Hailing from the home of a titanic act like Lamb Of God can’t be an easy thing but Richmond Virginia based Crossover Kings Enforced have set themselves up to deliver something to make their own mark with. Forced from the ashes numerous Hardcore Punk bands in 2017, they grew quickly thanks to support from their
Formed at the turn of the century in Albacete, Spain, Angelus Apatrida are a Thrash quartet who have enjoyed sustained international recognition since their 2006 debut “Evil Unleashed” and have never looked back, inking a deal with their current label home Century Media in 2009. So in an era of Thrash resurgence with bands like
Before we can reach the nirvana that is the “Most Anticipated Releases of 2021” there is one more subject to be paid attention to and arguably one of the most important ones to boot. The “Top #5 Underground Metal Bands to Watch in 2021” serves to look at a collection of bands who we’re expecting
Richmond, Virginia Thrash Metallers Enforced have inked a worldwide record deal with Century Media for an album they are currently recording with their long time engineer producer Bob Quirk. They’ve set “Kill Grid” as the title for the offering which has the legendary Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Cavalera Conspiracy, Road Mutant) handling the mix. For
A prolific writer of quality material and a Gatecreeper fan, Road Mutant guitarist Tom Cronin’s Death Metal side project Celestial Sanctuary have dropped their third single. Entitled “Koalemos“, it’s an evil tale born from the Greek Mythology about a demon, the god of stupidity and foolishness that possesses idiots. You find it over at bandcamp
Denver Colorado Thrash quartet Havok are no strangers to overcoming obstacles in their path. In 2017 with their trailer loaded up for the Metal Alliance Tour, they returned from a European trek to find they had thousands of dollars of gear stolen. Two years earlier in 2015, founding lead guitarist Shawn Chavez died at just
Earlier this month we reviewed “Desecration” from Edinburgh Thrash giants Iferann. Granted an audience with them, we asked a few burning questions we had left over from the review as well as about their influences and where they want to end up. Here’s what they had to say… if you’ve not had the pleasure, you
Quite how Road Mutant have managed to get enough time from the ever busy Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Candy, Cavalera Conspiracy, Trapped Under Ice) to handle the mixing on another new single we don’t know, but they have and as with all their material to date he does an immaculate job with new single “Battle Cry“, which is
Appearing 13 months after debut EP “Unearthly” sophomore EP “Desecration” from Edinburgh based Thrash Metal quintet Ifreann sees then looking to combine old school Thrash aesthetics with modern edge and techniques to formulate their potion for World domination. Formed in 2015 they took the name ‘Ifreann‘ translated from the Irish for ‘Hell‘ as their own and
Following our two part gambling man’s punt on potential headliners and underground acts at this year’s incarnation of Tech-Fest, it’s time to turn our attention to Bloodstock for the second time. The annual Catton Park, Walton on Trent Derbyshire Metal Festival will be taking place over the weekend of the 6th August and be celebrating
