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FEN is now unleashing the fierce video clip ‘Scouring Ignorance,’ the first single track taken from East Anglian’s forthcoming album “Monuments to Absence,” which is scheduled for release on July 7, 2023. “We originally wanted to pen a piece from a perspective of strength and self-actualization, addressing the idea of literally scouring ignorance from the […]
Athens-based post-sludge-metal band Allochiria will release their third full-length album “Commotion” on April 24th via Venerate Industries. Now, the Greek collective share a music video, directed by Manos Daskalakis, for the leading single ‘Darklight’. The band comments on this new video “This pretty much describes a ghost town, where people were forced to evacuate due […]
Republic of Moldova’s first and solely folk metal band, HARMASAR, has released a new EP “Păcatu’.” With their highly awaited record, the band hopes to take the Moldavian folk traditions and revitalize them for a modern-day setting. This EP follows their album “Din Pământ” (2016) and single “XIII” (2020). Păcatu' by HARMASAR The record title “Păcatu’” translates to “the […]
Formed in 2008, Heerenveen-based band SWIM OR DROWN conjures pure metallic hardcore adrenaline. The Dutch quintet has brought absolute hell for 14 years with the same lineup. “We are so fucking proud of this, and we hope that we can add another 14 years,” states the vocalist Jan. They have […]
Recently formed Death Metal band ENSANGUINATE have managed to draw the attention of the scowling but sharp eyes of the extreme metal scene since the first songs they released. Formed in 2020, ENSANGUINATE is Slovenia’s putrid entry into the death metal grimoire of old. Leaning laboriously on the genre’s occult […]
Italian sludgy doom-metal trio S.I.D. today shares a music video for the title track of their new EP “City of Chemistry”, which is set for release on October 14th via Gruesome Records in cooperation with SFA Records and V.A.N.G.A. Records. Formed in 2019, S.I.D. is a doom-metal trio from Italy, whose sound can be described as a mix […]
The Slamming Brutal Death Metal band HRUBA, founded in Iasi, Romania, released their debut EP titled “Inherent Obedience” on September 9th, 2022. Mixed and mastered at Wicked Studio Iasi, this first record also includes the two singles released earlier this year. The debut material features 7 tracks that explore different […]
VALBORG‘s massive new full-length “Der Alte” is crushing stores on brutal impact today, Friday, September 9. The German sludge monsters will be able to support their fresh album on tour with MANTAR, which kicks off tomorrow at the Hellseatic in the duo’s original hometown of Bremen in the North of Germany. VALBORG comment: “Today, ‘Der […]
DISILLUSION have released an epic journey of many twists and turns that spirals into ever-growing darkness. The Avantgarde Metal pioneers’ first single ‘Am Abgrund’ (“At the Abyss”) is taken from the Germans’ forthcoming fourth album “Ayam”, which has been scheduled for release on November 4. “Today is the day!”, singer and guitarist Andy Schmidt enthuse. “We are […]
To the best of my belief, it has seemed a tumultuous few years for Frau Fleischer, with the line-up change, pandemic, the release of their debut album, and the like. “When the Sun’s Down” was released on November 23, 2021, via Sliptrick Records, and here I found myself reviewing the […]