AUDIO: These Fading Visions – “Contagion”
The metal band bring a heavy single ahead of the release of their new album.
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AUDIO: Pillaging Villagers – “Pillaging Villagers”
Thrash-folk metal band Pillaging Villagers are out with their eponymous debut album today. Embark on a pitchfork-wielding, kingdom-conquering, madman-defying, fire-blazing medieval adventure with this band’s unique blend of crossover thrash and Celtic-tinged metal. There’s heavy antifascist themes from song to song, which certainly can be vitalized in a modern context. The tracks are chronologically sequenced from the tales of corruption
Read moreAUDIO: Maledictis – “Delicta”
Gothic metal band Maledictis have a new single out, featuring lead vocals from Mariangela Demurtas. It’s a song about betrayal, using symphonic instruments such as flute, horns and cello to conjure a dense atmosphere of emotions. The grand presentation of “Delicta” offers a unique dimension of metal with the first version of the song, while the second version takes a
Read moreAUDIO: Emissary – “You Didn’t Have To Let Us Win”
Stoner-prog metal band Emissary dropped a new single this week. Fearsome growls and cumbersome riffage give this song a menacing feel, like we’re climbing a mountain of Hell. It’s an ideal one to do some weightlifting to. This along with Emissary’s recent single “Only Memories” are likely the sign of something bigger to come from them soon, so stay tuned!
Read moreAUDIO: Knights – “What We Fall Prey To”
The metalcore quintet put every last ounce of energy into five tracks.
Read moreAUDIO: Erase//Evolve – “Hearing Your Voice Would Make the Distance Disappear”
Melodic hardcore outfit Erase//Evolve are out with a new EP. These three tracks encompass themes of tough growth, trying to look ahead rather than back, self-toxicity, and forgiveness. It’s a cathartic record that attempts to reconcile the past with the present in spite of one’s flaws, sins, and mistakes. If you’re looking for something that takes a wrecking ball to
Read moreAUDIO: Emissary – “Only Memories”
Emissary look back and reflect with their fourth single.
Read moreAUDIO: Graysea – “The Greatest Weapon”
The band thrashes away on their third single.
Read moreAUDIO: Auxeptheon – “Bloodsummoned”
Blackened death metal project Auxeptheon is out with a new record. Written over a period of seven years, it’s five tracks that roar with fire and might. From a serpent’s temple to a light vortex to the sun itself, there’s an epic conquest of navigating the most treacherous of obstacles here. “Eternal Invocation of Spring” spans over fourteen minutes long
Read moreAUDIO: Nick Hill – “Farrago”
Progressive metal artist Nick Hill released a new album this week. It’s eight tracks of gnarly instrumental riffage, complete with rattling drums and thrashing speed. There’s a keen sense of epic adventure here, like you’re embarking on a treacherous journey through a storm or getting ready to head out to battle. Whichever scenario you envision, Nick Hill delivers your soundtrack
Read moreMichael J Miller: Making An Impression On the Music Industry, These Compositions Will Surprise Even Critical Listeners
MJM is set to rise in the music industry with its captivating hard rock and metal compositions, blending stand-out vocals, well-practised instrumentals, and authentic lyricism to capture any fan’s heart. With the aim of being involved in the rock genre’s biggest breakthrough, MJM is clearly dedicated to music. Through dropping its latest hit, Treasure, this group have captured catchiness in
Read moreAUDIO: Past Is Prologue Featuring Nicole Villanueva – “Greengander”
The latest from the band is madness personified.
Read moreAUDIO: Toxic Ruin – “Nightmare Eclipse”
The thrash is on overload with the metal band’s new offering.
Read moreAUDIO: Lost Tribes of the Moon – “Unleash the Berserkers”
Progressive metal band Lost Tribes of the Moon have their first single out in three years. Inspired by Clive Barker’s “Nightbreed,” the song spans over eight minutes, blazing a trail of epic riffage and occult vocals. The lyrics detail the lives of cursed underground monsters that are awakening and hungering for flesh. Hopefully it’s the sign of more to come
Read moreAUDIO: Illusion of Fate – “King of Serpents”
Death metal band Illusion of Fate have a new record out this week. They fight aquatic cryptids and march among lepers over seven tracks, plummeting head-first into the abysses of blackened metal and melodic hardcore. In one of the most extreme records we’ve heard this year, Illusion of Fate are consumed by the madness and devastation of mythological entities. If
Read moreAUDIO: After Hour Animals – “In Your Hands”
The struggles of internal battles come out in the form of cathartic screams from the metalcore band.
Read moreAUDIO: Leechmonger – “Deathwish”
Deathcore band Leechmonger are out with a new record this week. The band brings some of the harshest and most animalistic shrieks we’ve heard all year, coupled with fierce and doomful beatdowns. Lyrics punch into living as a tortured soul, holding in rage, crawling towards death, and giving a huge “fuck you” to lying killer cops. It’s a scornful record
Read moreAUDIO: I, Manifest – “Nihilist”
I, Manifest’s second release is a ball of fury in musical form.
Read moreAUDIO: Atrocity Addiction – “Crooked Fingers”
Death metal band Atrocity Addiction are a new band to look out for. They’ve got their debut single out, and its a heavy-handed banger that tackles malice and greed. There seems to be underlying themes about exploitation as well; whatever the case, it boils enough blood to get you cracking skulls. Atrocity Addiction debuted their second single at Sabbatic this
Read moreAUDIO: Designed After Nothing – “Punishment”
Metalcore band Designed After Nothing are out with their debut full-length album. As you can imagine, it’s a grim and tortured release, with the shrieks and growls and groans you’d expect from the depths of Hell. There isn’t much of a happy ending anywhere in sight; the band makes it known that judgment is upon us and there’s no escaping,
Read moreAUDIO: Anomaly – “Planet Storm”
Death metal band Anomaly are out with a new record – their first since 2015’s “Terms of the Saw Doctor” EP. It’s melodic, technical, and tinged with sci-fi terrors. The band brings brutal blast beats and thunderous growls that send them diving head-first into a dooming abyss, like they’re willingly leaping into a black hole in space. They recently said
Read moreAUDIO: I, Manifest – “Scapegoat”
Metalcore band I, Manifest are back with a new single. It’s a brutal jam about suffocating under a cloud of toxicity, doomed to be a disgrace. The band utilizes both ends of the metal vocal spectrum here with shrieks and growls, as well as having a killer breakdown that will rattle skulls. Get excited for their new EP “Nihilist” due
Read moreAUDIO: It Is Dead – “A Place of Darkness”
“Cryptsludge” project It Is Dead recently dropped a new EP. Consisting of a ten-minute and nine-minute track, it’s a diabolical pair of compositions that drone menacingly against satanic growls. The lyrics are minimalist but carry enough wickedness to cast you into damnation. If you like your metal blackened and drawn-out, look no further than It Is Dead.
Read moreAUDIO: Shifter – “Choke Me Down”
Shifter is a new metalcore duo consisting of Armon Hassan and Nik Voyn, who play in metalcore band After Hour Animals together. Their debut single has a brutal bite and confronts when you fall into one bad habit after another, making you feel hopelessly suffocated. Armon’s shrieks rattle the soul as the fate of those trapped in vicious cycles spills
Read moreAUDIO: Golyat – “In My Blood”
Atmospheric black metal project Golyat, a solo endeavor of Bob Schaab’s, has a new single out today. Featuring drums from The Black Dahlia Murder’s Alan Cassidy, this track boils with madness and bloodthirsty urges. It’s about failing God because you’re fueled by greed and sin. If you’re looking for something ferocious yet textural, give Golyat’s new track a listen.
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