Dusk // Dawn with Virtue In Vain Virtue In Vain is a progressive metalcore band based in Cardiff and London. The four-piece have established themselves as one of the strongest upcoming bands following the release of their debut EP and extensively toured the UK, followed up with the release of their second EP ‘Dusk //…
Frozen Summer by Misery Lane Misery Lane started as an idea and has grown into so much more. We are a multi-genre metal band that uses dark and melodic rhythms with aggressive and expansive drumbeats to cross the boundaries of labels and open the door to a new musical experience. Founded in October 2020, Misery…
God Emperor with Erik Collier, Darryl Dewitt HMA: How would you describe your? Undrask: We call our music melodic death metal, though we’ve been called a number of genres/subgenres. Melodeath suits as well as any, so we’re sticking with that. As far as meaning, it’s an outlet, a drive, a necessity. We all feel compelled…
Bedsore / Mortal Incarnation Split with Bedsore Art: Manuel Tinnemans Bedsore is the shape that Jacopo Gianmaria Pepe and Stefano Allegretti gave to their multifaceted musical concept, oneiric and atmospheric, raw and violent. In 2018 the first demo saw the light, finding the first success and exhuming the band from the vault; in the same…
Breathe with John Merchant, Todd Long After drawing attention to themselves in 2020 with their debut EP, ‘Headed West,’ and full-length feature ‘No Saints in the City’, the duo of singer-songwriters John Merchant (former Dutch Henry songwriter and guitarist) and multi-instrumentalist Todd Long (previously with The Verve Pipe) aka Ghots of Sunset, are set to…
Sentence with Emile Duputié Art by AMMO Bio: Riding across Europe since 2011, Beyond The Styx is inspired by a dark and violent musical universe. At the crossroads between Hardcore, Metal and Thrash crossover, the French quintet has unleashed the crowds on more than 250 gigs alongside renowned bands such as Terror, Nasty, and Malevolence.…
Forever Negative with Stefan Lang Art: Frederico Bossinga Black Negative Domination is a German-based death metal (studio) band formed by Stefan Lang (songwriting, guitars, bass, lyrics) in 2018; released 2 EPs and a single so far. Chris Whitby (vocals) joined in 2019. Philipp Horst has been helping with the drum programming since the ‘All Hail…
With: Stephen Burnett Our music is a rollercoaster of sadness followed by extreme aggression. We all thoroughly enjoy music that conveys emotion and brutal heaviness, so we reflect that in building songs. Music is a central part of our lives for all of us. Hence, the ability to express ourselves, as cliche as it is,…
Threshold of Nothingness with ClairvoyanceArt: Stewart Cole Bio: Clairvoyance was formed in 2019 to transform the morbid and swampy spirit of 90s death metal into a fresh rotting effigy that would soon infest the current underground scene. Their self-titled debut demo released in 2020 on Caligari Records is ferocious death metal with putrid atonal riffs…
Opus Limbonica with Sami Selkäinaho Art: Roberto Toderico Founded in 2017, Clamoris set out to bring their vision of neoclassical-inspired extreme metal to life. Originally planned as a two-person studio project formed by keyboardist/composer Sami Selkäinaho and vocalist/bassist Niko Peräkorpi, but feeling that due to the demanding nature of the songs, a total band effort…
The Buried Storm with Jayn MaivenFront cover: Kathryn Pogue Inner portraits: Ludvig Swärd/Forndom Layout: Alexander Trinkl Darkher was conceived as the sole brainchild and solo project of Northern English singer, guitarist and composer Jayn Maiven in 2012. The dark and melancholic yet massively heavy sound on the self-titled debut EP ‘Darkher’ (2013), combined with the…
Horrors of Human Sacrifice with Defy the Curse Art: Rafał Wechterowicz Art (insert): Szymon Siech Crust-infested, blisteringly bone-crunching HM-2 death metal from the Lowlands! Former members of Collision, Cauterize, Inhume, The Guilt Parade, Mangled and Legion of the Damned reunited in 2016. All from well-known acts from the North Limburg region, they found each other…
Mass Destroyer with Demonical Art: Mark Riddick Demonical is a Swedish death metal band formed in 2006. So far released seven full-lengths plus some EPs etc. We play death metal, plain and simple. Music to me means a way of expressing myself, and that goes for all kinds of stuff I write; I also write…
Unveil in the Abyss by Tommi Grönqvist Art: Tommi Grönqvist Desecresy was formed in 2009 by Tommi Grönqvist (instruments/art) and Jarno Nurmi (vocals). After the first four albums – Arches of Entropy, The Doom Skeptron, Chasmic Transcendence and Stoic Death – Jarno left the band, and it became a solo project of Tommi, who went…
Forsaken with Paz The Spectre Beneath is a prog/power metal band from the north-west of England, not too far from Manchester. We began in 2018, and Pete initially brought along drummer Consta Taylor, who plays with him in Plague and the Decay, and long-time collaborator and vocalist Katy Lennon. He then found singer L. Lockser…
Aischrolatreia with Diabolic Oath Art: Iconartistry Diabolic Oath is a Portland, OR, Bestial Occult Metal trio. We play Bestial Occult Metal. This is the most sufficient way to describe what we offer. Sonically, it is quite feral, chaotic and heavy. That’sThat’s the goal, anyways. The music is a sonic expression and evolution towards the dark,…