There are albums you listen to. Then there are albums you enter. Cryptic Shift’s Overspace & Supertime, released February 27 through Metal Blade Records, does not simply follow up 2020’s Visitations From Enceladus. It fractures time, splits its own mythology in two, and drags the Read More …
Danish/Faroese progressive metal voyagers IOTUNN capture their laser lit Copenhell 2023 performance on new live album Waves Over Copenhell, out now via Metal Blade Records, as they prepare to storm Europe with In Vain and Nephylim in 2026. There are bands who sound powerful on Read More …
Adelaide progressive metal outfit Ekosa open 2026 with intent, power, and sharpened vision. Their new single Deliver Us From Evil, landing January 8, marks the first new material since their 2023 debut Eye For I and positions the band firmly among Australia’s most compelling modern Read More …
There are bands who perform, bands who evolve, and then there are bands like Persefone—artists who transform every time they touch an instrument. And with their upcoming release Live In Andorra (out December 5, 2025 via Napalm Records), Persefone have captured a moment that feels Read More …
There are few bands in the world of extreme metal as ambitious or forward-thinking as ALKALOID. Since forming in 2013, this collective of virtuosos — featuring members of Obscura, Triptykon, and Dark Fortress — has made it their mission to dissolve the limits of genre. Read More …
Some interviews crackle with chaos before you even hit record. That’s what it felt like sitting down with Sergi “Bobby” Verdeguer, the rhythmic engine of Andorra’s progressive death metal machine Persefone. A ten-minute blast, no filler, just pure velocity — like being dropped into one Read More …
