Self proclaimed purveyors of Pure Power Metal, the mighty warriors Warkings have released a new single Fight, and announce their upcoming third album Revolution. Kicking off the third chapter in the Warkings Saga, Fight provides exactly what you expect from the esteemed battlefield slayers. Pure, unadulterated, no nonsense, glorious heavy […]
If there is one thing that heavy metal is well known for, it is the abundance of extreme metal vocalists. However, when one is to exert a fair amount of dirt on to their voice, it can become difficult to identify said vocalist. At the most disgustingly guttural level, it […]
Your view on the word retro is likely to stem from life experience. It might bring back cringe memories of your parents hideous floral furniture. Or the time when you wore flared trousers or sported a glorious mullet with no sense of self-consciousness. Under the right circumstances however, it can […]
Brazil and The Netherlands combine forces in the brutally destructive form of Crypta, who have released their third single Dark Night of the Soul. Their upcoming debut album Echoes of the Soul will be released this Friday on Napalm Records. Expect an overload of old school savagery, destructive riffing and […]
Power metal, the most glorious of all musical offerings. Many a form it can take, but never strayeth far from its epic nature. Previously we have covered nu/industrial influenced Tungsten, and pop-power tinged Metalite. This time the shift moves to the symphonic side, the focus being on Switzerland’s Ad Infinitum. […]
2021 has produced plenty of stunning albums, and we’re not even half way through yet. UK metal has always provided albums worthy of the global stage. With the apocalypse of the past 18 months slowly coming to an end we can hopefully get to tearing it up in the mosh […]
Ah, the breakdown. Probably the single biggest bone of contention to be included within a heavy metal song. Often derided, mocked and vilified, but there is no doubting its impact on bringing heavy music to a wider audience. Part of its rejection is that the incorporation of breakdowns into heavy […]
Sometimes you know exactly what you are going to get. Whether that be the UK’s final Eurovision score, or violent toilet episodes following a delicious Taco Bell. Bloodbound are one such band in which the conclusion can be formed ahead of time. Gloriously over the top fantasy power metal. More […]
As far a heavy metal icons go, former Twisted Sister lead man Dee Snider is part of the elite pack. Now with his solo band, Dee Snider is following up 2018’s For the Love of Metal with freshly announced new album Leave A Scar. Coinciding with the announcement is the […]
Hailing from Hertfordshire, on the northern shore of Londontown England, VEXED have arrived with their debut album Culling Culture. Modern metal incarnate, taking a heavily djent influenced style of brutal deathcore, with clean melodic passages (and an absence of bree’s), VEXED have taken most of modern metal’s usual tropes and […]
