The Scream Blast Repeat winners of the 2022 Album of the Year are back and as angry as ever. You’re in for a treat if you don’t know the fervour…
Tag: extreme metal
Chicago quintet, Warforged, are one of many risk-takers in the metal underground. That’s because they believe art should evolve and are always looking for new innovations. It took them seven…
Ashen Horde started as a solo project for guitarist, Trevor Portz, in 2013 yet has now evolved into an international project with The Amenta lending their drummer as a full-time…
There are three camps in the Periphery fanbase. Those that like their vicious Meshuggah-inspired tech metal go up against those that enjoy the quartet’s anthemic metalcore sound, which values virtuoso…
Finnish death metal unit, Devenial Verdict, celebrate their twentieth anniversary this year. It’s an achievement that most bands wish they could emulate. Musical tastes change in the band, life’s exigencies…
“Anti-fascism, environmentalism, queer rights and Palestinian liberation are among the political struggles addressed throughout the album,” says the press release for Rosa Faenskap’s sophomore LP. Many will roll their eyes…
Hertfordshire death metal thrashers, Burdensome, bring the excitement wherever they play. They feel the power of every riff, maximise the adrenaline with every triplet, and let their guts throb with…
Unverkault’s members live in Athens and Berlin, but it seems geography cannot stop this juggernaut. After releasing 2023’s acclaimed A Lump of Death: A Chaos of Dead Lovers, they bagged…
Mayhem have a strong consensus for the best black metal album of all time. Everybody should know 1994’s De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, but everybody should be willing to look beyond…