Category: Music
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Uncle Hauk has officially unveiled Tsunami, the lead single from the upcoming solo album Lose Your Illusions. The project of multi-instrumentalist Hauk Heimdallsman, known for his work in Black Hat Society and Elf Queen, the new record spans nine tracks that refuse to be pinned down to a single genre. Instead, the music fluidly navigates…
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Swedish metal act Crucella has officially released their latest single, Descensum, a haunting fusion of Melodic Doom and Progressive Metal. As the fourth track composed by the band, the song serves as a meticulous study in contrast, navigating the thin line between serene, atmospheric soundscapes and sudden, violent shifts in intensity. This sonic volatility is…
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Leicester’s Final Coil are keeping the momentum rolling on their new EP 1994, with a fresh video landing for its opening track, Instant Fix. The EP has already been picking up strong reactions for its sharp, high-energy return to the band’s heavier instincts, and this latest release doubles down on that. Frontman Phil Stiles explains…
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Tooms, hailing from Limerick in the west of Ireland, have steadily evolved from their early days as Gaia into something heavier, stranger, and far more ambitious. Formed around bassist Anto Donnellan, drummer Kieran Grace, and guitarist/vocalist Alex Hölzinger, the trio’s early groundwork eventually crystallised into Tooms with the 2017 single Simon Ferocious, a track that…
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Following the momentum of the Celestial EP, The Eternal now unveil a new animated lyric video for their latest single Lament For The Hollow, the first glimpse into their upcoming album Obscured Horizons, due September 18th via Reigning Phoenix Music. Lament For The Hollow opens wide from the first note, huge, sweeping guitar harmonies stretching…
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Sometimes bands tweak the formula. Maybe sharpen the edges, swap a pedal, call it evolution. Einvigi chose to burn the whole thing to the ground and started again. The Finnish Post-Black Metal outfit return with Stigma, a new single and video that doesn’t feel like a step forward so much as a full-scale rebirth. This…
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The Cult Archives isn’t just your late-night gateway to underground cinema and unholy noise, it’s also the beating, blackened heart of the BMA record label. This is where the theory stops and the damage begins. The BMA exists for one reason: to take everything we love about the underground, and press it into something you…
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There are moments, as a writer, when you open a press email, scan a genre list that reads like someone fell down the Metal Archives tag section and hit select all, and immediately, instinctively, you brace for impact. Not the good kind either, the ‘this is going to be a confused and unlistenable mess’ kind.…
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Colombian speed freaks Louder have floored it with their new track Speed Junkie, the second single from their upcoming debut album Devil’s Night, arriving May 14th, via Fighter Records. It lands as a lyric video, and this thing is built to burn rubber and stay loud. Speed Junkie sets the tone early: rapid-fire riffs, pounding…
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Heavy psych voyagers Elder are back in orbit, having unveiled Capture/Release, the second single from their upcoming album Through Zero, landing May 29th via Stickman Records (Europe/UK), Blues Funeral Recordings (North America), and Bird’s Robe (Australia). This one hits more direct than you might expect. According to vocalist/guitarist Nick DiSalvo, Capture/Release pulls from an older…