Samoht was clearly somewhat inspired by dark Americana and country inspired music looking at his albums of the year 2023 list featuring artists like Dorthia Cottrell, Osi and the Jupiter, Wayfarer and The Coffinshakers, but also massive albums by bands like Frozen Soul, Serpent’s Oath, SLOW, OAK, Smoulder and Bell Witch!
UK brutal metallic sludge outfit Mastiff drops a crushing new video ‘Serrated’ featuring Harry Nott from Burner and Dan James from XIII, a first single from the upcoming album ‘Deprecipice’, set for release in March via MNRK Heavy!
Xavier apparently spent more time catching up with what he missed in 2022, than discovering new releases in a year that he seemed somewhat disappointed about what was coming out. He still picked out a handful of releases that stuck out for him with Nytt Land, Avatar, Gloryhammer, Kludde and Dymna Lotva!
US black metal act Hulder issues ‘Hearken The End’ video single in anticipation of the release of the new album ‘Verses In Oath’, set for release next month via 20 Buck Spin!
Theogonia Records set to unleash the frozen fury of Finnish melodic death metal outfit As The Sun Falls with a new full-length album this spring!
Crossover outfit Slope present the 4th single and video ‘WHY SAD’ from their highly anticipated upcoming album ‘Freak Dreams’, set for release next month via Century Media Records!
A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!
US metal outfit Darkest Hour are gearing up to release their new album ‘Perpetual | Terminal’ via MNRK Heavy next month, and shared another single with ‘Societal Bile’!
Exhorder thrashes into 2024 with new album ‘Defectum Omnium’ set for release in March via Nuclear Blast and unleashed the first single ‘Year Of The Goat’!
Death metal miscreants Aborted are back, paying their very own tribute to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the new single ‘Death Cult’, part of their upcoming album ‘Vault of Horrors’, set for release in March with Nuclear Blast!
