Month: February 2024

The commencement of the new year saw Edmonton, Canada’s heavy metal ensemble Striker unveiling their seventh studio album, “Ultrapower” (2024), marking a significant milestone following their independent release, Play to Win (2018). Established in 2007, […]

Unfortunately due to horrific traffic and a parking situation I’d prefer not to re-live…ever, I only made it inside for the last song from Sydney’s Besomora. A stirring rendition of Kiss classic I was made […]

Swedish ethereal post-metal heavyweights KATATONIA return to Australia for their first headline tour in nearly a decade, solemnly set the stage for a nocturne both crushing and exhilarating. Led by founding members Jonas Renkse and […]

Coven Japan is a heavy metal band from (err) Japan formed in 2016, releasing their debut album ‘Earthlings’ in 2023. Founded by guitarist Akihiro Ito and singer Taka, Coven Japan brings the sound of the […]

Burden Of Grief are a thrash metal band from Germany formed in 1994 releasing eight albums to date – ‘Haunting Requeims’ (2000), ‘On Darker Trails’ (2001), ‘Fields Of Salvation’ (2003), ‘Death End Road’ (2007), ‘Follow […]

March To Die are a heavy metal band based in Cyprus featuring members from bands such as Mirror, Friends Of Hell, and Solitary Sabred. The band identify themselves as “epic heavy metal”, yet for me […]

Kill The Lights, which features former members of Bullet for My Valentine, Throw the Fight, Threat Signal, and Still Remains, have announced their sophomore album Death Melodies. It will be released on March 8 via […]

Florida five-piece CAPSTAN — Anthony DeMario (vocals), Joe Mabry (guitar), Harrison Bormann (guitar), Andrew “Boz” Bozymowski (bass, vocals), and Scott Fisher (drums) — are pleased to announce their new album The Mosaic, out May 24 […]

U.S. metalcore act Like Moths To Flames have dropped a new double single: Paradigm Trigger and Angels Weep. It’s the first new music from the band since last spring’s I Found The Dark Side of […]

Tokyo Riff Lord Sable Hills following up on their recent single ‘Odyssey’ with their their brand new track ‘No Turning Back’ that embodies the spirit of unwavering determination, featuring a dynamic Trevor Phipps of Unearth, […]

Last summer, NIGHT SHALL DRAPE US signed with Season of Mist to spread their melodically unyielding black metal over the world. Though they came together from far corners of the Nordic underground, these brothers are […]

After skyrocketing out of nowhere to the public eye as teenagers with the Finnish Eurovision qualification program UMK and now three full-length, critically acclaimed studio albums under their belt, Finland’s melodic metal frontrunners ARION have […]

King Zebra unveils their highly anticipated album, “Between The Shadows,” scheduled for release on April 12, 2024. The band hailing from the picturesque city of Zurich, Switzerland, emerges as the new face of rock in […]

Renowned Polish multi-talented metal musician Paul Jaroszewicz (Vader, Decapitated, Hate, Antigama, Obscure Sphinx) alongside experienced musicians on the Polish metal scene: Adrian Meissner, Rafał Tarlachan, Błażej Kasprzak and Jakub Śliwowski inaugurate their newest project – […]

Have you ever looked into the mirror and asked: “Am I wasting my life on simple pleasures and pointless diversions?”. If you have, then you know what the new EXELERATE song/video is about. Having the […]

The new song/video, “Sun Eater” is the first to release via their new label Greyscale Records, and it’s a pretty mega introduction! The band bend the boundaries of their genre, melding elements of nü-metal, mathcore, […]

BENIGHTED is ready to unleash the macabre as they announce their latest new album Ekbom. Pulsating with brutality, this new full-length studio album weaves a tale of psychological horror. The album alludes to Delusional Parasitosis, […]

Norway’s trailblazing cosmic voyagers, Enslaved, released their latest avant-garde creation Heimdal, one year ago. To celebrate the studio album’s first year of existence, the band recently announced the Heimdal (Deluxe) digital album, due out on […]

After charting #1 on the Official German Album Charts with their latest two records and gracing the cover of German Metal Hammer magazine, Germany’s top-notch force FEUERSCHWANZ is now celebrating the band’s 20th anniversary by […]

Brisbane Metalcore act Bad Party deliver their heaviest single to date with sultry new single Pray, their first release with brand new vocalist Dale Dudeson of fellow Brisbane metalcore outfit Revoid. Pray is produced, mixed […]

Fresh from their worldwide signing to UNFD in late 2023, Wollongong five-piece Alienist return today with a monstrous new single Distorted Reflections alongside announcing their debut EP, Love/Hate, officially due out on Friday 1 March […]

WE LOST THE SEA have announced their first shows in Australia in two years, taking place in April and May. Along with headline shows in Sydney & Melbourne, they will also join US legends BOTCH […]

Today, tAKiDA, one of Sweden’s largest and most successful rock bands, will finally reveal their massive ninth studio album and Napalm Records debut, The agony flame! In anticipation of the upcoming release, the quintet have […]

BLACK OAK COUNTY releases their brand new hard-rocking single and official video, “Save Your Breath”! Don’t hold your breath just yet, because you’ll be singing along in seconds. Following the band’s latest releases “Back For […]