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 […]
In the interest of introducing more death metal to your existence, and lets be frank, you cannot have enough death metal in your life, I am bringing to your attention three recent and upcoming death metal releases to crowbar in to your musical vocabulary. Nocturnal Hollow, From The Abyss and […]
When I mentioned last week that any release featuring elite vocalist Howard Jones quickly leaves everyone else scrabbling just to make themselves viable for metal track of the week, I should have mentioned that any release by Gojira also falls squarely into this category. The French metal titans can do […]
Italy may well be known for fine wine, fine art, extraordinary pasta creations and a rich and glorious history, but it can be overlooked as a supplier of quality heavy metal. The USA, UK, Germany and Sweden are obvious places to go to find a plethora of the heavy metal […]
Being from the UK, it’s always exciting when a new hotly tipped UK metal band unleashed their debut offering. As Everything Unfolds are one of those aforementioned highly anticipated bands. Sitting somewhere on that modern blurry line between post-hardcore and metalcore, with the melodic choruses intertwined with screaming downtuned chuggy […]
The blackened souls of Finland’s Ghastly are due to release their third full length release Mercurial Passages in late May. If you are clawing at the window for a (un)healthy dose of lo-fi death metal, then you are in luck, Ghastly have released the first single from their new album. […]
