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There are plenty of ways to review a wrestling show. You can dissect every match, analyse every storyline, discuss the booking, hand out star ratings and generally make yourself miserable trying to decide whether something was a 4¼ or 4½. Fuck that. Sometimes you just want to watch wrestling and enjoy the bits that make…
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I am old. Like, really fucking old. In fact, I turn 54 in around two months and, as is my want this time of year, I’ve been looking back over the past twelve months to see what is what. It hasn’t made for great reading. Not the writing, of course. That is excellence of the…
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I hate spiders. Horrible creepy crawly bastards. Too many legs, too many eyes, fucking fangs! Utter nightmare fuel. So, you can imagine my delight when I sat down and viewed the trailer for Crawlers. Formerly known as Arachnid, the new horror film is heading to US cinemas nationwide on October 16 through Roadside Attractions and…
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Trinity Content Partners will bring seven horror and thriller titles to UK digital throughout September, with the lineup spanning folk horror, cyber gothic horror, supernatural horror, science fiction and psychological thrillers. The first two titles arrive on September 7. Steven Fierberg’s British chiller The Spirit Lock will be released through Seven Tales, while Steve Looker’s…
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Swedish heavy psychedelic rock band Domkraft have shared Void Runner, the first single from their forthcoming fifth album, Night Songs, due out on November 20 through Magnetic Eye Records. Vocalist and bassist Martin Wegeland describes the track as a response to the feeling of reaching rock bottom, only to discover that the world still has…
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Texas metalcore band The Light Superior will release their debut full-length, Dayspring, on October 2 through Rottweiler Records. Formed in Amarillo in 2018, The Light Superior quickly established themselves as a live act, sharing stages with We Came As Romans, Of Mice & Men and The Browning during their early years. The band’s first EP,…
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Canadian doom/sludge quartet Destroy My Brains have released WILT, the final chapter in their planned five-album W.I.L.T. series. The title refers to Worthless, InsignifiCan’t, Lifeless and Tormented, with the series exploring self-destruction, trauma and the experiences that have shaped the band’s music. WILT brings the long-running concept to its conclusion. Destroy My Brains formed in…
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Narcotic Wasteland, fronted by guitarist and vocalist Dallas Toler-Wade of Nile, have shared their new single Fentanyl Zombie Apocalypse as they begin their August tour. The track tackles the fentanyl epidemic and its wider impact on society. Toler-Wade describes the song as “fast and tricky yet twisted and catchy”, with Kenji Tsunami contributing bass and…
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Canadian metal band Selias will head to the United States in September for the Destroy All Datacenters tour, joining Mantra Of Morta for 10 dates across eight states. The run begins on September 2 at The Rail in Fort Worth, Texas, before travelling through Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin.…
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Northern Irish death/doom metal band The Crawling will release their new EP, What We Leave Behind, on October 2 through Grindscene Records. Formed in Lisburn in 2014, The Crawling have built their sound around death/doom metal while developing a style that has remained distinctly their own. The band’s catalogue includes three full-length albums, among them…