Winterfylleth – The Unyielding Season: Album Review
Winterfylleth are back with The Unyielding Season; album number nine, full of more soaring and epic black metal but this time, a harder edge.
Hellripper – Coronach: Album Review
Hellripper return with Coronach; another blistering collection of speed metal rooted on Scottish folklore and heritage.
Antrisch – Expedition III: Album Review
Bavarian black metallers Antrisch live up to their namesake in this eerie and haunting exploration of the adventures of the conquistador Lope de Aguirre.
Saor w/ Cistvaen & Oakenthrone – La Belle Angele, Edinburgh: Live Review
Saor bring Amidst The Ruins back home to Scotland after a short run of dates around the UK. Cistvaen and Oakenthrone are in support.
Blasfeme w/ Dreich and Napierdalac – The Fenton, Leeds: Album Review
A packed Friday night at The Fenton, courtesy of Rolling In The Grave Promotions brings together three very different flavours of black metal. Small room, loud crowd, and exactly the sort of sweaty underground show Leeds does best.
Rosa Faenskap – Ingenting Forblir: Album Review
Norway’s Rosa Faenskap return with the powerful new album “Ingenting Forblir” (Norwegian for “nothing lasts”). The album, like the band is “a declaration of love for – as well as a declaration of war against – black metal itself.
Saille – Forebode: Album Review
Forebode takes Saille back to their roots while upping production values and retaining their songwriting prowess.
Misotheist –Â De Pinte: Album Review
Norwegian black metallers Misotheist present their fourth full-length via Terratur Possessions and distributed by Amor Fati Productions. De Pinte is the follow up to 2024’s Vessels By Which The Devil Is Made Flesh.
Reaper Weekender Day One – Manchester Rebellion: Live Review
Reaper Agency bring together another rarefied line-up of black metal to the masses in Manchester; it serves as a precursor to summer’s Fortress Festival and the newly announced Tynebound in September 2026.
Reaper Weekender – Manchester: Preview
Reaper return to Manchester with a Valentines weekend bill to fill the black hearts of many.
Winterfylleth return with a new album, a new single and new label: News
Winterfylleth sign with Napalm Records and announce their new album along with a brand new single, Heroes of a Hundred Fields.
Damnation Festival 2025 – BEC Arena, Manchester: Live Review
We head back to BEC Arena for Damnation Festival 2025 featuring a slew of the best extreme metal acts around as the festival celebrates it’s 20th birthday.
Igorrr w/ Master Boot Record & Imperial Triumphant – O2 Ritz Manchester: Live Review
Igorrr round out part one of their European jaunt with Master Boot Record and Imperial Triumphant in emphatic fashion. Manchester just about survives all out assault on it’s senses.
Portal w/ Impetuous Ritual & Abduction – Rebellion, Manchester: Live Review
Portal and Impetuous Ritual return to UK shores and carry out a sonic evisceration on Manchester. Support comes from UK’s Abduction.
Damnation Festival completes 20th anniversary line-up: News
Damnation Festival complete their bumper 20th anniversary line-up with several new additions to the bill.