News Posts

Southern California quintet SPITE shared a video for the title track from their upcoming album ‘New World Killer’, out at the end of October via Rise Records!

Brutal Assault just unveiled a new wave of bands for its 2026 edition with The Sisters of Mercy and The Ghost Inside announced as headliners, but also a great selection of extreme metal and progressive/experimental representation!

Galge recently dropped the new video and single ‘Nidding’, the third track shared from their upcoming album ‘Dødelig’, set for release in a couple of weeks on October 3rd!

Finnish Hooded Menace released their crushing take on Duran Duran’s classic hit ‘Save a Prayer’, which is featured on their upcoming new album ‘Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration’, set for release in October via Season of Mist!

Headlining Tuska 2026 will be Bring Me The Horizon and Bad Omens, backed by a diverse first wave including The Plot In You, Blood Incantation, Queensrÿche, Kublai Khan TX, Malevolence, Soilwork, Rivers of Nihil, Ensiferum, Bloodred Hourglass, Majestica, Melrose Avenue, The Callous Daoboys and Neckbreakker!

We’re already getting excited for another memorable weekend of metal and alternative music in Helsinki! 3-day tickets are already available right now.

Which band are you looking forward to the most? Or still wishing for? Let us know in the comments!

Ohio’s brutalists Sanguisugabogg are back and more putrid than ever and recently shared the NSFW video for the single ‘Repulsive Demise’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Hideous Aftermath’, out next month via Century Media!

Party.San Metal Open Air festival announced the first 27 bands for 2026, including Testament, Hypocrisy and Amorphis as top names but so much more with something for as good as anyone who is into the more underground and extreme metal! Ticket presales are live right now!

From the roots of Amon Amarth, Fimbul Winter strikes with their debut EP ‘What Once Was’, out in November!

Southern California quintet SPITE announced their new album ‘NEW WORLD KILLER’ to be out via Rise Records on Halloween and shared the new single & video ‘LIGHTS OUT’!

Hispanic metal project Impureza unleashed a cinematic music video for ‘Covadonga’ where the fiery flamenco dance embodies the fusion of tradition and extreme their recent album ‘Alcázares’ stands for! Out with Season of Mist!

Album Reviews

Carnal Tomb’s third album “Embalmed In Decay” is a must for fans of Entombed, this is a rotten old school death metal record, out via Testimony Records.

Suffocation’s brutal and technical legacy remains the main attribute of these U.S. veterans, with the 9th album ‘Hymns From The Apocrypha’ guaranteeing a lesson in slamming brutality of the NY death metal style, out now via Nuclear Blast Records.

The ninth album “Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts” from old school death metal veterans Autopsy showcases superb musicianship out now, via Peaceville Records since October 27th.

The fourth dreadful opus “Seven Crowns and Seven Seals” from North Rhine-Westphalia blackened death outfit Sulphur Aeon conveys an otherworldly sense of might to the ancient creatures that lurk beneath the seas out now via Ván Records on October 13th.

Hail Cthulhu!!!
Hail Sulphur Aeon!!!!

On their full-length debut album “Mass Grave Horizon” Portland, Oregan quartet Excarnated Entity delivers am oppressive slab of crushing death/doom metal. The album was released on September 8th, via Nuclear Winter Records.

Mexican death metal four-piece Reverence to Paroxysm on their debut full-length album “Lux Morte” constantly traumatize your soul with crushing brutality and sludgy doom metal riffs! The album was released on Me Saco Un Ojo Records and Dark Descent Records on August 31st.

Fourth chapter, “The Enduring Spirit” of Toronto-based death metal outfit Tomb Mold offers a spectacular mix of technical/progressive elements in such a visceral and unforgotten performance. Out now digitally via 20 Buck Spin and physically next month!

Mexico’s powerhouse death/grindcore band Brujeria returns with their long-awaited album “Esto Es Brujeria”. The fifth album offers sixteen high-octane death grind songs with tight drumming, a solid release from these unhinged Mexicans out now via Nuclear Blast!

Canadian brutal/technical death metal collective Cryptopsy showcase a great deal of aggression and brutality on their newest endeavor “As Gomorrah Burns” out now via Nuclear Blast.

Florida’s death metal titans Cannibal Corpse bounce back with their sixteenth album “Chaos Horrific” fulfilling their legacy as they once again fortify the ante. With Erik Rutan making his second appearance, Cannibal Corpse deliver some brutal material to their fans yet again. Out on September 22nd via Metal Blade Records!