The Scottish metal scene is a thriving metropolis for artists north of the English border and even attracts funding from the National Lottery through its sister agency, Creative Scotland. One…
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Mortuary Drape are legends in the Italian underground, and many recognise them as an influential band on the black metal scene that developed there in the early 1990s. Their 1994…
The gloomy pits of Manchester are the breeding ground for punk/black metal trio, Wolfbastard. Members of Foetal Juice and Burial adorn their ranks, so it should come as no surprise…
What do Black Altar and Vulture Lord have in common? Both released their debut demos in the late 1990s and have just two full-length albums to their names despite a…
Manchester black metal lords, Necronautical, are a reminder of the supreme power of the genre when executed with finesse and chauvinism. What good is symphonic black metal if not delivered…
The Canadian province of Newfoundland is famous for its subarctic climate and permafrost and is no doubt an inspiration for Artach’s ice cold black metal chill. Following on from last…
German blackened-thrash maestros, Desaster, are now on their ninth album and their first record since 2016’s The Oath of an Iron Ritual. Armed with a new drummer, the quartet return…
We asked Marc Dyos, our favourite drummer from Phobetor and Pythia, to check out the metal scene in the Kingdom of Bahrain. This small country in the Arabian Gulf is…
When you think of the great duos of heavy music, you think of Darkthrone, Anaal Nathrakh and Ministry. The joint team from Sweden and Chile behind the audio assault of…