Stormkeep has spent the better part of a decade building a world entirely their own, and with The Nocturnes Of Iswylm, their second full-length, they have not simply returned to that world — they have reshaped it, deepened it, and made it considerably more dangerous to inhabit.
All Gates Open is the accompanying soundtrack to Blood Incantation’s forthcoming documentary charting the genesis of their massive 2024 album, Absolute Elesewhere.
Grand Serpent Rising ends an eight year absence for Dimmu Borgir, who return in scintillating form with one of their best LPs to date.
The UK extreme metal underground has been producing some genuinely exceptional work in recent years, and Tyrannus are very much part of that conversation.
Swedish gothic doom entity Draconian are back after 6 years with a new release and a very big return for In Somnolent Ruin.
Arriving like an Arctic blast in the dead of summer, Frozen Soul returns with bone-chilling HM-2 buzzsaw tones wrapped in permafrost on their latest release, No Place of Warmth.
All Sparks Disco host an absolute fireball of an event with a trio of bands that collectively gave the audience an unforgettable (and very, very warm) evening of fantastic music.
Determined to Death and Beyond is the debut album that doesn’t just announce Archaic Oath, but screams it from the mountain peaks with a ferocity that puts bands twice their size to shame.
Wrang have spent over a decade developing their sound within the Netherlands’ increasingly vibrant black metal scene, and with Verwording, their third full-length, they’ve crafted their most cohesive work to date.
Some farewells are written in fire, others in blood, but this one from At The Gates…this one is carved into the very fabric of melodic death metal itself.
The 2026 edition of ArcTanGent, running from August 19th to 22nd, looks set to be one for the absolute ages.
Good News: The Alchemical sonic melting pot, collectively known as Spirit Adrift, has released their new album! Bad News: Infinite Illumination will be their sixth and final album
Operating as Këkht Aräkh, Dmitry Marchenko has assembled a body of work that sits at an uncomfortable and entirely productive crossroads: black metal stripped of the genre’s more theatrical posturing and refitted with something rawer and more personal.
Nordic Giants bring their new album, Under Celestial Alignments, to the live arena with the kind of heft you expect from the talented duo.
Zilch head up a varied bill of bands in Nottingham that head through grunge, post-rock, shoe gaze and post-punk.
