In an alternate Universe, when the SWAT team arrived at Nakatomi Plaza they were forced into retreat by a Corpse paint wearing Giant Troll, dressed in black with spiked wrist guards who was blasting Behemoth from a ghetto blaster. His black toothed grin and poisonous breath enough to repel bullets. But that’s a whole other
Sheffield Shredders Utilitarian weren’t the only ones to have a spleen to vent in 2020 but they certainly put their rage to good use with not one but two records released in the year of the Great Plague. The first, entitled “Fight War, Not Wars. Destroy Power Not People” saw the trio of Jon Crowder
London Death Metal quintet This Is Endless are made up of members of Ted Maul, Dripback, Dead Beyond Buried and Onlsaught. Blending elements and ideolgies of Hardcore into their Death Metal frenzy, whilst never forgetting the undercurrent of groove in Hardcore of their roots, paid homage to the genre with the appearance of none other
The slow release of “Slow Decay” by The Acacia Strain has to go down in history as being one of the most drawn out teases that life could possibly have in store. The Springfield Massachusetts quintet brought out “It Comes In Waves” via Rise Records in December 2019, with rumours circulating like Buzzards that the
7th May saw the self titled EP from Magdeburg German Hardcore crew Haze surface, having been inked and recorded during the six months since their formation. If you were lucky enough then you might have been feeling punch drunk enough to hear their Mosh pit friendly “DéjàVu” back in February but if not, here’s their
Always open to feedback, we’ve read the recent comments for this very feature and here are a few highlights… “Pleeeeeeaaaaase go heavier with Vs Tuesday!!“… “Stop the Punk Goes Pop S***“… “If it’s not Metal it doesn’t count!“… “If the verdict was ‘guilty of bullsh**’ then you’re Carole Baskin!“. So not being ones to bow
Italian brutal Death Metal group Mass Murder recorded their sophomore album “Extreme Extinction” at War Studios, except the vocals from Aldo Gorgoglione, which were recorded at Clab Studios by Angelo de Cosimo. In order to achieve a high level sound quality, Mass Murder decided in the mixing, which was done by 16th Cellar Studios by
Featuring ex and current members of Labrat, Ted Maul, River Freshney and Pure Negative, London quintet Dripback have a history of showing a complete disregard for what’s new or hot and instead taking their genes and influences to create a furious mix of elements of hardcore, death metal, punk and grindcore to make their own
A Campaign For Musical Destruction will be taking place at venues across Europe in February 2020. The line-up will see Napalm Death, Eyehategod, Misery Index, Rotten Sound and Bat join forces with five stops on Skull Island during the trek! 18th Bournemouth, The Old Fire Station 19th Cardiff, Tramshed 20th Birmingham, O2 Institute 21st Glasgow, Slay 23rd London, The Electric Ballroom
Pasadena California Metalcore quartet Carried Weight have returned with their second single in a month entitled “Scum” and no, it’s not a Napalm Death cover either! The new cut is mixed by Austin Coupe and mastered by Ty Acord, though it’s not clear whether that is DJ Scout, a former member of Issues turner Producer.
