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This Friday (April 28th), BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME will release their new DVD/Blu-ray, ‘Coma Ecliptic: Live’, via Metal Blade Records, in association with Good Fight Entertainment. The concert, which features the band performing their latest album, ‘Coma Ecliptic’, in its entirety, was filmed live on location October 4th, 2016 at The Observatory North Park in San Diego, CA. For a preview of the release, a live video of ‘Turn on the Darkness’ can now be viewed here. Continue reading

In conjunction with CIRITH UNGOL’s first ever live show on European soil at Keep It True festival in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany, Metal Blade will release the Ultimate edition of UNGOL’s ‘King Of The Dead’ album on the weekend of the fest on April, 28th! You can now check out a live version of the title track here. This version has been recorded live during the band’s comeback show at the Frost & Fire Fest last October in Ventura, CA! Continue reading

It’s their jubilee year! 35 years of TANKARD! And, of course, a suitable soundtrack can’t be neglected for the occasion. The band’s 17th studio album, One Foot In The Grave will be released on June 2nd, 2017 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band have revealed the third trailer in which they discuss the songwriting process and the lyrics of the new album. Continue reading

Sweden’s doom darlings AVATARIUM will deliver their third studio album Hurricanes And Halos on May 26th. Today, the band reveals another trailer in which you can take a look behind the recordings at Gröndahl Studios, whilst singer Jennie-Ann Smith and guitarist Marcus Jidell discuss the new approach to this more diverse, progressive sounding record – from heavy doom riffs to soft melodies like in ‘Road To Jerusalem’. Continue reading

THE DAHMERS bring their exhilarating mix of garage punk and lo-fi action rock with chilling lyrical themes to the UK for a one off show at Nambucca in London on Sunday May 28, 2017. They’ll be joined by The Riven. Continue reading

Dutch Thrashers DISTILLATOR proudly present another new song from their sophomore full-length “Summoning The Malicious”, which will be released on 1st May 2017 via Empire Records. A video for the album’s title track is available at this location. Continue reading

A quite brutal LP today from Portuguese tech-death(core) band The Voynich Code – their debut full-length, Aqua Vitae, out May 05 via Primordial Records. Gems of an underrepresented area, The Voynich Code meld progressive metal, technical death metal, and classic deathcore to create a triumph of a record. Continue reading

Newcomers ‘Reckless Intentions’ drop their engaging debut EP ‘Lights’, via all outlets on Friday 14th July, but before then, the pop-punkers reveal their new lyric video for ‘Stitches’. Amalgamating contagious vocal melodies, memorable hooks, and probing power chord rhythms, the tunesters have all of the raw fundamentals to be one of the key players within the UK scene. Continue reading

Night Demon – “Darkness Remains” (Steamhammer / SPV) If you yearn for the glory days of NWOBHM or are appreciative of today’s ‘true’ metal scene then California’s Night Demon will no doubt be a name familiar to you. A 3 piece fronted by bassist / vocalist Jarvis Leatherby, who’s the current bassist in Cirith Ungol and is the live vocalist for Jaguar, Night Demon rose to fame over the course of an EP and their noted 2015 debut “Curse Of The Damned” – not to mention numerous festival appearances around the globe! Taking their inspiration from the likes of Grim Reaper, … Continue reading

A week remains until Norwegian symphonic black metal giants, DIMMU BORGIR, will unleash their highly-anticipated double-DVD/BluRay Forces Of The Northern Night. Today, the band have unveiled another live video of their monumental song ‘Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse’ from the live ritual in Oslo together with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Schola Cantorum Choir. See symphonic black metal reach an entirely new level with this clip Continue reading