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“Scrutiny”, the second full-length album of Estonian Death Metal quartet Beyond the Structure is now playing in full ahead of the release date set for tomorrow, April 28th via Vicious Instinct Records. The follow-up to Beyond the Structure‘s debut album “Nauseating Truth” was recorded at Walter Productions Studios in Tallinn, Estonia by Are Kangus, mixed by Igor Ovcharenko in Samara, Russia, and […]
Bordeaux-based heavy blues merchants DÄTCHA MANDALA‘s new video pays tribute to the “Rock’n’Roll Queen” Janis Joplin. Their new EP “The Last Drop” is set to be released on May 20th through Mrs. Red Sound with the exclusive video documentary “In Studio With Dätcha Mandala”. Experience the Flower Power era listening to […]
Sharing the myths and tales of the Scottish highlands, Caledonian Metal band SAOR is now finally releasing a brand new track and music video. The track ‘Origins’ is inspired by the origins of the Picts and the legacy of the standing stones they left behind. Frontman Andy Marshall comments: “It’s been a long wait and an unpredictable few years […]
Melbourne-based Black Metal collective Thrall shares the first advance track from their fourth full-length album “Schisms”, which is set for release on May 28th on vinyl via Impure Sounds and on cassette via Brilliant Emperor. Having been away from the recording studios for nearly seven years, Melbourne-based Black Metal collective Thrall appeared to be relegated to […]
Sydney-based sludgy Doom Metal merchants Mountain Wizard Death Cult have recently dropped a music video for a brand new song to be included in their yet-untitled debut album coming later this year via Blighttown Records. The band comments: “Initiation” feels like a culmination of the journey we’ve been through together as a band… channeling […]
Romanian Modern Metalcore band Taking Back August has released ‘Another Day To Live’, their latest single. The song is built around corrosive, massive riffs, over which a volcanic rhythm is cleverly arranged. Alex Precup’s voice pierces your heart like a drill thanks to its dual nature: Heaven and Hell. The atmospheric synths enhance the sound of the […]
Scottish anti-fascists Tyrannus will release their second album “Unslayable” this Friday via True Cult Records, a great effort that sees the band masterfully merge black and thrash metal with some psychedelic and post-rock touches. Formed in 2018, Tyrannus started out as a duo comprised of Callum John Cant (guitars/bass/vocals) and […]
Two years, following the release of their critically-lauded debut album “Khaos”, Swiss Blackened Grind four-piece group Icare are back with their second full-length “Charogne”, due out on May 6 via Hummus Records. Inspired by Charles Baudelaire’s poem “Une Charogne”, this new album was composed in order to a complete and immersive live experience, so Icare crafted a whole single track […]
The Nika Riots is a musical quintet from Oslo, Norway featuring members of such bands as Man the Machetes, Carnival Kids, and Torch. Pulling in influences from modern metal and post-hardcore, the group has kept busy since first appearing via 2018’s “Set Fire” EP, touring with bands like Sibiir and Black Debbath, and playing Øya Festivalen and […]
One of Greece’s most prominent underground bands, Agnes Vein, has found itself at yet another crossroad amidst one of the most endearing times in recent history. The blackened doom trio have only recently approached the release of their third LP, “Deathcall .” Following their well-received sophomore album, 2013’s “Souls,” and […]