Black Label Society has dropped their newest single, ‘Broken and Blind’ via MNRK Heavy / Spinefarm Records. This is the band’s third single release, pre-dated by ‘Lord Humungus' (2025) and ‘The Gallows’ (2024), leading up to the much-anticipated new Black Label Society album scheduled for early 2026. “What’s going on gang? This is Zakk Wylde... Continue Reading →
ELECTRIC WIZARD released “Black Magic Rituals and Perversions Vol. 1”
“Black Mass” is a song taken from the latest Electric Wizard album called “Black Magic Rituals and Perversions Vol. 1”. The record was released mid-December via Spinefarm Records and features eight songs from the doom metal force The new longplayer is a raw piece of metal and Jus Obom mentions: “It's raw as fuck. It’s like... Continue Reading →
‘End of Day’ – a new song from BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
Zakk Wylde unleashs with ‘End of Day’ a new song from the upcoming Black Label Society album ‘Doom Crew Inc.’. Release date for the new album is November 26th, and the record comes via Spinefarm. ‘End of Day’ is not only a great song from Black Label Society. You also should not miss the video,... Continue Reading →
CD review WHILE SHE SLEEPS ‘Sleeps Society’
Riff and scream acrobats While She Sleeps started in 2006 and shared so far four longplayer with the metalcore community. The so far latest longplayer was send from the UK to the world in 2019 and was named ‘So What?’. The reception of the longplayer was a good one with the album entering the German... Continue Reading →
BRKN LOVE will release self-titled album tomorrow
BRKN Love is the brainchild of Toronto singer and guitarist Justin Benlolo. At the age of 16 Belolo left school with a clear ambition to play music and be on stage. Via New York City he moved on to Los Angeles and step by step a BRKN Love silhouette started to shimmer. Tomorrow the self-titled... Continue Reading →
CD review SLEEP TOKEN ‘Sundowning’
Sleep Token is a project of Underground musicians. It's nowhere mentioned who stands behind the project that's driven by 'Vessel'. What can be said though is that the music is quite diverse. Complexity, sound-layers, Pop, Rock and Djent-like guitars, all is present on 'Sundowning'. Sleep Token creates a pretty interesting sound out of all these... Continue Reading →
CD review WHILE SHE SLEEPS ‘So What?’
(8/10) The first time I could listen to While She Sleeps was when the guys opened for In Flames many moons ago. Already at that time the music was fascinating, combining many different aspects – from metalcore screams to melodic choruses. It’s this width that adds excitement to the new album also. ‘So What?’ is... Continue Reading →
CD review MARK MORTON ‘Anesthetic’
(9/10) ‘Anesthetic’ isn’t an album that was done overnight with Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton gathering ideas and creative thoughts for many moons. Being inspired by many different styles and genres, Morton‘s debut is a kaleidoscope of music and genres. The record features thrash metal as well as it includes alternative sounds and typical... Continue Reading →
LAMB OF GOD guitarist announces solo album
Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton announced a solo album for March 1st, 2019. ‘Anesthetic’ comprises of ten songs and it’s an illustrious group of singers that supports the axeman. The album will be released via Spinefarm and a first song, ‘The Truth is Dead’, gives a first idea of what to expect. Tracklist: 1.... Continue Reading →
CD review VENOM ‘Storm the Gates’
(8/10) Venom is without any doubt a pioneer in metal. Not only that albums like ‘Welcome to Hell’ and ‘At War With Satan’ added a new level of extremeness to metal, but the band also set with ‘Black Metal’ a base for a totally new genre. All this happened in the first half of the... Continue Reading →
CD review SHVPES ‘Greater Than’
(8/10) Being ‘the kid of…’ can be advantage and burden at ones. Especially the kids of Iron Maiden musicians seem to be pretty active and there is almost no review that doesn’t link the youngsters to the famous father. Lauren Harris, daughter of Maiden bassist Steve Harris, is such an example and the same goes... Continue Reading →
VENOM announces new album
Black metal pioneers Venom announces a new album entitled 'Storm the Gates'. The release date for Venom's 15th longplayer is December 14th and the record comes via Spinefarm. Stay tuned for more.
CD review ATREYU ‘In Our Wake’
(8/10) Atreyu is a real 21st-century band. Although the quintet started in 1999 it's the years between 2002 and 2007 that marked a first successful era of this quintet from Southern California. After a hiatus, the band returned in 2014 and released with 'Long Live' an album that included the metalcore roots as well as... Continue Reading →
CD review ANTI-FLAG ‘American Reckoning’
(*/10) Pittsburgh-based punk rockers of Anti-Flag took the American series of two albums and rearranged some of the songs for ‘American Reckoning’. The quartet took songs of the 2015 release ‘American Spring’ and the 2017 album ‘American Fall’, rearranged them as acoustic tunes and put them on this compilation. Although the songs are known from... Continue Reading →
CD review BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE ‘Gravity’
(7/10) Bullet For My Valentine's roots go back to 1998 when the band started as Jeff Killed John. After some name-changes the guys transformed to Bullet For My Valentine and started an impressive career in metal. The band debut with ‘The Poison’ in 2005, becoming a rising star in modern metal. The first album could... Continue Reading →








