Strzyga and Advorsus are the two minds behind the hellish vision that is Cultus Profano. Their music conjures darkness and intensity and continues the values set forth by the European masters who set the original tone for the genre that is Unholy Black Metal. The Americans have unleashed Accursed Possession, an album that continues the rawness and intensity that is Cultus Profano but continues their unique and uncompromisingly intense musical vision, but was it harder to fol

'These voices hold me like a marionette Control every move I ever make’ ‘Marionette’ ‘The “puppet master” that I sing about in “Marionette” is anxiety, and mental illness as a whole, controlling my mind, emotions, and behaviour. So many of us struggle with mental illness and for some reason it’s not exactly normalized to talk about. I wanted to write a song that brought some light to the subject.’ ‘These words you’ve cut me with Have burned into my skin Made me the enemy Thro

The Damnation continue the legacy of pure heavy/thrash metal from Sao Paolo, Brazil. They have just released a video for the single World’s Curse , which will be available on their first EP, “Parasite” due soon. This three piece conjure the sounds of thrash metal in the 21st century, raw accomplished and full of energy; Renata Petrelli (guitars/vocals) “Uhn.... Wasn't that planned hahaha, But I love bands such as Megadeth, Kreator, Anthrax and Testament, so maybe I just have

Hailing from the central coast of NSW Australia, Severed Raw Nerve ‘it comes from the saying to server a raw nerve’ .Consisting of the combined talents of Darren Goulding ( Vocals /Guitar/ Bass) Eddie Cam ( Guitar) and Rob Wolf Drums it is a name that has been rumbling through out the Australian underground for what seems an eternity as Darren explains It is been a name only for over 20 years. why so long? ‘''Óthers leaving, I joined Sulkus, so we just bailed joined back

Carach Angren have been creating sonic masterpieces since 2008. "Seregor" (vocals, guitars) and "Ardek" (keyboards, orchestration, backing vocals) have not only used multiple genres to create their sound but also languages to drive their concept themed albums.Carach Angren are a band that defy traditional Symphonic/Black metal descriptors, from their original hauntings of Lammendam in 2008 through to their latest juggernaut Franckensteina Strataemontanus, the band is unafra

Josh Young is the force behind Astral Winter an epic atmospheric black metal project. The band released the starkly unique Perdition in 2013 as a one off calm and majestic body of work . The Australian however has discovered that through time this element of Astral Winter is not yet finished ''When the first album was released in 2013 it was just intended as a stand alone one off release with no follow up. I really liked the concept of that album and how it turned out so I be

Dan Nahum - Creator; “Bleakwood goes back almost twenty years - I started composing demo material when I was in my late teens, a lot of which was never recorded. The material that appears on the 2008 demo was from the next phase of composition, when the material became less meandering and more streamlined. So the name was already an artefact of the band's history by the time any music was first presented to a listenership.'' Does the idea of the name come from your style of a

From their debut album ‘’Way of the Queen’’ in 2015 Erika Strečková has been a pivotal component of the success and sound of Symfobia. Her inimitable voice and vocal range outlet more than just an interpretation of the bands sound but a passion for music and life itself ‘’I come from Slovakia as our whole band. I joined the band when I was at college. At that time I had another band and the guys from Symfobia came to our concert. After the concert, they asked me if I would

The combined musical talent of Hempa Brynolfsson (guitar- Excruciate), Daryl Kahan ( bass – Funebrarum), Andy Whale (drums- Bolt Thrower),Gord Olson(Vocals – Angel Blast) Linus Nirbrant ( guitar- This Ending) have created Darkened, a jaw dropping selection of musicians who’s experience at their craft unleashed the mighty “ Into the Blackness” EP in 2019. 15 minutes of pure melodic death metal that began in 2018 as Hempa explains. ‘’Andy and Daryl talked about doing somethin