The Black Dahlia Murder unleashes their latest video for “Panic Hysteric.” The video comes off the band’s tenth studio album “Servitude”, out now on Metal Blade Records. Quick reminder about the current status of the band: “With the tragic passing of the THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER‘s frontman …
Despite hailing from lovely, peaceful Denmark, Lifesick continue their journey into dark metallic hardcore as a soundtrack for society’s darker sides (yes, even in Denmark). The band will release “Loved By None, Hated By All” on November 1st von Metal Blade Records. Recordings took place …
The Crown are ready to release their 12th album on October 11th and will shorten the wait time with the aptly titled “Gone To Hell”: Elaborates THE CROWN guitarist Marko Tervonen, “‘Gone To Hell’ is a very special song in many ways. As you may have seen …
I’m always amazed by the sheer number of metal bands flying under the personal radar. Take Inner Sanctum: the dudes have been active since 2006 and dabble in death metal, but I haven’t heard of ’em until this year. On the other hand: “The Great …
Let’s face it, Seattle has been home of many incredible bands for a long time. HM2-enthusiasts Black Breath will always have a special place in our heart and had to quit way too early. Lacabra are fresh breeze of metal music in Seattle, and even …
Bands churning their songs out with the trademark HM-2 sound will always win my heart. Crawl – who claim legendary death metal capital Stockholm their home – flavour their worship of classic Entombed and Dismember-style death metal with hints of crust and punk (“Enslaved in …
Ontborg surprised me with their latest record “Following the Steps of Damnation”: it unfolds like a frostbitten lament that slowly blooms into grim majesty and the guitars gnash with HM-2 fury (Im in love already). Ontborg weave a melodic death metal tapestry that feels both …
“Ensemble Under the Dark Sun” is a dark triumph that captures what atmospheric blackened death music can be at its best. For those willing to descend into its depths, it offers fierce brutality and haunting beauty. This is a band to watch.
From its first moments, “The Nine Choirs” makes a promise: you are entering a world of weight, groove, and unapologetic brutality. Tribal Gaze out of Texas seem less concerned with subtlety and more with making your ribcage feel every hammer blow. This is death metal …
“Days Of The Lost” is a powerful debut from veterans who understand their history and want to stoke its embers rather than burn clichés. It is melodic death metal polished but unbowed, familiar but earnest, and at its best, deeply moving in its reclamation of sound.