UNDERGROUND NEWS: INTERNATIONAL

Togo based metallers ARKA’N ASRAFOKOR [Asrafocore = “Music of the Warriors” (“asrafo” means “warrior” in their mother language)] continue to determinedly walk the path to the release of their sophomore album “Dzikkuh” (due out on […]

NIGHT SHALL DRAPE US came together from corners of the Nordic underground, bound by bonds of blood and spirit, to create traditional black metal executed to perfection. Their third offering from their upcoming debut album […]

MY MERRY MACHINE release their first video from the upcoming album “Total War” (out June 14,.2024). Hard, dark, distopic, disturbing…. or summarized: “EXTREME” Who is My Merry Machine? My Merry Machine – when even the […]

Better Lovers, who have been wrapping up work on their eagerly-awaited debut album, return to the road, anticipating a very busy year ahead, with numerous North American, and European tour dates and festival performances already confirmed. […]

In the final stages of recording their sophomore album, Danish rockers SILVERA realized that two more songs were needed to complete the project. In a spontaneous turn of events, they decided to write one of […]

Otherworldly alt. duo ZETRA have emerged from the shadows once more with whisper of their highly anticipated, self-titled debut album, that will be released on 13th September via Nuclear Blast Records. The wanderers have also […]

This summer, on July 5, 2024, India’s heavy metal powerhouse KRYPTOS strikes back with its devastating, forthcoming studio offering Decimator! The album pre-sale is available via AFM Records at https://kryptos.bfan.link/decimator A new video for the band’s […]

BIG SUN unveils an electrifying new video and digital single, titled “Directions” – a journey through chaos to self-discovery. Big Sun, the dynamic powerhouse hard rock trio, sets the stage ablaze with the release of […]

Primed to be one of the most anticipated albums in metalcore this year, Foreign Hands announce the release of What’s Left Unsaid due out June 21st on SharpTone Records. Working with producer Will Putney (Knocked […]

MY MERRY MACHINE present the cover of their upcoming album “Total War” for the first time. Nine brand new songs – hard – modern – cheeky – are waiting to be explored. The cover was […]

2024 marks twenty years of BLOODBOUND. Twenty years in which the Swedish power metal export has left a lasting impression on fans and the worldwide metal scene. The band can call ten studio albums their own, […]

An epic, atmospheric, melodic and melancholic doom/gothic metal tune – the second single and the new video being the title track from Danish BLAZING ETERNITY’s upcoming comeback album. One of Denmark’s pioneer bands within the […]

PUSSY SISSTER are back: with a new label and a new album, they seamlessly pick up on their wild and laid-back past.  10 songs that have everything a true advocate of sleaze rock loves and […]

Over twenty years have passed since the last work “The Tempter”, now it’s time for a new album! After a long break, which was more than filled with FACTORY UNDER COVER, Leipzig’s FACTORY OF ART […]

One Step Closer recently announced their highly anticipated new full-length, ‘All You Embrace’, and today the Wilkes-Barre melodic hardcore heroes are back with a daring new single Giant’s Despair. Due out May 17th from Cooking Vinyl Australia […]

When Togolese metal five-piece ARKA’N ASRAFOKOR [Asrafocore = “Music of the Warriors” (“asrafo” means “warrior” in their mother language)] promised that their latest single ‘Walk With Us’ was only the beginning, they were more than […]

Richmond, Virginia metal-punk trio BAT has been delivering their own blood-spattered horror since ascending from the underground a decade ago on a dark, leather-winged trajectory. The brainchild of MUNICIPAL WASTE guitarists Ryan Waste & Nick Poulos, BAT leans heavily on the dirtier side of speed […]

The North German Heavy Metal band Mob Rules will release their new single, a cover version of Iron Maiden‘s “Run To The Hills”, via the label Steamhammer/SPV today. It is 1 of 3 new cover […]

Legendary Dutch death metallers PESTILENCE preview their upcoming, re-recorded best-of album, “Levels of Perception”, set for release on April 26th via Agonia Records. The album features twelve tracks from across the band’s 38-year career and will be preceded by a three-week long […]

Nocturna has released a video for “Strangers”, second single taken from the new album “Of Sorcery And Darkness” to be released on April 19th by Scarlet Records. The sophomore record of the band founded by […]

Harbinger of Woe delivers plenty of punishment. Brennan Shackelford flails his drum kit with the pinging precision of a dungeon master. But the song isn’t inhumane. After all, someone was responsible for administering these historic […]

Southern California’s DAYSEEKER — Rory Rodriguez [vocals], Gino Sgambelluri [guitar], Ramone Valerio [bass], and Zac Mayfield [drums] — recently announced their forthcoming acoustic album Replica, which arrives digitally on April 19 and physically on June 14 […]

After many years of silence, the legendary death metal force of NECROPHAGIA, one of the very first death metal acts, has reawakened. The band’s revamped line-up have signed to Time To Kill Records for the […]

French heavy metal pioneers NIGHTMARE have unleashed new details about their upcoming, brand new studio offering entitled Encrypted! The band’s twelfth album is slated for a release on June 7 2024 via AFM Records, the […]