Einderlicht by Marche Funebre We have been writing material together for over a decade, so we have our habits. All the songs are written together. Generally, someone comes up with a couple of riffs, and we look into them together. It’s great to bounce ideas off each like that. Most of the time, it goes…
Korpskrist by Juha Ahlfors, Jani Elokoski Korpsesoturi is an old school death metal band that was formed originally 2014 by Juha Ahlfors. The main focus was to create raw energy, dark lyrics in the Finnish language and sound which respects the traditional old school death metal. Some flavours from the years spent with different types…
By Ken Miller Seismic is an instrumental doom metal trio from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Arriving with monolithic force on their maiden recording last fall, Seismic channels the ominous and existential horrors of our time and forges them into a lumbering, dynamic landscape of slow-motion sludge and doom metal without vocals or lyrics guiding the way. Immersive,…
Fable by Eric Gynan I typically write the songs. Alyssa co-wrote the title track fable as well as the title track dream with me. I always say that I simply listen to what the Universe has to say by making that connection. Then I get down some scratch tracks, and the rest of the band…
Tome II by Grave Circles Grave Circles is a Central Ukrainian project that plays a style of music that can be classified as black metal but is atypical to other bands from our country. Most of the time, nothing is done and the process only starts when a sort of frequency opens up. It is…
Altered State by Amos Williams We all come from entirely different backgrounds, which I think is essential to a diverse output. James and I went to school together in central London, and I’ll be honest, I can’t remember when we first started performing in bands together. I know that he was the rock guitarist, and…
Tyrant by Bliss of Flesh Our new album ‘Tyrant’ was out on 30th October 2020 on Listenable Records. I’m very proud of it, and I hope that our art will be understood. I have no doubt. Honestly, each release was very different for writing, and I loved this mindset that I had when I wrote…
Descending Pillars by John Hancock Void Rot from Minneapolis, USA, formed in 2017 with influences from the glorious progenitors of majestic, atmospheric and slow-moving death metal like Winter, Rippikoulu and diSEMBOWELMENT, as well as newer entries within the genre such as Krypts, Spectral Voice and Sempiternal Dusk. Void Rot weave light and darkness seamlessly and…
Fury And Malevolence by Doomslayer Oath of Damnation is a four-piece metal outfit hailing from Adelaide, South Australia, featuring members of Darklord, Beyond Mortel Dreams, Shadow Realm and In The Burial. Initially formed in 2010, Oath of Damnation’s style of music is described as a hellish blend of savagery and atmosphere, brutality and ambience, built…
Rites of the Nameless by Galen Baudhuin Infera Bruo has always been about inner reflection and catharsis. Like it or not, humans have negative and violent emotions. For me, creating and listening to extreme music has a healing effect. It allows a positive outlet for all of the hate and bile that inevitably accumulates. Our…
Satanic Upheaval by Dave Buchan Burial is a no-nonsense black metal trio from the bleak industrial landscapes of Manchester, UK, dedicating our sound to the ice-cold, goat worshipping origins of the genre. We started in 2005 when the three of us were playing together in another band and split off as a three-piece to play…
Sell The Future by Alasdair Swan, Matt Harrington The future is fast, the future is sharp, and the future has already been sold, baby, so you missed your shot. Better luck next time. Boston heavy rockers Cortez have always embodied an underdog spirit, from their 2007 debut EP, Thunder in a Forgotten Town, through their…
Perished in Torment by Wim de Vries Grim Fate was born in 2017 to create some dark, brutal and doomy death metal. Thus the first demo, ‘Decomposition’, was released the same year, followed by an EP entitled ‘Emerging From the Crypt’ released in spring 2018, just when the band got in touch with Xtreem Music…
Allusion by Alexander Machtakov Epitimia is a band formed in St. Petersburg by A. and K. in 2008 on the wave of interest in mid-tempo atmospheric black metal. Soon drummer M. joined the duo, and in this form, the band existed for more than a decade. Throughout their creative path, the musicians have been looking…
Solivagus by David Baxter While primarily embedded in the essence of black metal, Sarpa throws other ingredients such as progressive rock, acoustics, old school death/thrash, and some Afro/Latin rhythms into the pot. The debut album Solivagus was written and performed by David Baxter (drummer of Plutonian Shore, ex-Skrew, ex-Škan) on all instruments/voices in various studios…
Effigy of Nightmares by Carter Hicks The name Valdrin comes from the protagonist of our lyrical mythos: Valdrin Ausadjur. I don’t remember exactly when I came up with that name, but I’m guessing it was around 2010 when I finished composing the music for what would become our debut album, Beyond The Forest. During that…
Attunement to Death by Sense of Premonition Invocation (Chile), born in late 2015 A.B. and has endeavoured to combine influence from the most chaotic Death Metal with the eternal darkness of occult black metal; after a couple of months, the band began to compose material for their first demo cassette, around March ‘Godz ov War’…
GOD by Torre Megatherium is a doom–sludge band from Verona, Italy. Since its beginning in 2011, their sound is a deliciously dark blend of sludge and doom, crammed full of powerful yet clean vocals, scorching low-tuned guitar riffs set at total volume, bone-crushing bass and tumultuous drumming. Megatherium published its debut album, Superbeast (Andromeda Relix),…
A brand-new entity hailing from Belgium, the sword-swinging brigands of Soulcaster shall make their mark across the metal underground with their five-song Maelstrom of Death and Steel. In a swift-but-satisfying 22 minutes, Soulcaster erect towers of fantastical heavy metal might, evincing a stout grasp of epic-yet-punchy songwriting and a whole host of unique contrasts which…
The Mother of all Plagues by Max Otero We formed Mercyless in 1987 because we were passionate about Heavy metal, Thrash, and Death. We wanted to be like our idols and share this passion with other people. So forming a group was the best solution. I think that we could consider ourselves as Artists from…