Every now and then, an album doesn’t just speak to you – it digs into the marrow and reminds you that music can still mean something. Not in a grand, genre-defining way, but on a quieter, more intimate frequency. “Party Is Over”, the debut release from Hangover in Minsk...

Following their psychotic debut EP “Non Compos Mentis”, Australian death metal band Hebephrenique return with news of their first full-length album. Titled “Decathexis”, the record is set to arrive on 23 August 2025 via Gutter Prince Cabal and Brilliant Emperor Records. The newly released video for “Visions of Magdalene”...

Festival season waits for no one – and Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2025, from Râșnov, Romania, is already locking into final form. With travel options confirmed, tickets running low, and this year’s “Fur-Ever Friends” campaign pushing beyond the stage, now’s the time to sort the logistics, before your window closes....

Romanian band The Thirteenth Sun formed in Brașov in 2011, shaping an ambient/progressive metal sound through jam sessions, a mutual fascination with space, and a refusal to follow trends – musical or otherwise. After performing at Quantic Pub in Bucharest, Romania on 24 June 2025, Radu Barna ...

The countdown to this year’s Rockstadt Extreme Fest is in full swing – and with just days to go, the organisers have revealed several key updates that fans should take note of. From the layout of the festival grounds and updated schedule, to merchandise, reusable cups and cashless payments,...

Some materials feel like a long-delayed answer to a question you barely realised you’d been asking. Finnish black metal band Abbashaitan have come with exactly that answer in the form of “Sorceritual”, their latest demo released on 4 March 2025 via Worship Tapes. I remember hearing “Fullmoon Rites Rehearsal”...

Veterans of the German underground, Desaster, are set to strike again on 22 August 2025 with “Kill All Idols” – their tenth studio full-length and a sharp, defiant statement from a band that’s been twisting black, death, and thrash metal into their own blasphemous hybrid since 1989. Scheduled for...

Brazil’s extreme progressive metal band Abstracted break their silence with “Languish”, a tightly-wound new single that kicks off the build-up to “Hiraeth”, the group’s second album, arriving early 2026 via M-Theory Audio. The track – now streaming and available with a full video – features guest vocals from Entheos...

Norwegian avant-garde metal band Vulture Industries will release their early material on vinyl for the very first time, with an extremely limited run of just 100 copies available starting 1 August 2025. Long sought after by collectors, “The Enemy Within”  and “The Benevolent Pawn” were originally self-released on CD-R –...