Year: 2022

It’s Sleigher the sequel! Members of Haken, Dream Theater and Protest the Hero have once again ventured South of Lapland for a festive mash-up of two Slayer classics. “South Of Lapland (Santa’s Gory Yuletide)” features […]

Rome’s Shores of Null has a fourth album coming out next year, to expand their discography of melancholic doom. “The Loss Of Beauty” goes back to the usual full-length structure with different tracks, after the immersive experience of […]

This is where The Fixer departs on their first musical journey with latest members, Ryan Osbourne and Dr. Wiggins joining Melladonna and Vic Sin, armed with an insanely catchy new single for their track “Depart.” […]

It was a great year for UNDERTOW. The trade press celebrated the current album “BIPOLAR” and the live concerts culminated at METAL HAMMER PARADISE. Therefore, at the end of the year, the “most underrated, best […]

Finnish heavy metallers Oceanhoarse are proud to present “Carved in Stone” – the 5th single from their upcoming sophomore studio album Heads Will Roll, which will be released on February 17th, 2023 on Noble Demon. […]

Left-field metal luminaries Enslaved have revealed a single and video for ‘Caravans to the Outer Worlds (Live from The Otherworldly Big Band Experience)‘. The track, which comes from their forthcoming new studio album Heimdal (out March 3rd), as well as […]

Black Rheno kick straight into gear for 2023 with ‘The Summer Of Sludge Tour’ hitting stages across NSW. After a blistering 2022 with headline tours along the east coast and appearing at heavy fests including […]

Seeing only seven songs on an album can feel a little short. Then you check out the track listing and realise you are in 7 songs of epic mastery from progressive blackened death metal band […]

Taking their name from the Indian deity of Destruction, Singapore’s underground legends Rudra returns with their tenth full-length album.  Throughout their career, Rudra has never been content with simplistic notions, and Eight Mahavidyas is a […]

Greek Extreme metal stalwarts, the mighty Rotting Christ, have dropped a collection of rare unreleased tracks and covers for the fan for the first time on digital. These are not new recordings but the originals […]

German Symphonic Metal shooting stars Beyond the Black are back with a bang to start a new chapter. Following the release of highly acclaimed tracks “Reincarnation” and “Is There Anybody Out There” the band return […]

Melbourne’s BLACK LAVA has unleashed a furious debut offering within a year of their formation. Soul Furnace featuring members from HADAL MAW, NE OBLIVISCARIS and BLACKHELM, is a truly brutal offering, and the calibre of […]

Led by Julius Mite, Veliu Namai invites you to experience the Baltics’ mystical world- to feel its ancient past’s sacredness. Alkai represents the tapestry and musical emotions woven into a ritualistic tapestry of dark folk, […]

Project 34 is a completely immersive experience that chronicles the life of man over 19 tracks. Based In Australia, it is a project that involves over 30 musicians and styles from every part of the […]

The album begins with the title track Overgivenheten a foray of acoustic guitars and other fretted instruments like the banjo and mandolin. It slides guitar, which is accompanied slowly by orchestral keys with a beautiful […]

“Winter is Coming” is the motto of the debut album of Berlin symphonic metallers DYING PHOENIX. The first single “Weaver Of Lies” is now available on Youtube and all common platforms. Pre-orders are also now […]

DISPYRIA release the eagerly awaited first video for “Blue Mirror” featuring Zak Stevens (Savatage, Trans Siberian Orchestra). The track comes off the upcoming new album “The Story Of Marion Dust” which can be pre-ordered at: […]

Riverstage Brisbane hosted all time 90’s punkrock bands Sum 41 and The Offspring during their Australian tour. It was my first time seeing them live and I was certainly not disappointed. Sum 41 got everyone […]

What do you get when five bad ass babes, born and bred on “Appetite for Destruction” come together? You get, PARADISE KITTY, one of the world’s leading tributes to the mighty Guns N’ Roses. With serious metal […]

Eventually there comes a time when the hype about a band becomes superfluous, and their status alone speaks volumes. Such is the case with EMPEROR, the black metal gods hailing from Telemark, Norway. EMPEROR has become known as […]

On February 24th, Finnish metal melancholists Insomnium will release their ninth full-length, Anno 1696, via Century Media Records. Based on a short story by Niilo Sevänen (bass/vocals), Anno 1696 is woven with sorrow and the last crumbling vestiges […]

Are you ready to embrace the darkness inside you? Announcing the signing of Swedish modern sci-fi metal outfit CURSE OF CAIN, Atomic Fire Records is challenging you! Conceived back in 2000 by ex-FOLLOW THE CIPHER and ex-AD INFINITUM forward-thinking bass […]

Temtris are ready to release the 7th studio album, “Khaos Divine” on March 17th, 2023 through Wormholedeath records, including another special Japanese pressing through Wormholedeath Japan! Khaos Divine is a stunning, modern metal concept album, […]

Seven long years following the release of their critically acclaimed debut full-length album “Heavy Over The Home”, Perth-based death-metal outfit Sanzu finally unleash new material in the form of a visualizer video for a new track off the band’s […]