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Birmingham based Vanitas have stuck to their word as they pronounced, “In 2024, Vanitas return matured and dangerous, promising to deliver their heaviest release yet”, which they have achieved effortlessly with their sophomore, released The Chaos Therapy EP on August 2nd 2024. A successfully attended launch party the following day …

All hail Birmingam based noisemongers Gnawing Hunger as they spew out the venom with brand new single ‘Insidious’, another ferocious offering, hot on the heels following their April release of, ‘The Great Illusion’. Jackhammer blow drum assaults caught my attention from the off, pounding and pummeling with no respite throughout …

As if debut single ‘War Before Peace’ wasn’t enough to impress highly, Maatkare come back raging with their follow up single ‘May The Gods Bear Witness’. It took me a few spins to get my head around the tumultuous hate spewed out from the all female line up, channeling the …

I’ve followed the progress made by Birmingham based, formed in 2022 band Vanitas with their now well used cinematic djent style for quite some time, getting heavier and heavier with each release, point proven by their major raging new single ‘E.D.G’, third track, that follows ‘Grey Morality’ and ‘Lies’, taken …

Birmingham, UK based band NAMELESS and a new one to me spew out one of the most intense songs I’ve heard of in quite sometime, courtesy of their new, recently released single, ‘Shapeshifter’. How they cram in all these three minutes of suffocating bludgeon is beyond my comprehension! It’s a …

Birmingham UK based noisy bastards Gnawing Hunger don’t just release their new single ‘The Great Illusion’, they UNLEASH it! Sonically it reminded me of Hell Awaits era Slayer, mainly because of the superhuman drum battery that doesn’t let up throughout these three thrashtastic minutes of an aural assault to the …

It’s been quite some time since I’ve heard a band as brutal as Wasp Mother, since buying albums by Napalm Death, Brujeria, Carcass, Extreme Noise Terror etc, many years ago, but that’s all changed since hearing their Digital Pollution EP, due for release on January 19th 2024, following their Self …

Stop! It’s hammer time as Lancashire, UK based Damnation’s Hammer unleash their latest studio album Into The Silent Nebula, but it’s definitely not silent, following their debut album Disciples Of The Hex in May 2013 and Unseen Planets, Deadly Spheres in February 2019. Released via Massacre Records and featuring stunning …

“Christmas time, mistletoe and ……………..”Bah Humbug” from Blind Chaos as they self release their Christmas Covers EP, “Heavy Metal Christmas”. It features members of I The Betrayer and follows the release of their cover of the Wham classic ‘Last Christmas’ on December 15th 2023. Blind Chaos are from Oslo, Norway. …

Wounded Cross return from the wastelands to unleash their latest single ‘Monument Of Bones’ to tackle the subject of our environment and focusing on climate change, asking, “What will be left of our planet if we continue down the path we’re on?” It’s the first single taken from an upcoming …

The Indiana DM band’s first full-length release is pure filth… Desekryptor are relative newcomers to the death metal scene, having formed in 2017. Since then, they have released a couple of demos, one split (with Dragkhar), and one EP. Now we have their full-length debut to assault our listening flaps! …

Birmingham based Vanitas return with a bang and not a whimper with their monumental, recently released new single ‘Between Lune & Eden’. To these ears it’s the heaviest song they’ve unleashed vocally and musically for five fast and furious minutes. They class themselves as ‘cinematic djent’ and this genre weaves …

Aussie Death Metal Machine set out to smash you further underground with their 4th full-length release. Since their inception during the delights of the Covid pandemic, Australia’s Werewolves have been relentless in their aim to deliver a succession of uncompromising pure DM albums. For those unfamiliar with them, the band …

Crash bang wallop! Damnation’s Hammer return from the wilderness to unleash a brand new heavier than a heavier thing single titled ‘Sutter Cane’ taken from a forthcoming studio album Into The Silent Nebula due for release via Massacre Records on September 15th 2023 that follows Unseen Planets, Deadly Spheres, their …

Welcome back Demonstealer AKA Sahil Makhija, the quietly spoken creator of Demonic Resurrection but it’s Demonstealer we are talking about as he will release his latest studio album The Propaganda Machine via Black Lion Records on March 31st 2023. Dubbed as technical symphonic death metal, these eight tracks are overwhelming …

Terranoct is a metal band based out of Akron, Ohio, originally the brainchild of two childhood friends, guitarist Tyler O’Brien, and drummer Dan Paddy. While the two had played together since childhood and released an EP under a different name in 2014, it wasn’t until they’d elevated their musical abilities …

Formed in 2012, Telford terrors Recall The Remains unleash a brand new single ‘Fairfield’ the first of three to be released in 2023. They portray themselves as “A blend of metalcore and deathcore, stating that unity, love and respect promote their gut wrenching music”. Right from the off their gruelling …

Splice the mainbrace and set sail to your local music shop for Heimdal, the brand new sixteenth studio album from Enslaved! Formed in Haugesund, Norway in 1991, by Ivar Bjornsen and Grutle K Jellson, the only sole constant band members. Their music draws heavily on the Viking cultural and religious …

Even though I’m fast reaching sixty years old I’m always looking for new bands to impress me and Acrolyth have easily done this with their overwhelming, recently released on all streaming platforms debut single ‘Perspective’. It’s all tumultuous technical death metal at its Hellishly heavy best. Driven by intense snare …

To be honest the genre melodeath is a bit hit and miss for me but my hopes have been easily restored as Akilla have certainly caught my attention with their stunning new single ‘Serpent And The Son’ taken from their forthcoming debut album The Gods Have Spoken due for release …