Review: Itheist – Itheist
The boundaries of black metal are pushed ever further on this powerful release.
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Threshold of Existence: Ashbringer on Progression, Growth and Transcending Genre
How Ashbringer transcended their black metal origins.
Review: An Isolated Mind – I’m Losing Myself
Beyond the many platitudes spoken about mental health awareness, to hear the limitless despair that characterises these diseases twisted into creative energy is as impressive as it is morbidly refreshing.
Review: False – Portent
Portent may just prove the most ambitious USBM release of 2019, but we’d also put money on it being the best.
Premiere: Hidden Mothers – The Longest Journey Yet
Check out a life-affirming bout of blackened post-metal from newcomers Hidden Mothers.
Review: Uboa & Bolt Gun – The Slow Cancellation Of The Future/Exorcism Refuge
Two names from the Aussie heavy music scene come together for this new split.
Introducing the Sludgy Death’N’Roll Horror of Video Nasties
Melodeath meets sludge meets black’n’roll in the music of these Scouse oddballs
Song Premiere and Track-by-Track Rundown: Redbait – Cages
Be amongst the first to hear a brand new track from proletariat crust outfit Redbait, alongside a track-by-track rundown of the EP.
Album Premiere: Bitter Lake – New Branches On Old Trees
Hear the album that one blog referred to as “auditory vomit”.
Mantar: Fiery Blackened Punk for the Age of the Absurd
Some men just wanna watch the burn; Mantar are among them.
Live Gallery: Pagan at The Joiners
We documented Pagan on their recent UK tour.
Boiling In The Hourglass: Cosmic Death Metal Through the Aeons
A collection of bands whose music delves into the cosmos to face the fear of the things that should not be.
Review: Neckbeard Deathcamp – So Much For The Tolerant Left
When a band is this good at pissing off bigots, it’s hard not to love ‘em.
Review: Employed To Serve – Eternal Forward Motion
Extreme times call for extreme reactions…
Festival Review: Roadburn 2019
Four days of metal madness in Holland reviewed.
Frantic Noise and Tortured Psyches: An Exploration of the World’s Heaviest Sludge
We’ve burrowed deep into the tortured cries and thunderous fuzz to bring you the best and most unfathomably intense sludge out there.
