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 […]
French progressive metalcore (or do we still just call it djent?) crew Pathfinders have released the second single from their upcoming album Ares Vallis. Accompanied by a new music video, Imposters is a brutal head banging journey through chuggy melodic riffs and of course – a savage breakdown. Just two […]
On the frontlines of the of the modern nu-metal revolution, Tetrarch have released the latest single from their upcoming album Unstable. Negative Noise brings the pummelling heaviness of early Slipknot with Tertrarch’s brand of aggression. Following the release of their excellent independent debut album Freak back in 2017, Tetrarch have […]
Is there a better way to kick off the long Easter bank holiday weekend than with a sharp dose of savage blackened death metal? I’m waiting….. no didn’t think so. Hailing from the heavy metal homeland of the UK’s middle lands, Infested Angel have released their debut EP Nourish Me, […]
The badass gals in Brazilian death/thrash metal band Nervosa today released a behind the scenes look at their single Under Ruins from acclaimed album Perpetual Chaos. Their recently released album Perpetual Chaos is a killer album, full of fish pumping thrash metal with a heavy death metal influence. If you […]
