Extreme Metal

Hell-Born / ‘Natas Liah’ is an end to end brutal delight

Polish Extreme Cult Metal legends Hell-Born return with their first album in twelve years, 'Natas Liah', a wittily playful 'Hail Satan' backwards, which the band believes is "by far the best album...

Belushi Speed Ball / Spongebob influences gives Metal madness we all need

There are bands who do things by the book. And then there is Louisville Crossover Thrashers Belushi Speed Ball, who have "successfully thumbed their collective nose at conformism since 2013." Belushi Speed...

Riddlebreak / Architeuthis is brilliantly eclectic and very well balanced

Almost five years to the day, Johannesburg’s Progressive influenced Metalcore outfit Riddlebreak return with a second EP 'Architeuthis', which means Giant Squid. It is the follow up to 2016’s 'Collapsar' EP, which...

Yoth Iria / As The Flame Withers is a musical masterpiece

Formed in 2019 but with a line-up pedigree that goes back thirty-five years, Yoth Iria is the brainchild of Greek Black Metal veterans Jim Mutilator (Dimitris "Jim" Patsouris) on bass and The...

Asphyx / Necroceros is cathartically brutal and hugely engaging

"The human race is doomed and only death is real." In which case it sounds like it is time for a new Asphyx album and obligingly they are ready "to noisily emphasise...

Antre / Black Metal with an atmosphere that is claustrophobic, savage and intense

Nottingham’s Atmospheric Black Metal outfit Antre return, intent on building on the successes of their 2019 full length 'Void', with their follow up EP 'Dark Spectrum'. Antre - Dark Spectrum EP (Withered Hand...

Goatwhore / Florida live stream delivers atmospheric and rewarding experience

The first time I saw Goatwhore live was 12 May 2012, in support of their 'Blood for the Master' album alongside Havok, Angelus Apatrida and Three Inches of Blood. I remember it...

Ingested / Debut album remixed and remastered, revealing it in all it’s putrid glory

Towards the end of 2006, British Brutal Slam Death Metal legends Ingested almost released their debut EP, 'Stinking Cesspool of Liquefied Human Remnants', but it was shelved. However, to mark their fifteen...

Rogga Johansson and Felix Stass deliver raw and dirty Swedish Death Metal

A new year and a new Rogga album. Why? Because he can!! And there is never a wrong time for a Rogga album - that is why!! Stass - Songs Of Flesh And...

Arallu / Re-worked Desert Battles considerably better than the original version

Back in 2009 Israeli Black/Death Metal outfit Arallu released 'Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands' and despite the album selling out, the band were never fully happy with the mix and...

Frozen Soul / Delivering an intense chunk of icy old school Death Metal

Texas is not always sunny, in fact it can be decidedly frosty, especially if you are within a five-mile radius of Texan Death Metal quintet Frozen Soul, as their debut studio full...

Arhat / Ukrainian Groove Metal with fantastic Eastern exotic edge

With their distinctive exotic sound, you could easily be mistaken in thinking Ukrainian Groove Metal band Arhat, whose name in Buddhism means "one who has gained insight into the true nature of...

Curse Of Eibon / Book Of Eibon is spawned from worlds beyond

In early 2020, four Swedish guys, Fredrik Croona, Martin Antonsson, Mathias Back and Anders Ström, got together with the intention of creating something fun and interesting, and so the Melodic Occult Death...

FANG / An absolute classic, American Nightmare is finally released

American Hardcore Punk outfit Fang, are one of the most influential West Coast Hardcore bands ever, with bands like Mudhoney, the Butthole Surfers, Metallica and Nirvana covering their material Fang – American Nightmare Words:...

Enslaved / Epic 12-Part Documentary tells the story of the Norwegian Extreme Metal band

The 30 year Heavy Metal career of Enslaved is currently being featured elaborate 12-part television documentary named 'Heimvegen (The Way Home)'. Read more here

Sculptor / Melodeath Metal with haunting, mournful moods and melodies

Sculptor - taking the core of the Göthenburg sound and fashioned it into their own style with 'Untold Secrets'

The Fallen Prophets / The unstoppable South Africans proclaim there is ‘No End in Sight’.

The Fallen Prophets are unstoppable. This current global situation becomes for them a challenge to be beaten in their own way. Read about No End in Sight

Paradise Lost / Draconian Times give us a greater respect for both album and band

Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Paradise Lost Draconian Times with the reissued vinyl edition! This iconic album defined a generation.
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