Category: Music
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Oulu-based melodic death metal crew Morbid Intent have announced their debut EP Marionettes, set for release on 16 October 2026 via Inverse Records. Featuring musicians who have already put in time with the likes of Mors Subita, Electric Deathbeat, Swansong, and Se, Josta Ei Puhuta, the Finnish group aren’t exactly green. Musically, Morbid Intent are…
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Relentless. That was the first word that sprung to my head when I hit play on In silbernen Sprachen by Urzirkel. Relentless. Not in a look how many blast beats and buzzsaw guitars we have kind of way, though they have plenty of those, but relentless in a musical blitzkrieg kind of way. This is…
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It took them fourteen bloody years and a decade of relentless nagging from their mates, but Swiss heavy outfit Bagheera have finally got around to dragging their sole album onto streaming platforms. Active out of Lausanne between 2009 and 2014, the band was a bit of a localised supergroup, pulling together members from Impure Wilhelmina,…
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If the Butthole Surfers had ever done a ton of PCP and decided that Glassjaw wasnโt extreme enough, they would have been rolodex darko and their debut EP would be Vulnavia. Which is probably the highest compliment I can pay them. This isnโt the kind of record that will appeal to everyone. You will either…
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If youโve got a soft spot for mid-90s metallic hardcore, heavy grooves and music that sounds like it wants to punch you in the fucking face, Birminghamโs Blood of the Argonaut are releasing their new single Hold The Line this Friday, October 9. The West Midlands outfit list influences ranging from Terror and Madball to…
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If your idea of a proper Halloween doesnโt involve costume parties and cheap jump scares, Polish black metal veterans Black Altar are taking over The Garage in London on October 31 to celebrate 30 years in the underground. Thirty years in extreme metal is a fucking long time, so Black Altar have put together an…
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If youโve spent any time wading through the Funeral Doom underbelly, youโre likely familiar with Aimeric Lerat, better known as Hangsvart, the man behind Abysmal Growls Of Despair. Now Lerat is branching out with a new Death/Doom project, Abysmal Rage, and theyโve signed with Wormholedeath for the release of their debut full-length, A House No…
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There is a moment during track two of ้ป็ Kurogoku by Enterrรฉ Vivant, Ningendรด, where, amidst the atmospheric black metal spell this French/Japanese project is weaving, you hear something that makes you pause. You spin it back, listen closely, and then it hits you. A flute. In the middle of all this crushing noise, thereโs…
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Colombian melodic black/death metal outfit Eshtadur have released their new full-length, In Darkness All Shadows Gone, via Rockshots Records, alongside a new video for the closing track Soy Real. Four years in the making, the twelve-track album sees the band expanding their melodic black/death sound with the Caldas Symphonic Orchestra, Tuvan throat singing and guest…
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Thy Sanatorium are my breakout band of 2026. I have raved about their self-titled debut album to anyone who will listen, as well as here on the site, and I genuinely believeโwithout my usual grandiose statementsโthat they just need to be heard for people to get on the train to the sanatorium. See what I…