Tag: metal
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At Hellsinki Metal Festival, we sat down with Germain Bodeus (bass) and Griska Lutgen (pitched vocals) of Brutal Sphincter — a band that proves grindcore can be chaotic, clever, political, joyful, and completely unhinged all at once. Between jokes about song titles, deep dives into conspiracy theories,…
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Finnish melodic death metal act Blood Red Delusion return with full force as their third studio album, “Bloodlust Awakening”, was released March 13th.
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Some releases don’t arrive fully formed: they reveal themselves gradually, piece by piece, in fragments that only make sense once the full picture is allowed to unfold. With Frozen, Rioghan step into that space between uncertainty and resolution, where tension lingers…
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Some performances don’t announce themselves loudly. They arrive with a certain stillness, an undercurrent that suggests something is about to unfold, even before the first note is played.
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Finnish alternative metal outfit Volucrine have returned with new music, unveiling “Golem”, the first single from their upcoming fifth full-length album. The yet-untitled record will be released later this year via Inverse Records, marking the band’s next chapter after steadily building their reputation across…
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Italian folk metal act Aexylium have released a new lyric video for “Eclissi”, taken from their third full-length album “Myth of Mankind”, out via Rockshots Records.
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Swedish death metal torchbearers Xorsist have announced their third full-length album, “Aberrations”, set for release on April 24 via Hammerheart Records.
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Forged in Kent in 2022, UK doom outfit Iron Slug have steadily tightened their grip on the British underground. Following the well-received EPs “Debauched And Bored” and “Unrepentant Grin”, the band now step forward with their first full-length statement: “Deceit And Misery”, arriving March 27 via Road…
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Formed in 2022 in Spain’s Balearic Islands, SolNegre have quickly carved a space for themselves through unflinching emotional honesty. Their debut “The Spiral Labyrinth” (2023) earned strong praise, followed by the independently released EP “Annihilation Of The Self” (2024), both reinforcing the band’s commitment to confronting…
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Kerava-based metal outfit I Revolt have emerged from recent upheavals renewed and refocused. After lineup changes paused the process of their long-planned debut album, the band chose not to patch things together—but to begin again.
