ACID MASSAgonizer Morbid And Miserable / Bonepick (2023)Rating: 8/10 Multi-instrumentalist Ben Ricketts is the man behind Ohio’s Acid Mass and over the last year has spewed forth four singles and an EP (Lust For Violence). Agonizer is the debut full-length, a short ten-track affair that fuses thrash, speed and black metal resulting in a rather […]
DUNGEONInto The Ruins EP Dying Victims Productions (2023)Rating: 7/10 London / Berlin speed metallers Dungeon have emerged from a five year hibernation with a new five-song EP, Into The Ruins. I had hoped for something lengthier from the quartet but 21 minutes of black n’ rust will have to do for now. There is plenty […]
CANNIBAL CORPSE Release 16th Studio Album ‘Chaos Horrific’ September 22nd, 2023 Tampa, Florida-based death metal band Cannibal Corpse issued 16th full-length studio album Chaos Horrific on September 22nd, 2023 through Metal Blade Records. Chaos Horrific was written shortly after the conclusion of sessions for predecessor Violence Unimagined. “To me, this album feels sort of like […]
GRYMHEART Release Debut Studio Album ‘Hellish Hunt’ September 22nd, 2023 Hungarian melodic power / death metal band Grymheart issued debut full-length studio album Hellish Hunt on September 22nd, 2023 through Scarlet Records. Hellish Hunt was recorded and mixed at Blacksmith Studio in Budapest, Hungary, and engineered, produced and mastered by frontman Gábor Kovács. According to […]
LAST IN LINE Premiere ‘Not Today Satan’ Music Video September 22nd, 2023 Los Angeles, California-based hard rock / heavy metal band Last In Line have filmed a music video for the track ‘Not Today Satan’, which can be viewed below. Last In Line issued third full-length studio album Jericho on March 31st, 2023 through earMUSIC. […]
SEMBLANT Premiere ‘The Human Eclipse’ Music Video September 21st, 2023 Curitiba, Brazil-based extreme symphonic metal band Semblant have filmed a music video for the track ‘The Human Eclipse’. Directed by Phell Voltolini (Dark Plague Entertainment), the clip can be viewed below. Semblant issued fourth full-length studio album Vermilion Eclipse on April 15th, 2022 through Frontiers […]
AVENGED SEVENFOLD Release Animated Music Video For ‘Mattel’ Track September 21st, 2023 Huntington Beach, California-based metal band Avenged Sevenfold have released an official animated music video for the track ‘Mattel’. Directed by Zoe Katz, the clip can be viewed below. Avenged Sevenfold issued eighth full-length studio album Life Is But A Dream… on June 2nd, […]
BEFORE THE DAWN Premiere ‘Chaos Star’ Music Video September 19th, 2023 Finnish melodic death metal band Before The Dawn have released a music video for the track ‘Chaos Star’, which can be viewed below. Before The Dawn issued eighth full-length studio album Stormbringers on June 30th, 2023 through Napalm Records. Stormbringers marks Before The Dawn’s […]
HANDS OF ORLACHebetudo Mentis Terror From Hell (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 Finally, a new full-length album from Malmö, Sweden-based Italian doomsters Hands Of Orlac is upon us with Hebetudo Mentis, the follow-up to the band’s excellent 2014 sophomore effort Figli del crepuscolo. A new guitarist in the form of Manuele Bonanno has joined the cult as again […]
THUNDERGRAVEFor The True Glory EP Evil Nöise (2023)Rating: 7.5/10 Give this Mexican bunch a shovel and watch them dig, not only into the damp soil but the mists of time, particularly the 80s. Not only do Thundergrave boast a great and yet nonsensical moniker, but their sound is as equally stuffy and mesmeric. We know […]
