Hellripper’s James McBain stormed the blackened speed metal scene with his 2021 Peaceville debut, The Affair of the Poisons. We enthused in our review that ‘metal is a rebellious counterculture…
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You can often tell the quality of a band by the t-shirts they wear. A promo picture of Last Legion shows them sporting Mgła, Morbid Angel and Black Sabbath merchandise.…
Deströyer 666 – Never Surrender
Deströyer 666 released their debut album twenty-five years ago and have had an eventful stop-start career ever since. The decision of frontman, K.K. Warslut, to relocate the group from Australia…
There’s something about Goatwhore that’s so metal you wonder if they’re a serious band, a bit like Danny Dyer being too Cockney for London’s East End. Sammy Duet (guitar/vocals) is…
Mike Hill’s New York metal collective, Tombs, released one of the best albums of 2020 with Under Sullen Skies. Their abundance of critical accolades since 2009’s Winter Hours is as…
Maryland trio, Yatra, are one of the most productive bands in metal. Formed in 2018, Born into Chaos is their fourth album in as many years and their first for…
Barcelona thrashers, Estertor, should not be confused with the Madrid thrash-grinders of the same name from the early 1990s. You might even think this Catalonian quintet are from the late…
Necrofier’s mission is to showcase the southern darkness of Texan black metal. To that end they released a 2018 EP and secured a deal with Season of Mist not long…
After their triumphant return last year with Genesis XIX, German metal legends, Sodom, are back with a new EP to follow up on the critical success of their sixteenth studio…