While they await their now rescheduled for October tour trek, Welsh Death Metallers Venom Prison have been engaging our brains with a podcast series that helps focus the mind like a can of El Mango Rockstar on a wet Wednesday morning. In this latest edition, vocalist Larissa Stupar chats to Metal Hammer Magazine editor Merlin
You may now have to wait until February 2022 to witness Enslaved, Intronaut, Obsidian Kingdom and Crown take to stages across Europe and spill their blood in the same mud but all is not lost because in “Utgard“, the Norwegian Extreme Metallers have delivered one of the finest albums of 2020. You don’t need to
Last month marked the 30th Anniversary of Seattle Washington Grunge Kings Alice In Chains iconic debut album “Facelift“. It’s one of those records which didn’t have the instant success it deserved as Grunge was a very new sound at that time and the band were yet to find where they sat at the table, touring
When it comes down to classic albums, “The Downward Spiral” by Nine Inch Nails is an Industrial Metal masterpiece. Just ask Kissing Candice bassist Mike Grippo, who spoke to us about the album for Under The Influence #31 back in January. The album itself stepped away from the synth pop influenced “Pretty Hate Machine” and
It’s nice to see Loathe and Sylosis alongside the legendary Thrash act Testament on Metal Hammers “Best 20 Metal Albums Of 2020 So Far“. It’s a timely reminder that a pair of our finest British acts have what it takes to compete on a Global scale and also provides a set of albums that could
Critically acclaimed Symphonic Death-Doom Metal solo project Sonus Mortis are streaming a lyric video for “Tota Mors Certa Est” from the freshly ground album “Hold This Mortal Coil“. If you’ve not had the pleasure then don’t just take our word for it. Metal Hammer gave them an 8/10 score in review to accompany our 8.5/10
London Tech-Metallers Derange have followed up EP “Senses Part One” with a new single which previously appeared in a compilation CD which adorned the cover of Metal Hammer Magazine. Entitled “The Hunted“, it’s already had its live debut and could be the first song from “Senses Part II“. Will they be announced for the second
Five piece Steel City Riff Beasts Arkdown have returned with a follow up single to 2018 EP “The Calling“. Metal Hammer said they have a “Death Metal twist on the usual Metalcore methodology” which is the simplest and most accurate description of their sound we’ve ever heard. You can pick up the single over at
The festivity of the twelve days of Christmas runs from 25th December to 5th January, based on an English Christmas Carol that sees a lover give gifts cumulatively over the Christmas season starting with Christmas Day. Originally published in 1780, it’s probably French in origin, Skull Island has been conquered many times in it’s rich
As Listmania season continues with 2019 drawing to a close, Metal Hammer Magazine have shared their writers individual top 20 albums of 2019. It might (or might not) be a surprise that “We Are Not Your Kind” by Slipknot doesn’t feature on everyone’s list and that each one has some shared releases as well as
