KISSIN’ DYNAMITE Premiere ‘Only The Dead’ Music Video July 28th, 2022 Tübingen, Germany-based glam metal band Kissin’ Dynamite have filmed a music video for the track ‘Only The Dead’, which can be viewed below. Regarding the song, the band stated: “‘Only The Dead’ can be free from sorrow’ is a sarcastic truth: No matter how […]
SEDIMENTUMSuppuration Morphogénésiaque Me Saco un Ojo / Memento Mori (2022)Rating: 9/10 Audible carnage is upon us once again as Québec City death metal merchants Sedimentum rise again and finally delivers its debut album to the world. This quartet of flesh-crawlers has bestowed upon us squalid, grotesque music since their 2019 demo which was followed by […]
ROTHEADSSlither In Slime Memento Mori (2022)Rating: 8.5/10 Raking the depths of early Swedish death metal, but with extra layers of sick and silt, is Rotheads, Romania’s very own foul four-piece that are also happy to plumb the depths of the classic old school American death metal sound while combining it with flashes of Finnish valour […]
VANDHALIFever Dream Self-released (2022)Rating: 8/10 Yes, Vandhali are heavily influenced by the 70s and Black Sabbath. So now that elephant in the room is out of the way we can enjoy this record which is the work of vocalist / guitarist Craig Harker, bassist Kyle Loeffler and drummer Stephen Rael. This is some good, doomy […]
OCEANS OF SLUMBER Premiere ‘The Hanging Tree’ Music Video July 22nd, 2022 Houston, Texas-based progressive metal / rock band Oceans Of Slumber have filmed a music video for the song ‘The Hanging Tree’. Directed by Angela Herr and Bianca Greene, the clip can be viewed below. Regarding the song, vocalist Cammie Beverly said: “An old […]
HATRIOTThe Vale Of Shadows Massacre (2022)Rating: 8/10 The Vale Of Shadows is the fourth album from Oakland, California thrashers Hatriot who hit the scene running back in 2011 with their-self-titled demo which was followed successfully by the excellent Heroes Of Origin debut in 2013. Back then it was Exodus frontman Steve “Zetro” Souza who fronted […]
LESSMANN / VOSSRock Is Our Religion Atomic Fire (2022)Rating: 8/10 German vocalists / multi-instrumentalists Claus Lessmann (ex-Bonfire) and Michael Voss (ex-Casanova / Mad Max) are no strangers to us rock fans. This talented twosome worked together in Phantom 5 and now they have returned to front this delicious hard rock opus. Combining classic and modern […]
WITCHERY Issue Lyric Video For ‘Storm Of The Unborn’ Track July 22nd, 2022 Swedish thrash metal band Witchery have released an official lyric video for the track ‘Storm Of The Unborn’. Created by Cloud Music Typography, the clip can be viewed below. Witchery issued eighth full-length studio album Nightside on July 22nd, 2022 through Century […]
BLIZZARD HUNTERThe Path Of Triumph Inti (2022)Rating: 5.5/10 Through all their metallic guile and muscular struttin’, it is difficult to look beyond the veil of dripping cheese with these Peruvian warlords. Blizzard Hunter likes to dabble in speeding metal harkening back to the 80s when bands such as Helloween were sharing the same magazine pages […]
XENOMORPHRüstwelt Self-released (2022)Rating: 5/10 Nothing beats a lump of frozen black metal to wake you up in the morning, and this is the debut full-length release from Cincinnati, Ohio-based one-man unit Xenomorph. Rüstwelt is an independent volcano of brash, stirring and ultimately raw and aggressive black metal that causes extreme freezer burn wounds just through […]