To introduce new drummer Matthias Biechler, French Extreme Metallers Benighted have presented a new single and music video for “The Spineless Freak” recorded at Kohlekeller Studios in Germany with Kristian Kohlmannslehner (Powerwolf, Aborted, Crematory) as Producer, Sound, Mixing and Mastering Engineer. The track is their first since 2024 album “Ekbom”, a concept record inspired by a
A Symphonic Black Metal act specializing in tales of ghosts, historical legends, hauntings and horror, Carach Angren have blazed a trail from the southern province of Limburg, Netherlands to the bowels of hell itself since 2003. Five years after their last taped confession “Franckensteina Strataemontanus“ they return with “The Cult of Kariba“, a five part
Inspired by The Black Book of Kremenets Castle (1747–1777), Ukrainian trio Windswept have reconstructed the witch trials of 1753–1754 in Western Ukraine through six movements of stark, visceral Black Metal titled “The Devil’s Vertep“. It is written that each composition mirrors the tension of confession and punishment that unfolded using their raw formula driven by
Five long years after the events of “Franckensteina Strataemontanus“, Dutch Symphonic Black Metal outfit Carach Angren have returned with more stories of ghosts, horror, legends and of course hauntings to tell. 17th October is the date that Season Of Mist have engraved on the tombstone of the bands next burnt offering “The Cult of Kariba”
As the band prepare to head out on a North American tour in November, Defeated Sanity give us the opportunity to witness drummer Lille Gruber smash his way through arguably the most punishing song on their critically acclaimed seventh album “Chronicles of Lunacy“. It’s one that the Brutal Technical Death Metal outfit like to call
More than three decades after they first crawled out of the Belgian underground Black Metal scene, the enduring legacy, uncompromising vision and ritualistic intensity of Enthroned remains. Six years after their last recorded confession, an album written in collaboration with occult author Gilles de Laval and dubbed “Ashspawn” is upon the horizon. Said to chart
While the lasting influence of Candlemass and Paradise Lost hasn’t vanished without a ghostly trace, Finnish Death Doom stalwarts Hooded Menace continue to break the mold and for their new album “Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration” have chosen to crush “Save a Prayer” by Duran Duran splattering it with the band’s signature blood-soaked dread. Their seventh album
Having chalked up three decades, Montreal Death Metal Masters Cryptopsy have their ninth studio album “An Insatiable Violence” waiting in the wings. Vocalist Matt McGachy drew the short straw and was asked the worst questions ever by Belgian Jasper with topics from Donuts to how old is too old all on the table. Pre-orders for the
Co-headlining the third incarnation of Offal Fest at Manchester Rebellion from 25th to 27th July 2025 alongside Internal Bleeding and Skinless are German purveyors of Brutal Progressive Death Metal Defeated Sanity. A growing concern since 1994 this year they have the critically acclaimed “Chronicles of Lunacy” under their belts and as if in evidence have
Could it be a strange coincidence that Canadian Death Metal institution Cryptopsy have chosen the 20th June to release an album that coincides with their 20th anniversary? The five piece have shared a nightmarish music video for the brutally groovy lead single “Until There’s Nothing Left” with their ninth studio album “An Insatiable Violence” set
