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SVARTSOT release new album, Peregrinus, in September

SVARTSOT are set to release their sixth – and probably last traditional – album in September. 2025 is also the band’s 20th anniversary year. Following the release of Kumbl on Mighty Music in 2022 and a series of shows in support of the album, work commenced on the writing of the next album. It was, however, at this time that long-time drummer and producer of Kumbl, Frederik Uglebjerg, announced his departure from SVARTSOT. Frederik returned briefly in 2024 to help with a series of concerts, including performances at Graspop Metal Meeting and Wacken Open Air, before a new permanent drummer […]

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Turkey Vulture – Dead To Me [EP]

Ya just gotta give Connecticut’s TURKEY VULTURE props for doing it the right way – honing its sound over 4 EPs and a smattering of singles since 2019, not over-anxious to jump into the album format, when it may never suit them. ‘Jill The Ripper (Heavy Take)’ doesn’t come with the promised “doom’s crushing weight”, but the snarl in the vox of drummer Jim Clegg more than suffice, the tune rampant with dirty punk ‘n’ roll ala VANDALS and CIRCLE JERKS (VI era). The title track finds guitarist/bassist Jessie May joining on vocals and boasts a chorus as catchy as […]

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A FLOCK NAMED MURDER: Decibel Magazine Premieres ‘To Drown In Obsidian Tides’ From Toronto-Based Blackened Post-Metal Trio; Incendiary Sanctum 2xLP To See Release Next Month On Hypaethral Records

Toronto-based atmospheric post-black trio A FLOCK NAMED MURDER is pleased to unveil their latest single, ‘To Drown In Obsidian Tides’. Now playing at Decibel Magazine, the track comes by way of the band’s stunning new full-length, Incendiary Sanctum, set for release on May 2nd on Hypaethral Records. Never confined by genre, A FLOCK NAMED MURDER crafts an expansive and immersive sound merging elements of black metal, post-metal, doom, and death metal into a seamless whole. Their music resonates with fans of boundary-pushing acts like Agalloch, Neurosis, Inter Arma, Ulver, Fen, The Ruins Of Beverast, Ulcerate, and Cult Of Luna. Whether […]

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Album Review: Gates To Hell – Death Comes To All

Of all the new bands trying to cash in on the brutal death/hardcore mash-up trend, this is the worst I’ve heard so far. I’m appalled a record of this low quality is on Nuclear Blast. I know they sign some bad bands to jump on bandwagons, but this is bad right down to the production quality and playing ability. It makes SANGUISUGABOGG and BONGINATOR look like ATHEIST. I like death metal and hardcore when they are primitive and to the point. This is DUMB, not primitive…an onslaught of uninteresting riffs, lobotomized breakdowns that have been done over and over for […]

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U.S. Thrashers Executionist Releasing Debut Full-Length, Sacrament Of The Sick, in May

Gallagher (WV) – U.S. Thrash Metal quartet, EXECUTIONIST, will release debut full-length album, Sacrament Of The Sick, on May 16. In the four years since the release of their debut EP, the band has sharpened the blades of its attack, both in terms of songwriting and performance. Watch the video for the album’s first single, ‘Serrated Shadows’ The single is available on Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple Music. Sacrament Of The Sick is a monumental step forward from EXECUTIONIST’s previous material. Improved production, performances, and writing have made EXECUTIONIST sound nearly unrecognizable compared to the band’s debut EP, Destined For Destruction. […]

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Album Review: Rokets – Bad Choices

There’s just something about dirty Scandinavian rock ‘n’ roll. From forefathers HANOI ROCKS to BACKYARD BABIES to countless others, that Sunset Boulevard sound has been mangled and mutated by sheer force of will into something other – something independent of its heritage, created without the media hype engine so treasured and fickle here in the good ol’ US of A. Entering the ring now is ROKETS, with their third attempt at a knockout, Bad Choices. ‘Bad Choices’ gets down to bidness quick and (im)proper, and there’s something of CRANK COUNTY DAREDEVILS and LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS in the guitar tone and […]

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Exile On Mainstream Records Launches New US-Based Webshop Via A Thousand Arms

Long-running Berlin, German-based exploratory record label EXILE ON MAINSTREAM announces a new US-based webshop through A Thousand Arms, which is now open to the public. EXILE ON MAINSTREAM was launched by Andreas Kohl in 1999, and has since released over 115 titles, including LPs from Payola, Scissorfight, Good Witch Of The South, Shepherd, The Hidden Hand, Ostinato, End Of Level Boss, Place Of Skulls, Beehoover, A Whisper In The noise, The Antikaroshi, Enablers, Conny Ochs, Wino, Black Shape Of Nexus, Darsombra, Obelyskkh, Stinking Lizaveta, Kristian Harting, Friedemann, Bulbul, Treedeon, Noisepicker, Bellrope, Dälek, Gore, Might, The Moth, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, […]

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SEVERED ANGEL Releases Official Video for ‘Cry Out To The World’

Melodic/Progressive Metal band, SEVERED ANGEL, have released the official video for “Cry Out To The World’, the new single from forthcoming album, When Eternity Ends. Check it out at THIS LOCATION SEVERED ANGEL will release their third album, When Eternity Ends, March 28 on No Life ‘Til Metal Records. Hailing from the Northeastern U.S. (NY & PA), SEVERED ANGEL has toiled in the underground for several years, self-releasing their first two albums, yet still managing to reach high levels of success. The band’s sophomore album, Skyward, entered the Top 10 on on the Metal Contraband chart and the Top 25 […]

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Royal Blunder – Only More Is Enough [EP]

You’ve got four songs and I’ve only got 120 words, ROYAL BLUNDER, so let’s cut to the chase. Where do you get off cranking out a syncopated rocker like ‘The Clock’ right from the start? I’m hearing DANIEL AMOS here, but sweetened with just enough sugar to make the whole thing go down oh, so smooth. And that title track, the fiery guitar lead-in, that’s just uncalled for! Give us a minute to catch up, fellas, our media-addled brains can’t take all these goodtime grooves and positivity at once! The psych/pop of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ bleeds XTC, and ‘Blink’ capping this […]

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Gates of Ishtar sign with The Circle Music

The Circle Music has signed the influential Swedish melodic death metal band, GATES OF ISHTAR. Revered as one of the genre’s most underrated acts, GATES OF ISHTAR are poised to triumphantly return with their first new album in nearly three decades. Formed in Luleå, Sweden, GATES OF ISHTAR burst onto the scene with their seminal 1996 debut album, A Bloodred Path, which quickly cemented their place in the pantheon of melodic death metal. Two more critically acclaimed albums followed, The Dawn Of Flames (1997) and At Dusk And Forever (1998), showcasing their signature blend of razor-sharp riffs, thunderous drums, and […]

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