For people who are slightly more savvy than your average when it comes to UK’s black metal scene, this outfit may strike a few bells under their former guise of Rosicrucian, changing their name and marking said name-change with The Deluge. They describe themselves on their facebook page...

This album features 18 tracks which may seem like a daunting task for most audiences (black metal fans aside), but with the longest track clocking in at just under 3 minutes, it’s not as arduous as it may seem on first glance. The sound of this album is very thrash orientated and is...

Powerviolence is very much in vogue as of late. You could put it down to all sorts of variables, could be the presences of bands like Trash Talk and Weekend Nachos have opened up new horizons to new aspiring listeners, it could even be that due to a series of misplaced decisions in the world...

The phrase ‘Never Judge a Book by it’s Cover’ is often thrown around in the world and is rarely put into practice. Upon seeing the genre of the band Hexis (who describe themselves as being a mixture of Black Metal, Hardcore, Post-Metal and Grindcore) I can honestly say that...

Despite being around nearly 19 years and being of an almost iconic status amongst Black metal die-hards, Enthroned were never really able to revel in the same level of Black metal fame (or infamy) celebrated by the likes of Immortal, Burzum, Mayhem, Gorgoroth, or any of the other bands that...

Another month goes by and once again I am made privy to another product of the WitchHunter Records arsenal (although I think it was released via InAtTheDeepEnd prior to Witchhunter putting it up for free), in this instance Ocean by hardcore-ish outfit History of the Hawk Actually, come to...

I always saw 2002-2006 as the creative and cultural apex for metalcore, . falling short during the late 2000′s Myspace era, where alongisde deathcore the genres became creatively redundant through a glut of have-a-go teenagers who’s chase for quick-fame was only surpassed by their...