Power metal has a unique ability to uplift the soul like nothing else. Portuguese band Master Dy may have started life deep the realms of back metal, but took a path to the lighter side with some uplifting power pop infused metal. Still retaining the themes of pain and the […]
The nordic country of Finland has heavy metal in its veins. Some of the very best bands in the history of heavy metal have emerged from Santa Claus’s homeland. From The Land of a Thousand Lakes, Finnish Metal is often dripping in emotion, complexity and often more than a hint […]
Its not all brutal death metal and nihilistic black metal here at The Metal Protocol, sometimes a trumpet here and a trombone there can do wonders to calm a desolate soul. Californian skacore crew 8 Kalacas releases their third single and video, Pudrete from their forthcoming new album, Fronteras, set for […]
Relocating from Calgary to Vancouver, Canadian thrashers Hyperia have revealed the second single Experiment 77 from their upcoming second album Silhouettes of Horror. This follows on from their 2020 debut album Insanitorium. If you are fan of fast, raw, aggressive thrash metal with a sprinkle of melodeath, then be prepared […]
Oh Wow indeed. The Scottish grand maestros of pirate metal Alestorm have cast ashore a live performance for Zombies Ate Their Pirate Ship, off of their latest album Curse of the Crystal Coconut. This features footage from their 2021 UK/Ireland tour and including hilarious backstage footage! Alestorm have just entered the […]
Power metal from Iceland is something uttered on the rarest of rare occasions. Fantasy power metal rarer still. But unicorns appear when the need is greatest, and in the form of Power Paladin that time is nigh. Off the back of their storming debut album With the Magic of Windfyre […]
Organised chaos. Beautiful mayhem. Unique and iconic. Swedish tech-death metal legends Meshuggah have unleashed the first single The Abysmal Eye from upcoming ninth studio album Immutable. Meshuggah have been wowing fans with their extreme technical proficiency and full force heavy metal for almost 3 decades now. Showing absolutely no signs […]
Voraath, the brutal horror-inspired extreme metal band featuring members from Nile, Xael, Rapheumets Well, Implosive Disgorgence, and Sweet Blood are unleashing their next single The Barrens to follow their debut single and music video Siren Head directed by drummer Joshua Nassaru Ward and released this past November. As part of the band’s vivid […]
Swedish, epically overpowering dark symphonic metal unit Eleine has joined the Atomic Fire Records roster! Founded and led by charismatic vocalist Madeleine Liljestam and guitarist/growler Rikard Ekberg, Eleine has released three successful, multifaceted albums since 2015, all of which illuminate the remarkably sorted and exquisitely balanced dark mixture the collective is capable […]
It’s 2022, and nothing is getting any better. So scream bloody murder and cause mass destruction to the sound of some aggressive metallic hardcore. Embrace the chugs and breakdowns with French quintet Beyond the Styx as they gear up to unleash their new album Sentence on 4th February. Hit the […]
