Let’s face it. January can be a pretty depressing month. Especially if you overspent at Christmas and what you thought was a pretty hilarious present didn’t go down so well. Fortunately it’s not all doom and gloom as Alestorm, Battle Beast and Wizardthrone have announced they will be uniting their clans for a tour of
How many advanced singles does it take to sink a battleship? That’s the question that Napalm Records are asking as they give us a fourth from Lithuanian Avant-garde Metal heads Black Spikes upcoming new album “Ydos” in “Zelvar“. Thematically the song portrays greed and thereby expands the record’s concept – an exploration of humanity’s vices with
The mid death crisis continues for Wednesday 13 with a rendition of the “Transylvania 90210” classic “I Want You Dead” from their set at Pol’and’Rock Festival in 2025. Napalm Records are of course releasing the full career spanning set in the form of live album “Un-Alive from Pol’and’Rock 2025″ on 25th September while the band are
Whether or not it makes the end of the cycle for their album. “Yokai” or not remains to be seen but Phoenix Arizona Nu-Metal band Dropout Kings have paid tribute to their late vocalist Adam Ramey with a music video for “Brace Yourself” cut from it. Fusing together a mixture of live, performance and home
Legendary producer and Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou (Nails, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Code Orange, Every Time I Die) is behind the boards as Detroit wrecking ball Walls Of Jericho return with “System Error: Humanity” their first album in a decade. Featuring guest appearances from Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe and Guy Kozowyk of The
Now they’ve got festivals and club shows locked in, Finnish Melodic Death Metal band Brymir have confirmed that new album “What We Leave Behind” is set to surface on 2nd October via Napalm Records. In a darkening world full of existential dread, they create vast cinematic soundscapes around bleak, hopeful and honest messages, making a strong case
Having previously announced four festival appearances for later this year, Helsinki Finland based Melodic Death Metal act Brymir have now added a run of shows with Horizon Ignited and Omnivortex to their itinerary. The band are set to drop new album “What We Leave Behind” via Napalm Records on 2nd October, bringing to an end
While American Groove Metal institution Devildriver head down under for an Australian tour with Witch Country Extreme Metal force Cradle of Filth to reduce venues to rubble in time honoured fashion, Napalm Records are preparing to distribute the bands new album “Strike And Kill” on 10th July. Before that happens the band have unleashed a
A smouldering collection of Industrial, Thrash, Alternative Metal and New York Hardcore is on the way from Prong who are set to see a self titled album drop on 6th November via Napalm Records. That means it will precede the bands previously announced Uprising Euro Tour by a handful of days so it couldn’t be
A tour dubbed “Cross-Atlantic Carnage” will see Brazilian Death Thrash outfit Nervosa back on stage in the United Kingdom and Ireland in November, as they open for British Thrash overlords Xentrix. The presence of any further support bands remains a mystery but for now the Slave Machine will be operating at full capacity!
