Napalm Records are absolutely firing on all cylinders right now, dropping a stacked lineup of releases that show just how wide the modern heavy landscape has become. From veteran heavyweights still pushing their sound forward to rising theatrical forces and genre defining extremes, this latest Read More …
There is something fitting about Via Miseria IV arriving wrapped in shadow, melancholy, and myth. For all the talk around HOKKA being a new band, this does not feel like a fresh start built from nothing. It feels more like the aftermath of fire. It Read More …
Three decades in, Aurora Borealis still sound like a band answering to nobody but themselves. That has always been part of the appeal. Across the years, Ron Vento has built Aurora Borealis into something that feels fierce, atmospheric, and deeply personal, never settling into one Read More …
Metal Blade Records continue to prove exactly why they remain one of the most important forces in heavy music, delivering a stacked wave of releases that span the full spectrum of extreme metal. From underground stalwarts to genre defining legends, this latest run is a Read More …
Rising from the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut heavy music underground, Another Demon are quickly establishing themselves as a serious force within modern thrash. Built from a lineup of seasoned musicians with deep roots in hardcore and metal, the band brings together experience, precision, Read More …
Hardcore punk has always thrived on speed, aggression and attitude. But every now and then, a band that built its name on chaos finds a moment of clarity that hits just as hard. For DFL, that moment arrives with their latest single “Second Chances.” More Read More …
The Absolution Sequence unleash Ghost Mantra, the first single from their debut album Dread Cycle. Dark, precise, and technically brutal, the Tasmanian band deliver a spectral journey through ancestral hauntings and extreme metal mastery. Read More …
My Own Will have dropped the title track Misery from their upcoming EP, and it’s a relentless auditory onslaught. Fast, heavy, and unpredictable, the Michigan band push their deathcore/hardcore fusion to new extremes. Misery is just the start of what promises to be an EP that will leave pits in its wake. Read More …
There are some artists whose presence alone feels larger than life, and then there is Zakk Wylde. For decades, Wylde has stood as one of heavy music’s most instantly recognisable figures. The riffs are massive, the tone is unmistakable, the image is iconic, and the Read More …
There are some interviews that make perfect sense on paper, and then there are the ones that feel unexpected until the first few minutes reveal exactly why they work. A chat between Crannk and They Might Be Giants might seem like one of those unlikely Read More …
Alt rock mainstays Sparta are back with a renewed sense of purpose, unveiling their powerful new single “Crater” alongside the announcement of their upcoming album Cut A Silhouette, due out May 29. For a band with such a deep and influential legacy, this isn’t just Read More …
There are comeback records, and then there are records that arrive sounding like the world has caught back up with the band that made them. For Clawfinger, Before We All Die feels exactly like that. Released on February 20th, the Swedish Norwegian crossover pioneers have Read More …
