At the pioneering forefront of the 2021 nu-metal revival, breakout US stars Tetrarch have released the latest single from their upcoming album Unstable. Addicted is the fourth and final release before their sophomore album is released this Friday on Napalm Records. After Tetrarch channelled their inner Slipknot on previous release […]
Variety is the spice of life so I have heard. So when a week in metal which contains metalcore titans, djenty destruction, inter-dimensional extreme wizards, and a cappella metal, ’tis a good week it be. Mighty forces have travelled through time to test the might of earth’s greatest heroes. The […]
With the release of Cannibal Corpse‘s new LP Violence Unimagined this week, and impending album releases from Gojira, Evile, Tetrarch, Beartooth, Sumo Cyco and Vexed amongst others, heavy metal has an exciting near future in store for us all. However, lest we not forget the mighty single release as we […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When the title track for Serj Tankian‘s new solo Elasticity EP came out a few weeks ago, I was mostly left feeling disappointed. The despondency came twofold, both from the excellent twin release of Protect The Land and Genocidal Humanoidz from the full System of a Down collective, and just […]
One of heavy metal’s premier vocalists, former Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones is back with new single The Blade. New band SION has been formed in collaboration with YouTuber, guitarist and lord of memes Jared Dines. Jared is continuing to flex his muscles with recent collaborations with Trivium‘s Matt Heafy. […]
