After 3 years, Spirit Possession return. Somewhere in the darkest basement, the duo from Portland have been brewing something more than diabolical.

The great David Bowie once said: “Without Kraftwerk, all the music of the ’80s and ’90s would not exist in the form we know it today.”

The last time I reviewed a Full of Hell record I thought of the old horror-movie Poltergeist. Now with Garden of Burning Apparitions another movie comes to my

With God Mother Nothing stays in place here: constant pushing and pulling in a very tight, confined space.

"History reshits itself", Touché Amoré knew it and Burner rephrase it eleven times on their new album "No One Is Coming To Save Us".

Snet are back from the crypts of Eastern Europes underground death metal scene with their latest installment V bazinach vedomi

One band that has made huge waves over the last few years is definitely Chat Pile.

Psychedelic sounds emerge from the darkest and creepiest dungeon as Devil Master finally return.

"Nine" will be a good starting point for some new fans looking to approach the mountain range that is Russian Circles’ body of work.

30 years of Party.San Open Air! Of course, an anniversary like this had to be celebrated properly. After picking up my press pass without any problems and

This year, as could hardly be expected otherwise, Summer Breeze was once again a complete success – both for the organizers and for the visitors. Even though

You can tell straight away: yes, that’s If These Trees Could Talk. That’s exactly what I like most about this album.

Khemmis succeeds in stripping down—but not dumbing down—their sound to its absolute essence, delivering their most cohesive and focused record to date.

With Signal Fire, Genghis Tron have restored some features from their old version to their newly established firmware.

Hardcore kids or metalheads, everyone seems to agree on Converge, almost like they’re some kind of higher being. The Michael Jordan of heavy music, if you will.

While Blood Incantation's "Timewave zero" felt like a journey through the vast and unsettling space, "All Gates open" now feels like an arrival.

With this release, FARSON move even further away from conventional Post-Black Metal structures, drifting into territory shaped by Technical Death Metal,

Armed for Apocalypse don’t stand in opposition to the apocalypse; they actively help shape it. Here things crash, rumble, shatter and the very framework groans.

Portrayal Of Guilt are a hard band to categorize. The Texas three-piece are notorious shapeshifters and have never shied away from expanding and shifting

The king is dead. Long live the king. While the old phrase might sound cliché, in this instance it undoubtedly rings true. Given the tragic circumstances of

Armed for Apocalypse don’t stand in opposition to the apocalypse; they actively help shape it. Here things crash, rumble, shatter and the very framework groans.

37 years into their career and still no signs of slowing down. Immolation prove once again why they are the undisputed kings of New York death metal. Their

37 years into their career and still no signs of slowing down. Immolation prove once again why they are the undisputed kings of New York death metal. Their

Four years after their magnificent debut Don't think about death Chalk Hands are back to deliver another blow for the open hearted. This album screams

Poison The Well don’t miss a beat on their comeback record: triggering mosh muscle memory, provoking sing-alongs and head-bobbing as if they had never left.

Gaerea have attracted a lot of attention in recent years. A band that has managed to draw fresh, youthful and modern sounds from Black Metal.

Lamb Of God prove that they’re still among the most competent and pissed-off combos in the realm of mainstream metal.

Temple of Void clearly didn’t hold back when it came to exploring new creative ideas. This is one of their most interesting and surprising releases so far.

Gore and Death Metal maniacs Exhumed are back behind the wheel. This time they’re flooring it straight down a blood-soaked highway. Red Asphalt is out

Some things have to be set aside for a while until you can devote enough attention to them again. After founding 2018, releasing two EPs, Death of Youth took

Hardcore kids or metalheads, everyone seems to agree on Converge, almost like they’re some kind of higher being. The Michael Jordan of heavy music, if you will.

Kanonenfieber’s third studio album, titled Soldatenschicksale, is a compilation of their three previous EPs. In addition there are two new tracks

My name is Stefan Franke and I work as a project manager (abbreviated PM) at Nuclear Blast Records in Germany.

10 track album

Let's be honest. We've all been waiting for this. It's now been s e v e n (!) years since the release of Arcane Frost's second EP Dragged Into The Void in

It's that time of year again. And as always, there's no particular order, just the albums I think are the best of the year.

Last year Our Loss Is Total unleashed a behemoth onto us with I. We had the chance to ask Tobias Buck and Stefan Keller some questions about the creation of I.

2024 has treated our ears with a whole lot of great music. Here are Thomas' go-tos in no special order. They all just plain slap.

HEALTH are back with an add-on to 2023's Rat Wars.

2024 has treated our ears with a whole lot of great music. Here are Thomas' go-tos in no special order. They all just plain slap.

Nine Inch Nails have been, and still are, the backbone of my musical taste for decades now. It is a clear understatement to say they influenced a lot of

"Church Road Records was founded in 2017 by Sammy Urwin and is co-run by Justine Jones with help from friends.Self isolating with records since forever m/"

Ohhhh, another friend request. This time it's from the Californian Hardcore powerhouse that is Drain. After establishing themselves as one of the most furious

The music scene in NRW is heavily vibrant. After having set up Lower Rhine Underground, it has by no means remained a secret that it feels almost impossible

Rot is 42 minute debut of bleakness and viciousness. Believe in Nothing have bred a work of art that in all its ugliness is hard to ignore.

For over 13 years now, Primitive Man have built a reputation as probably the heaviest band on the planet. What’s even more ridiculous is that with every

Mastiff throw their newest EP For All the Dead Dreams at the world. It comes as no surprise that Mastiff haven't changed much regarding their heaviness.

Conjurer are a hard band to classify. While the primary sound of these relatively young four-piece is deeply rooted in all things gloomy and sludgy, they were