Whenever a band has released a number of EPs and garnered millions of YouTube views, the pressure is on for the inevitable debut album. The Netherlands’ Blackbriar are one of said bands. Having released multiple singles and 3 EPs since their formation in 2012. Their debut LP The Cause of […]
Black metal plus haunting woodland terrain cliché alert? Moody melodic black metal band Sojourner have released the title track from their upcoming mini-EP Perennial. Mini-EP is a needless re-branding of a 2 track release – i.e. a single with a bonus/b-side track, but I’m not going to pretend I’m offended. […]
Whenever a band portrays an image that isn’t just 5 brooding guys in jeans and a t-shirt, my attention is peaked. Image has been a huge part of heavy metal since it’s inception. Rob Halford and the leader clad boom, the giant hair and make up in the 80s, flashy […]
Variety is the spice of life so I have heard. So when a week in metal which contains metalcore titans, djenty destruction, inter-dimensional extreme wizards, and a cappella metal, ’tis a good week it be. Mighty forces have travelled through time to test the might of earth’s greatest heroes. The […]
Mortal beings, the time has finally come. After generations of anticipation, the ancient prophecy has finally been realised. The mighty supergroup Wizardthrone have released their first single, and it’s totally not what I was expecting. Frozen Winds Of Thyraxia is a technical blackened melodic death metal odyssey, honed through light […]
Finland’s progressive power metal band Ultimatium have released a new music video for Digital Tower off of their epic theme album Virtuality released this past November via Rockshots Records. At over 8 minutes it’s an epic length to add to the epic nature of the track. You can very clearly hear the legendary Ronnie James Dio‘s […]
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 […]
