Eivør Reflects On Love, Loss And The Walls Between Us On New Single Verjugarðar / Walls

Faroese visionary artist Eivør has revealed another stunning piece from her upcoming studio album Tungl, with the release of her new single “Verjugarðar / Walls”. The track is out now, with Tungl set for release on October 16. Pre-order Tungl:https://eivor.bfan.link/tungl Listen to “Verjugarðar / Walls”:https://eivor.bfan.link/verjugardar Read More …

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TO THE GRAVE’S DANE EVANS ON LIBERATION FRONT, ANIMAL LIBERATION AND “ULTIMATE VIOLENCE”

Some deathcore records are violent because brutality sounds good. TO THE GRAVE’s new album, Liberation Front, is violent because the reality it reflects is worse. I had already spent plenty of time absolutely hammering this album before speaking with vocalist Dane Evans. It is a Read More …

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Inside METALITE’s Discovery: Edwin Premberg on Sci Fi Storytelling, Heavier Riffs and What Comes Next

When Edwin Premberg begins creating a new METALITE album, he does not sit down with every planet, character and destination already mapped out. He starts with the music, captures whatever melodies and riffs arrive, experiments with the sounds and allows the story to reveal itself Read More …

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Brujeria No Murió: El Criminal on Loss, Legacy and Returning Down Under

Some gigs stay with you because of the bands on the bill. Others stay with you because the entire room feels like it is one bad decision away from descending into absolute chaos. New Dead Metalfest at Fowlers Live in Adelaide in October 2017 gave Read More …

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Metal Blade Records July Wrap Up: Harlott, RAM And Gradience Deliver New Singles

Metal Blade Records have delivered another heavy round of new music, with Australian thrashers Harlott, Swedish heavy metal titans RAM and Danish metallers Gradience all pushing toward major upcoming releases. From politically charged Australian thrash, to classic heavy metal rebellion, to a wild collision of Read More …

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Flotsam and Jetsam’s Michael Gilbert on Rats in the Temple and First Australian Tour

Nearly forty years after Doomsday for the Deceiver first tore its way into the metal world, Flotsam and Jetsam are not interested in surviving on history alone. Their sixteenth studio album, Rats in the Temple, arrives on August 28 through Napalm Records, carrying the precision, Read More …

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Nyctalor Interview: Anonymity, Decay and I: The Collapse

Nyctalor arrived without names, roles or a trail of individual personalities to follow. Formed in the Australian Capital Territory in 2025, the anonymous collective have deliberately pushed attention towards the music, artwork and atmosphere surrounding their debut EP, I: The Collapse. Across two extended compositions Read More …

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Famous Strangers Open Up About Healing, Freedom And Their Debut Album

The Alberta quartet open up about the long road to their self titled debut, creative freedom and the seven songs that finally brought their story together. Famous Strangers may be a relatively new name in heavy music, but there is nothing inexperienced about the four Read More …

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THE ETERNAL: Mark Kelson On Obscured Horizons, Mortality And Finding Hope In The Darkness

Some albums arrive at exactly the right moment. Others feel like they have walked beside you through the darkness before helping point towards whatever might be waiting beyond it. When I first caught up with Mark Kelson from The Eternal two years ago around the Read More …

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Stellar Circuits Release Powerful New Single In The Smoke

North Carolina alternative metal standouts Stellar Circuits have released their new single “In The Smoke”, continuing what has already been a massive creative run of standalone releases throughout 2026. The new track is available now via Nuclear Blast Records, alongside an official visualizer. Stream “In Read More …

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Shadowmare Interview: Transfiguration, Survival and a New Era of Portuguese Technical Thrash

Formed in southern Portugal in 2015, Shadowmare have spent more than a decade developing a sound built from the aggression of thrash and death metal alongside the precision and complexity of progressive and technical metal. Across the EP From Hell to the Future, the albums Read More …

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Besomora’s Devotion to the Fear: Nine-String Guitars, Demons and Metal Rebirth

There are some bands you discover because a press release lands in your inbox at the right moment. Others become part of your world slowly, one song and one encounter at a time. Besomora fall firmly into that second category for me. I first came Read More …

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