It’s Time To Meet ALPHA LYRAE
Born from the creative vision of a Peruvian solo artist residing in London, UK. Alpha Lyræ emerges as a deeply personal and introspective musical endeavour. Conceived as a sonic response to the imminent birth of his daughter in 2020, Alpha Lyræ draws inspiration from her place in this turbulent world and contemplates her future within […]
NECRO Delivers Cascading Crimson
This is a Necro! He’s a rapper from Brooklyn active from the 80s, but he always had passion for thrash & death metal. He worked with Mike Smith (Suffocation), Scott Ian (Anthrax), Dave Ellefson (Megadeth), Testament, Exhumed & Sepultura on various projects and has now delivered his own solo track – Cascading Crimson. This week […]
KRONOWSKI Introduces Us To Amber
Amber is the first full length album by heavy/power metal band Kronowski. Ranging from the heavy and aggressive title track “Amber”, to the moody verses and sing-a-long chorus of lead single “Clean”, to a four part fifteen minute long epic closing suite, the album weaves through a myriad of influences while staying cemented by one […]
HARDRAW Fall Into The Abyss Of Mankind
Cyprus-based Heavy Metal act HARDRAW has joined the ranks of Pitch Black Records with the band’s second album, “Abyss of Mankind”, scheduled for release on April 5th. Formed in 2011, all it takes is one quick listen to realize that traditional Heavy Metal is deeply rooted in HARDRAW. While still remaining true to its roots, […]
ATTEMPT TO SOMEBODY’S LIFE Talk Bridges/Latencies
Attempt To Somebody’s Life is an anthem of radical change to a vital resets. It arises from the survival instinct of 4 individuals who had set aside music and are now grabbed by the hair and pulled back into it. Because passion is a flame that cannot be tamed; it may dwindle almost to disappearance, […]
KORPIKLAANI Talk Rankarumpu
Let’s start with a metaphor: imagine that wonderful moment that you are walking familiar paths in the deep woods. The good spirits of the majestic forest penetrate your innermost being and free you from the dreary world somewhere far away. Then suddenly you blink and look in wonder: have these ancient stumps or that cluster […]
SKILLET Are Bringing The Monster To OZ
Not every rebellion gestates in darkness. As one of the best-selling rock bands of the 21st century, SKILLET continue to rebel against conventions, doubts, expectations, and rules with the intent to uplift in light. SKILLET have never compromised their integrity or their faith. Instead, they have travelled their own path to unprecedented heights with an urgent sound, undeniable […]
GOST Deliver A PROPHECY
Gost exist in the dark crack between black metal and the most shadowy end of electronic music. Since the release of the Radio Macabre EP at the start of 2013, and the remorseless digital nightmare of their Skull debut album six months later, Texas-based multi-instrumentalist, producer and main-brain James Lollar has become an increasingly singular force […]
ORANGE GOBLIN Are Set To Invade Australia
Cut from the same beer-stained cloth as the greats, UK stoner rock metal act ORANGE GOBLIN are still riding high and leading the pack in ‘balls to the wall’ heavy metal thunder. Emerging amid the exhilarating melee of the mid-‘90s stoner rock and doom explosion, ORANGE GOBLIN immediately endeared themselves to a generation of metal fans by simply going […]
HILLTOPS ARE FOR DREAMERS Explore THE TRAGEDY OF BEING HUMAN
‘The Tragedy of Being Human’ EP describes the human journey from creation to eternity. It emphasises a dark side where humans live a life of confusion and distress to end in a chaotic endless white for a greater, unknown purpose. It’s a three-single release and accompanied by three videos, completed by the respective EP. The […]
SAMAEL Aim To Draw You In With PASSAGE LIVE
Swiss industrial black metal masters SAMAEL bring their groundbreaking album “Passage” to life The songs of Passage – Live remain the same, but captured in the urgency of a live environment, they appear rawer and heavier than they were originally, and the maturation of a quarter-century makes them more immediate. Passage – Live is the first official recording with the band’s current line-up, […]
It’s Time To Come OUT OF DARKNESS
The new, self-titled album by Out of Darkness demonstrates the evolution of the band, showcasing a wide variety of styles and dynamics within the metal realm. The band plays homage to the classic masters of the heavy metal genre, while also forging its own sound. The lyrical content can at times be personal and dark, though the […]
ORANGE GOBLIN Are Ready To Invade
Cut from the same beer-stained cloth as the greats, UK stoner rock metal act ORANGE GOBLIN are still riding high and leading the pack in ‘balls to the wall’ heavy metal thunder. Emerging amid the exhilarating melee of the mid-‘90s stoner rock and doom explosion, ORANGE GOBLIN immediately endeared themselves to a generation of metal fans by simply going […]
OF MICE & MEN Speak Of Their Return To Oz
It’s been a hot minute since Californian locals Of Mice & Men were last in Australia – six years to be precise, when they were among the line up for Download Festival in 2018. Excitingly, the four-piece juggernaut are here for a run of Aussie shows, with support from Melbourne’s Dream On Dreamer and Sydney’s […]
THE DAMNED Announce Australian Tour
The Damned are the undisputed, unmatched and unassailable living gods of Punk Rock; and for the very first and final time in 35 years they have reassembled the absolute classic line up of the band, recreating the period in their storied career when they were at their peak creativity and the summit of their influence and swagger. The Damned […]
THE LAST MARTYR Burn It All Down
Melbourne chaotic alt metal outfit The Last Martyr share angry new single Burn It Down. Targeting the tyrannical systems that control our society, Burn It Down is an aggressive outpour of emotional catharsis. “Burn It Down is about wishing we could press reset on the world and start again,” explains vocalist Monica Strut. “It touches upon the control of women’s bodies and the governing of other marginalised […]
GRAU Chat Abseits des Lichts
GRAU was founded in Saarbruecken (Germany) in 2014 by M. (guitars/vocals) and K. (bass/vocals). The band operated as three-piece at the beginning but later grew with different drummers and guitarists. The first release “Transzendenz” was recorded and released in 2016 which gained the band recognition in the local underground as well as gigs in Germany […]
SUICIDAL ANGELS Announce New Album
The wait is over! Today greek thrashers SUICIDAL ANGELS announce their new album Profane Prayer for the 1st March 2024. The album features nine brand new tracks and will be released via Nuclear Blast Records. In addition to the great news about the new album, the band is also releasing their first Single ‘When the Lions Die‘. Last week SUICIDAL ANGELS also […]
EQUILIBRIUM Release New Single
One of the most exciting years for the German modern metal institution is coming to an end – though EQUILIBRIUM are far from taking it slow: Ahead of their upcoming tour with DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER at the end of December, the band releases their new single ‘Cerulean Skies’ that is available on all streaming platforms now. Founding member René Berthiaume states:“When people tell […]
PINCER+ Drop New EP
Perth hardcore outfit Pincer+ release their long awaited sophomore EP, ‘Hunting God Tapes. Vol 2: Romance‘, available on vinyl and out via Greyscale Records today. Almost one year on from the release of their cult classic debut EP, ‘Hunting God Tapes. Vol 1: Violence‘, Pincer+ return with the next chapter. Ripe with screaming guitars, live recorded drums and potent vocals, leading singles Visions Of Angels and Closer To God welcomed listeners […]
HALF ME Release Concrete Ceiling
German metal quintet Half Me have released new single ‘Concrete Ceiling’, the first new music since their highly acclaimed debut album SOMA, out earlier this year via Arising Empire. Half Me made a striking entry into the heavy music world with their highly acclaimed debut album SOMA, blending metal, hardcore, and experimental styles. Their distinct […]
LIES Drop Video For Propaganda
Dutch heavy hardcore gang LIES! dropped the video for “Propaganda,” which serves as the second preview single from their upcoming album, Mind Pollution, set to be released on 08 December 2023. Of the track, LIES! shares:“We’re thrilled to have Worst Doubt’s singer Hugo Zerrad on our latest single, ‘Propaganda.’ Our admiration for Worst Doubt’s music dates back quite a while since their […]
BINARY ORDER Say The Future Belongs To The Mad
Works on The Future Belongs To The Mad took place over the course of nine months, from December 2022 until August 2023, and was written, produced and performed by the mastermind Benjamin Blank. Containing twelve tracks of industrial metal, IDW and electronic cyberpunk inspired soundscapes, “The Future Belongs To The Mad” is a sprawling, epic, multi genre soundtrack to our […]
STEEL RHINO Talk In Rhino We Trust
“In Rhino We Trust” continues the identifiable STEEL RHINO’s sound that served the band so well and appealed to all people who love classic Hard Rock. The founder Mikael Rosengren stated: “We could not leave the fans with just one album, so we continued the saga of Steel Rhino. I think this album is more raw and […]
Time For Judgement Day With MAN MACHINE INDUSTRY
MMI is back with the second part of the trilogy of EP/Mini-albums to be released back-to-back with only a year, or less, apart. Following last years highly acclaimed “ESCHATON I. Reckoning Day”, The second EP is titled “ESCHATON II. Judgment Day” and is released by GMR Music. As on previous albums J. Bergman (J.B) have had some help […]
HEIRLOOM Decides It Is Time To Romanticize
HEIRLOOM is a metalcore band from Raleigh, North Carolina. Their debut EP “The Furthest Corners” was produced by Chris Davis of The Ghost Inside and Texas In July. In 2022, the band confirmed plans to record with multi-platinum selling producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Three Days Grace, Saosin, Of Mice & Men, Issues) at his acclaimed West Valley […]
CORROSIVE Feel The Wrath Of The Witch
With “Wrath Of The Witch”, the teutonic death metal force Corrosive presents its seventh and, at the same time, most unusual album. Instead of simply peeling first-class death metal riffs from their ribs year after year, the quintet surprises anno 2023 with a concept album, whose foundation stone was already laid on their 2019 album “Nourished by Blood” […]
GLORYHAMMER Bringing The Glory To Oz
Mighty warriors of the galaxy! GLORYHAMMER has returned from an epic quest, and they come bearing their new album, “Return To The Kingdom Of Fife”, beholding 10 tracks of nuclear-fueled high-velocity heroic power metal, the likes of which you’ve never heard in your life! Voyaging from beyond the edge of the universe and through multiple dimensions, GLORYHAMMER embark on […]
SCULFORGE Deliver Some Intergalactic Battle Tunes
When seasoned musicians has cabin fever during the lockdown, they come up with the strangest things and sometimes even grandiose ideas. In the case of Sculforge, both is the case, because Polly McSculwood (vox, guit.) and Fabz McBlackscul (guitars) came up with the idea of forming the band in 2020 and starting a new musical adventure. Everything that happened then […]
Fast Forward To PARITY BOOT
Since the turn of the millennium, the band around multi-instrumentalist Mathias Riediger has been producing several demos, before the first album was released in 2009 and the long-awaited successor “Fast Forward” in 2023. The band was not idle in the meantime and toured all over Germany. In 2009, they also contributed the soundtrack to the […]
PANIC ATTACK Say Don’t Stop
13 songs in 28 minutes, following the guidelines of Rick Rubin when he produced Slayer’s “Reign In Blood” almost 40 years ago. “Don’t Stop” is Panic Attack! debut album but also it stands as the band’s “last will & testament” to the world. The guidelines of Sam Phillips talking to Johnny Cash in the movie “Walk the Line” […]
AVATAR Make The Devil Dance In Aus
It has taken well over a decade, 9 albums, multiple fan petitions and even a support group for Australian fans upset at not having a tour, to finally get one of the greatest live bands in the history of heavy music to Australia. Renowned for legendary performances, ludicrous levels of skill as musicians and a seemingly endless catalog […]
NE OBLIVISCARIS Announce Australian Tour
A colossal storm is brewing! Brace yourselves for an unforgettable night of mind-bending music as three titans of progressive metal unite for a tour of epic proportions! Picture this: the air crackles with electric anticipation as Australia’s revered progressive wizards Ne Obliviscaris return home on the back of their new album ‘Exile’ for their first Aussie tour […]
ELEGANT WEAPONS Swap A Horn For A Halo
When Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner says that he has put together a supergroup – he means that he has put together a supergroup. Aside from members of Judas Priest Elegant Weapons also boasts members that hail from Rainbow, Accept and Uriah Heap. Of course the fact that Richie himself is even here to talk about […]
LITTLE HURT Delivers Some Lovely Hours
Alt artist LITTLE HURT (the solo project of Colin Dieden, former lead singer of The Mowglis) has just released his new album ’Lovely Hours’. The 10 track album has been 2 years in the making and includes the singles “Buttercup”(Featuring The Ready Set), “Cooler If U Did”, “Get Out Of My Life”, “Pineapple Pizza” and “See You Again”. The […]
VADER Bringing Their 40th To Australia
Polish death metal veterans, one of the most consistent bands in the European death metal scene. Being around since 1983 they have developed classic yet catching and aggressive style. During all these years they have invaded almost the entire planet and became one of the most frequently touring bands. The band’s latest album entitled Solitude in […]
DON BROCO Reset To ‘EXCITED’
“I’m not sure if you can still call us one of the most hard-working bands in the world,” says Rob from Don Broco with a laugh. “I’ve had the last few weeks off and I have been watching a lot of TV.” The label is still warranted though because prior to that break the band […]
CAEDEOUS Talk Malum Supplicium
The Portuguese Caedeous present with “Malum Supplicium” their third longplayer. It is, as with the two predecessors, a concept album, which thematically tells horror stories inspired by Lovecraft, Barker and Alighierie’s works. The eternal struggle between good and evil, angels and demons, heaven and hell. The oppulent compositions of mastermind Paulo J. Mendes provide the necessary musical space for the concept […]
DEIMOS’ DAWN Deliver An Anthem For The Lost
When Germany’s flagship-growler Marc Grewe (ex-Morgoth, Insidious Disease) gets ready to step behind a microphone, you can be sure to be bombarded with pure Death Metal … until now! Because with Deimos’ Dawn the scene veteran stands for the first time in front of a THRASH METAL band of pure and classical coinage and puts the inclined fan these […]
SOLNEGRE Explore The Night Within
“Vessel Part I: The Night Within” is intended to be the SolNegre’s introduction and reflects very well how much they are influenced by the Old School vibe of the 90’s Doom Death. The slow but catchy vibe may remind of early Saturnus/Katatonia, and it moves in a solemn, procession-like mood until the central part, when a massive ultra-virtuosistic […]
MARAUDER Build Some Metal Constructions
For any lover of traditional Heavy Metal guitarwork, it is pure joy to behold the melodic and harmonic interplay that permeates the new MARAUDER material. Most easily notable this time around is of course the recruitment of Greek Metal scene strongmen Tassos Krokodilos (vocals) and Nick “Yngve” Samios (drums). With his soaring voice having just recently graced the latest album by […]
Time To Bring The VIO-LENCE Down Under
Formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1985, VIO-LENCE instilled themselves as groundbreakers of the second wave of thrash with their revered 1988 album Eternal Nightmare. Throughout ’88 and ’89, VIO-LENCE toured the album to great success alongside thrash comrades Testament, Voivod, Death Angel, Sanctuary, Nuclear Assault, D.R.I., M.O.D. and the Cro-Mags. In ’89, Megaforce Records/Atlantic signed the band, leading to the release of the bands’ second […]
SO LONG, SPACE GIRL Have Some Bad News – Your Heroes Are All Dead
Pop punk quartet So Long, Space Girl was formed by bassist Paul Coppock and drummer Anina Barrett in 2019. Joined by frontman/guitarist AJ Willis, they beavered away on a host of demos, refined their line up, and played a handful of gigs. Stuck at home due to the pandemic, they knuckled down and focused their […]
Time To Visit The DAY CLINIC
Day Clinic is the screeching and kicking child of four sound-nomads who have left their homes in Israel, Spain, Germany, and the UK and relocated to the Berlin in order to start forging in 2018 their mixture of cold, 80´s inspired Post-Punk, Alternative Rock and Heavy-Psych as relentless and heterogenous as the city where it´s created. […]
DISMINDED Deliver The Vision
Founded in February 2009, DISMINDED knew relatively quickly in which direction they should go musically: dramatic melodies, hard grooves and fast thrashy parts meet profound, unadorned lyrics, straight from the deepest abysses of the soul: despair, fear, addiction, betrayal, and violence. The best ingredients for solid death metal with a decent old school touch! After two highly […]
DAMAGED & CO Explore Life’s Grand Delusion
Life’s Grand Delusion” is the debut album by the Malta-based alternative/melodic metal outfit DAMAGED & CO. The full-length is composed of eleven tracks (including one instrumental), written in a time span of four years, showcasing different influences from metalcore, dark/symphonic metal, and alternative metal. What makes “Life’s Grand Delusion” so brilliant and unique is the band’s ability in […]
MARC URSELLI Decides To SteppenDoom
Marc Urselli‘s thrilling project STEPPENDOOM amalgamates indigenous throat singers from around the globe with the cream of doom metal! Among many others, the renowned artists who answered three-time Grammy Award winner Marc Urselli‘s call include Matt Pike (SLEEP, HIGH ON FIRE), Aaron Aedy (PARADISE LOST), Steve Von Till (NEUROSIS), Christopher Juul (HEILUNG), Dave Chandler (SAINT VITUS), Lori S. […]
POLYMERASE Deliver Some Dreams & Realities
The lyrics of “Dreams & Realities I” involve psychedelic experiences and visual trips that involve emotions experienced during the episode of optical visions. Each track is a product of a certain trip, enlightened and put into musical art. The album is a first part experience of the dreams and realities project wherein there is a hazy connection […]
IRON ASPARAGUS Say To Whom It May Concern… Fuck You
“To Whom It May Concern.. Fuck You” is the debut EP by the Montreal-based crash metal act IRON ASPARAGUS, following the two singles “Mr. Molotov” and “Diamond in the Dirt”, released at the end of 2022 and both included in the EP. “To Whom It May Concern.. Fuck You” is a short work with an incendiary and sarcastic […]
UBUREN Decide To Usurp The Throne
“Usurp The Throne” is the new full-length by the Norway-based black/viking metal outfit UBUREN, following the album “And The Mountains Weep” released in 2019. The new effort is composed of eight tracks, united by a vision of God as a being who deceives through false prophecies and who enjoys playing with the destinies of men, rather than […]
