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ASPAARN

Aspaarn is a one-man-band from Switzerland who recently released Ancestral Genocides. There are not many well known bands from Switzerland, apart from the heavy hitters such as; Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Coroner and Poltergeist...

ANNOUNCE THE APOCALYPSE

Florida is typically well known for the old school death metal scene, but lurking in Tallassee Announce the Apocalypse have been whipping up a storm with their thrash onslaught. The trio have just released their new album Nefar...

CONFINED TO OBLIVION

– Can you tell us a little about the formation of Confined to Oblivion? The band was formed in early 2015 with our former vocalist and Yan(Lead Guitar) after the end of their previous project. After a couple of aud...

CONFINED TO OBLIVION

Formed in 2015, Confined to Oblivion have already toured with some of the most brutal bands that passed through Canada, opening for bands like The Agonist, Unearth and Beyond Creation. The brutal, intense music conjured up by t...

Aussie Swing Metal Band BARRELHOUSE Release New Video ‘Big Cheese’ From Their New Single

Barrelhouse continues on where Nescient ended: when three members of death metal band Nescient decided that with the new direction they were heading, it didn’t feel right continuing under their current name – so Barrelhou...

MYTHERINE

Germany used be an awesome place for great underground metal bands way back in the late 80’s to mid 90’s, sadly, most of the bands faded away leaving the underground death scene a little empty. There were still some...

BENEDICTION

UK death metal veterans Benediction are back with a bang with their new album, Scriptures. The album sees the triumphant return of David Ingram. Whilst eagerly awaiting this release, I went back through the bands extensi...

LAMASHTU

Lamashtu are a seven-piece symphonic metal band hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden who have just released their new album, Tro. I must admit to never even heard of Lamashtu prior to this review, quite how this happened, I am unsur...

ANDY CHATS WITH BLACKENED DEATH METALLERS ABYSSAL FROST

The Metal Age: Hi guys, thanks for taking time out to do this interview with me. Could you tell us a little about Abyssal Frost? John Stone: Conceptually, Abyssal Frost to me is essentially a dark opera, an ominous fable told t...

ABYSSAL FROST

Abyssal Frost are a quartet hailing from the USA who have released probably one of the finest albums I have heard in a very long time, entitled Antarsia. I thought that Blackened Death Metal had fallen off the face of the metal...

CLINE’S MIND

Around six months ago, I reviewed Cline’s Mind’s first album of 2020, and now I am reviewing their second album of 2020. The guys certainly have kept their promise! A Beautiful Chaos is, in my opinion, the band̵...

Andy chats with Gary LaBarr and Mike Swain of WALKER’S CAY

Hi guys, thanks for taking the time to talk to me today. Gary: You are most welcome! Thank you for having us! Can you tell us a little about how Walker’s Cay was founded? Gary: Well I own a radio station, and one evening, Mike ...

PRANA TSW

Prana is a one-man-band industrial project, that have just released a single Hit The Ground, in his own words, “an ode to the black lives matter moment”. indeed, the song is quite gripping an aggressive, with a catc...

TERROR PARADE release video for their new single ‘Hollywood Undead’

Filmed at Core Studios on The Gold Coast, Australia and created by Nik Carpenter, Hollywood Undead is both the release of Terror Parade‘s new single and accompanying video. Hollywood Dead is the first release from Terror ...

‘Bleed Over Me’ by 308 GHOST TRAIN Review

308 Ghost Train hail from Cortez Florida, USA. The quartet have mastered their craft over the past two years, and have just released a single entitled Bleed over Me. Bleed Over Me is an awesome single, and very pleasing to the ...

‘Mourn’ by THE FINEST COMMON Review

The Finest Common are a quartet hailing from Fort Worth Texas, they released their debut EP in 2019, and now, just released their first single with their new vocalist Kyle. The Finest Common’s new single Mourn is a hard-h...

‘The Black Swan Events’ by LOST NEBULA Review

Lost Nebula were formed in late 2013 in Mexico, since their formation they have developed into a powerful combo of aggressive, but yet melodic metal band. The Genre is a little hard to pigeon hole, I think the closest I can des...

‘The Tragic Protagonist’ by BIPOLAR ARCHITECTURE Review

Bipolar Architecture hail from both Berlin, Germany and Istanbul, Turkey. They were formed back in 2016. Their line up is quite interesting, as the main part of the band is from a now-defunct band called Heretic Soul who played...

‘Death March’ by THE CONJURED Review

The guys from Petaluma CA, are back with their newest demo entitled Death March. The Conjured have released a four-track demo with an even more aggressive sound than on their previous release. The Conjured have surprised me wit...

‘A Desolate Place’ by BA’ALZAMON Review

Ba’alzamon’s are a trio that originally formed back in 1998 in Arkansas USA, but split in 2001 and reformed in 2017. Their debut album, A Desolate Place was released on 25 of May 2020, ten Darkened Black metal of the highest qu...

‘Druid Winds & The Fall of the Celtic Gods’ by DRATNA Review

Dratna is a one-man-band black metal project hailing from Ireland. Druid Winds & The Fall of the Celtic Gods is the third release masterminded and composed in such a manner that it could have easily been released in the mid...

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