The Monoliths of Cursed Slumber with Hibernus MortisArt: Chris Placeres In 1995 in South Florida, Hibernus Mortis was started by primary songwriters Ralf Varela and Cesar Placeres. Influenced by the original 1st and 2nd waves of death metal, the band began crafting its brand of dark cavernous crushing death metal. With a demo, live album…
Wrought with Eric KusanagiArt: Stefan Alt Hiroe is a 5 Piece instrumental rock collective from Philadelphia that started in late 2020 and is signed to Pelagic Records. Hiroe’s music straddles indie rock, post-hardcore, post-rock and post-metal. It’s a wide spectrum, and I hope there’s a little something for everyone with heaviness, aggression, ambiance, and beautiful…
Iron Void with Jonathan ‘Sealey’ Seale, Steve WilsonArt: Goatess Doomwych, Annick Giroux Bio: Jonathan ‘Sealey’ Seale initially founded Iron Void in November 1998 to create an old-school Doom Metal band worshipping at the altar of doom legends such as Black Sabbath, Saint Vitus, Pentagram, Trouble, The Obsessed, Iron Man, Revelation, Pagan Altar, Witchfinder General & Cathedral…
Death’s Hand in Yours with Laurence KerbovArt: Timon Kokott Legendarium is a Dutch/Italian metal band that has been making noise since 2017. The band consists of Laurence Kerbov on vocals, guitar, bass and keys and Stefano Vaccari on drums. Legendarium has experimented with many different musical styles, starting with a punk-influenced heavy metal sound. In…
Cosmic Mountain with Lucid GraveArt: CLLK Artwork Bio: Lucid Grave started in the underground scene of Copenhagen, Denmark. They formed in 2017. Over the years, they have played with Witch (US), The Gates of Slumber (US), High Priestess (US), Sacri Monti (US), Koleidobolt (FI), The Riven (S), and many more. They have released two cassette…
The Warlock of Da’ath with LucifericonArt: Abyssic Art Bio: After opening the sorcerous gate through Al-Khem-Me-cal processes on the previous album, we have again embraced every atom of the blackest mass to conjure darkness from a more cabalistic perspective. Indeed, Lucifericon’s Al-Khem-Me debut full-length displayed the full fathom of the band’s metal of death. While…
The Cursed Who Perform The Larvagod Rites with Nicklas AnderssonArt: Johnny Dombrowski, Peder Bergstand Mammoth Volume was formed in the mid-nineties by Nicklas Andersson and Daniel Gustafsson. Soon Nicklas’s older brothers, Jörgen Andersson and Kalle Berlin, joined the band. Mammoth Volume released their debut S/T album in 1999 via The Music Cartel label. Since Black…
Sturdy as an Oak with MamorlisArt: Maria Pintz Rooster and Madani started the band after Cryptic Edifice fell apart. Rooster initially hired a singer named Lynsay for her feminine appeal, but she lost her lyric book and never rewrote anything. He put his feelers out for another singer, and only commies replied, so we decided…
Monarch with Mankind GriefArt: Marc Agudo Founded in 2014, Mankind Grief is an ‘Alien’ themed Deathcore band from Barcelona. The final result of the band resumes the influence of the Sci-Fi and Horror classics in movies, books, UFOʼs, etc., something noticeable in its lyrics. We like to describe our music as something evolving inside deathcore…
MMXXI with MiscreationArt: Daniel Corcuera Founded in 2018, Miscreation had formed to begin preparing what will become an eight-chapter concept album of their self-imagined storyline. The demo ‘MMXXI’ showcases chapters II, IV, and VI to foreshadow the impending full length. The best way I could describe it would be like technical death metal without necessarily…
As We Set the Skies Ablaze with MoonshadeArt: Tiago Pimentel, Ana Fragateiro Bio: Moonshade is a melodic extreme metal project hailing from Oporto, Portugal. The band’s demo, ‘The Path Of Redemption’, was released online in 2011, shortly followed by the ‘Dream | Oblivion’ EP, their first physical release. In 2018, their critically acclaimed debut album…
Only the Dead Know Our Secrets with Nikos MichasPhotography: Nikos Michas It’s heavy as reinforced concrete, has tonality, is a bit sad at times and, lastly, ever-evolving. We all come from different musical backgrounds, so it’s our own Frankenstein. We love and sometimes hate our creations. The latest album, “Only The Dead Know Our Secrets,”…
Norma Evangelium Tenebris with NoctuArt: Jenglot Hitam I’m not good with explanations, and I don’t like definitions to pigeonhole music. But I could define my compositions as “atmospheric” because I try, each time, to find the right atmosphere to express my sensations through the most suitable sounds. And this is very important to me because…
Ater Ignis with OrthodoxyArt: Fernando Rivas I am involved in many different projects, all going through different phases. So the description of my music and its meaning to me keeps changing and allows for different readings. Today, Orthodox, for me, it’s about the concept of a metal band, how the band is more than the…
Righteous Fool with Righteous FoolArt: Brian Mercer Bio: Born in 2009 on the impulse of the late Reed Mullin (Corrosion Of Conformity) and guitarist Jason Browning, Raleigh-based rockers Righteous Fool came fully into being when the gang of two invited Mullin’s long-time bandmate Mike Dean (also Corrosion Of Conformity) to play bass. North Carolina legends…
Slither in Slime with RotheadsArt: César Valladares, Mörtuus-ArtLayout: Skaðvaldur, FINAdesigns Formed in 2014, Rotheads is a death metal act from Bucharest, Romania. The band has released two albums, a demo and a split, the latest release, titled Slither in Slime, being released in 2022 in CD format by the Spanish label Memento Mori and in…
Shaped by Human Frailty with Strangle WireArt: Kirill Semenov Bio: Formed in 2017, Strangle Wire is a death metal band from Northern Ireland. Strangle Wire deliver old school death metal with a strong modern influence. Branding themselves as Psychological Death metal, their artwork and lyrical concepts attempt to capture the darker parts of the human…
Theigns & Thralls with Kevin RidleyArt: Renato Faccini Bio: Theigns & Thralls is the brainchild of Skyclad’s singer/songwriter Kevin Ridley. Born during the covid lockdowns of 2020, it grew into a collaborative recording project involving twenty-five European musicians from bands such as Korpiklaani, Ensiferum, Cruachan, Waylander, Celtibeerian and Metal De Facto. A touring band of…
Torture of Industry with TheodicyArt: Milan Chmurek In the beginning, the Band was a thrash metal combo. Changing singers and drummers changed the genre to groovy death metal around 2014. Making music has been a hobby of all members and fills with the entire creative process of composing, texting, recording, producing, mixing and the visual…
Unslayable with TyrannusArt: CVSPE Tyrannus are a Scottish antifascist band that formed in 2018. They have recently released their debut album, Unslayable, in partnership with Creative Scotland, The National Lottery and True Cult Records. The album title is a word that describes both the protagonists and antagonists of the story of the album. The omnipotent…