Finnish progressive melodic death metal band Numento have dropped new single, One With The Void. Acting as a metaphorical portrayal of a painful death, the track sees the outfit briefly revisiting their older musical roots. The dark story behind the song draws direct inspiration from a sinister natural phenomenon: Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, the notorious zombie-ant fungus…
Iconic death metal outfit Fleshcrawl have officially returned to the forefront of the extreme music scene with the release of their landmark tenth studio full-length album, Epitome of Carnage, out now via Distortion Music Group (DMG) in partnership with Reigning Phoenix Music. Unveiling a torrent of ferocious bloodshed, chaos, and power, the veteran group has…
A lot of bands like to talk a big game about how โheavyโ or โintenseโ their new material is. They put out these glossy press packets filled with words like brutal and uncompromising, but when you actually press play, it sounds like a group of polite gentlemen having a mild disagreement in a soundproof room.…
Welcome back, my filthy animals, to this week’s latest installment of new release’s, where I keep you up to date with everything metal, everything underground, and everything heavy. Let’s get to it, shall we? Albums Sons of The Abandoned by Bloodhunter โSons Of The Abandoned, produced by Tue Madsen, marks a turning point in Bloodhunterโs…
Spanish melodic death metal powerhouse Bloodhunter have officially unleashed their brand-new studio album, Sons Of The Abandoned, via ROAR (A Division of Reigning Phoenix Music). To celebrate the major milestone, the band is kicking off a highly anticipated run of Spanish live dates alongside Brazilian death metal force Crypta today, while simultaneously premiering a striking…
Jyvรคskylรค-based melodic death metal outfit Nemecic is officially stirring from its slumber, marking their return with the brand new single The Chalice of Rot. The track serves as the bandโs first fresh material since their 2021 full-length record The Last Magic in Practice. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Teemu Liekkala, the single is the first…
If you think about it, Metal and its many, many sub-genres is an amazing thing. It is an artistic ecosystem that defies logic, an entire universe built on extremes that somehow finds a way to constantly reinvent itself. To the uninitiated, the casual observer looking in from the safety of the mainstream, it is a…
Finnish progressive death metal outfit Cerebrum has officially unleashed their mind-bending new single, Once You See It. Released via Inverse Records, the track offers fans a first taste of what’s to come from the bandโs highly anticipated forthcoming EP, which is slated to drop later this year. True to the band’s name, the new track…
Welcome back to this weeks round up of all the new album, EP, and single releases from the past seven days. Oh… and there’s a little, possibly horrific, surprise at the end of this weeks piece. Albums The 38th Division by Iselder “Iselder return with The 38th Division, a new black metal album built around…
After some much needed rest, for my damn sanity if nothing else, I returned to work this morning with some brand new plans for The Cult Archives. The first one being this what you are now reading what I wrote (to paraphrase the great Ernie Wise). The fact is I receive a metric-fuck-ton (an official…
