• Originally a feature in Crunch Magazine Episode 1 – HERE , I caught up with my old mate, Ben Porter from Imperium! It’s been a busy few years for London’s Imperium, as they have risen through the ranks of relative…

    Interview – Meeting The Kings….
  • Neil ‘The Dark Cookie’ Cook checks out the album from Manchesters hardcore/crossover heavy hitters Guilt Trip! I find judging this book by the cover is deceptive.  Personally I would not have equated the biblical image of good (depicted by an Angel)…

    Review – Guilt Trip – Severance
  • Chris Cleo sinks protein shakes for gains as he tries to reinforce his neck for the new Cannibal Corpse Album… did he survive… The faces on the Mt. Rushmore of death metal might differ for everyone, but the one name…

    Review – Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific
  • Originally printed in Issue 1 of Crunch Magazine HERE check out Hutch’s review of the new EP from our pals in Imperium!! It was a mere four months ago that Imperium dropped the banger that is Iron Thunder. Since then,…

    Review – Imperium – When Kings Meet (EP)
  • Apologies, this was meant to be out before release day, but real life got in the way… Hutch takes a listen to the brand new album by those Northern lads… Damnation’s Hammer Never a band to rush things, it’s been…

    Review – Damnation’s Hammer – Into the Silent Nebula
  • Saturday 25th May, Leicester’s best indoor metal festival returns with a stacked line up, including American, Extreme Metal heavyweights BRUJERIA, the returning Alt Metal heroes BREED 77, the iconic Hardcore Punks DISCHARGE and much more announced. With 9 months to go, UPRISING are thrilled…

    News – More Acts Confirmed For Uprising 7!
  • Gareth heads to Japan for the new album by Satsuriki Robot, here’s what he thinks…. We all know the passion that Japan has for all types of metal, and the Japanese fans seem to have an insatiable thirst for all…

    Review – Satsuriku Robot – No Thrash Metal, No Life
  • Gareth checks out the new album by the Mexico Thrashers – here’s what he thinks… I must admit I didn’t know much about this trio from sunny Mexico, but it turns out they are pretty prolific, forming back in 2005,…

    Review – Strike Master – Tangram Apocalypse
  • A massive congratulations to the Devastator lads, who have signed a multi-album deal with Listenable Records, here’s the press release… Formed in 2017 Devastator quickly proceeded to take the local Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire scenes by storm with their unrelenting take on the…

    News – Devastator sign Multi Album deal
  • There are plenty of examples of ‘Blackened Speed/Thrash’ doing the rounds, with the results being a mixed bag of one man solo projects, blatant Venom worship, overly distorted and reverb’ed sludge and totally enjoyable Thrash N Roll… Derby’s Devastator sit…

    Review – Devastator – Death Forever (Single)