Beartooth have provided frontman Caleb Shomo an opportunity to expose his soul to the world. From being a side project back in the days he performed in Attack Attack!, now a fully fledged band on to its fourth album. Below represents the hardest hitting offerings so far from the US […]
As part of the first wave of the Gothenburg sound of Swedish Death Metal, In Flames helped to pioneer Melodic Death metal, alongside fellow countrymen At The Gates and Dark Tranquility. Over time they have evolved their sound, and as such comfortably rose as the most popular of the Swedish […]
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 […]
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 […]
If there is an album that wraps up everything about modern heavy metal in a neat package, it would be Dysphoria. Technical rhythms and brutal breakdowns. Singalong choruses designed for stadiums. Aggressive deathcore screaming and bellowing. Downtuned complex chugging. The band in question here is Termina, formed of vocalist Andy Cizek […]
When the king of party rocking has taken a sharp turn to the dark side, does that sum up the modern world in one succinct action? Whilst the world is simultaneously recovering from and being further battered by Covid, political differences and agenda’s coming out of every orifice, heavy metal […]
Canadian crossover rockers Sumo Cyco announced that their latest release Initiation is titled as an invite to fans to enter their world. An interesting world it is. Mixing up the world of reality with a comic book inspired world called Cyco City, it takes a little while to wrap your […]
Italy’s Reality Grey have released a brutal new music video for Preachers of Hatred, taken from their upcoming third full length release Beneath This Crown. Recommended for those to require a healthy dose of heavy metalcore, with some standout drumming and a pounding outro. The premise of the track is […]
Spirits and oceans collide on this week’s edition of Metal Track of the Week. Along with a certain crustacean labelled form of metalcore making it’s long awaited resurgence. There have been some standout heavy metal albums released this week. But we’re not here for that, we’re here for the mighty […]
