With the release of Cannibal Corpse‘s new LP Violence Unimagined this week, and impending album releases from Gojira, Evile, Tetrarch, Beartooth, Sumo Cyco and Vexed amongst others, heavy metal has an exciting near future in store for us all. However, lest we not forget the mighty single release as we […]
Changes have been afoot in the Cannibal Corpse household. The bizarre circumstances surroundings the exit of long time guitarist Pat O’Brien in 2020 lead to the inclusion of Hate Eternal guitarist Erik Rutan joining the elite death metal outfit. If you missed the story of aliens, guns and skulls you […]
Finnish melodic metal quartet Scars of Solitude have released a new single from their forthcoming EP release. No Riddance is the second single taken from the group’s upcoming EP called If These Walls Could Talk to be released later this year. The first single being the title track from said EP. It’s a noticeably pumping pop-punk […]
Finnish modern melodic death metal band Dimman are set to release their debut album Songs and Tales of Grievance on July 30th, 2021 via Inverse Records. The first single from that album Paroxysm has been released, and it’s an interesting take on some more typical metal styles. Normally when you get the […]
Is djent still used as a colloquial term, or do we now recognise this as a genuine genre? Often rather than using potentially a dirty word in djent, progressive metalcore is common the word of choice. I find that a little weird, how progressive metalcore can be a genre. The […]
Italian progressive metal band Where Stars Collide have released the latest track from their upcoming debut album. Rage kicks off in the most djenty way possible – possibly topping the djenty credentials of the 20 string Mountain Dew guitar. Any more stop starting and we may be thrown into an […]
Progressive power metal band Illusory have unleashed a new single from their upcoming album Crimson Wreath. All Blood Red is the third single released following previous singles Crimson Wreath and Besetting Sins. The Greek metal crew are set to release their third full-length Crimson Wreath on May 21, 2021 via Rockshots Records. Latest […]
So we have seen through the first quarter of 2021. There are always ongoings in the world of heavy metal, and with Architects hitting number one on the UK album chart with latest album For Those That Wish To Exist, and Rob Zombie seeing his highest achieving album to date […]
If you follow me at all, then you know my penchant for a slice of epic power metal. Germany’s purveyor of anthems Orden Ogan are now onto their seventh studio album with recent release Final Days. This time, they have moved on from the Wild West theme of 2017’s Gunman, […]
Trends are a funny thing, how they come and go, how something hailed at the height of popularity can be derided at the turn of a hat. Was that even a phrase? Anyway, let us take the shortened nu-metal case study. Largely unrecognised in the underground scene during the late […]
