruelty have undergone something of a style shift and embraced the dark side for their upcoming 23rd June via Century Media releasing album “Zwielicht“. Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore, Ov Sulfur, King 810) the album, which follows the impressive “A Hill To Die Upon”

NEWS: Mental Cruelty announce April shows!

In what has to be one of the heaviest European tour treks announced so far for 2022, German Slamming Deathcore titans Mental Cruelty have announced a headlining run in support of their new album “A Hill To Die Upon“. It will take place in April with Distant, Paleface and Crown Magnetar as all four bands

NEWS: Mental Cruelty are the Kings of Fire!

German Blackened Slamming Deathcore Beasts Mental Cruelty have once again turned up the heat with a second single from their upcoming new album “A Hill To Die Upon“, that will be out 28th May via Unique Leader Records. Having unleashed the titled track at the start of the month, they have chosen “King Ov Fire”

NEWS: Mental Cruelty find “A Hill To Die Upon”!

Not for the faint of heart, German Slam Metal titans Mental Cruelty have set 28th May for the release of their next hellish creation “A Hill To Die Upon“. That will appear via Unique Leader Records with pre-orders available here with a music video for the title track unleashed to celebrate. That will no doubt

Review: “Astral” by Lost Conduit

13 different Deathcore and Death Metal vocalists make their presence felt with appearances across the 10 tracks that make up “Astral” by Lost Conduit. Just let that sink in for a moment. The project is the brain child of multi instrumentalist Drew Klugger and vocalist Justin Haskin of Desolist, that started with a dream of

NEWS: The Acacia Strain April tour with Left Behind!

As expected The Acacia Strain have announced a European trek around their appearance at Fury Fest. Joining them across the whole run will be Left Behind, while Leeched will play the UK shows and Mental Cruelty the European Mainland ones. Mixed and Mastered by Will Putney’s friend Steve Seid over at  Graphic Nature Audio, The

Documentary: Mental Cruelty on Bus Invaders!

Quite how Lucca Schmerler, frontman of German Brutal Slamming Deathcore act Mental Cruelty manages to get on a tour bus escapes us. He’s the biggest unit of a Metal vocalist we’ve seen in the live arena, standing head and shoulders above the rest. The five piece have been across Europe and the US with new