• This year sees the seventh edition of the festival held at The Hairy Dog in Derby return for its biggest year yet, spreading over 5 days, 18-22 October.  Bands include Gama Bomb, These Wicked Rivers, Defences, Divine Chaos, Neonfly, Harbinger,…

    News – Derby Alt Fest 2023 – Unearthed Music 
  • Hutch checks out the debut EP from the Maltese Thrashers…. Malta sits at the foot of Italy, in the Mediterranean and within site of the North African coast. It’s also, according the website Invisible Oranges( invisibleoranges) a bit of a…

    Review – Mur.Doc 104 – The Undying
  • We catch up with Sidewinder Vocalist Gollick and talk new album, single and the fall of the Snooty Fox, and how to work together to support the scene!!

    Interview – Gollick (Sidewinder)
  • Manchesters bringers of Massive Riffs ‘PIST’ are back tomorrow with their new album ‘The Bleak Unrest’ now the band have carried the ‘stoner’ monicker around for quite a while, and that seemed to fit the earlier sound, but this new…

    Review – PIST – The Bleak Unrest
  • Staffordshire hardcore tinged thrashers King Abyss release their debut album Snake Oil this Friday, so we check out this long awaited release… The album kicks off as expected with all guns blazing, ‘Weapons Of Mass Delusion’ launches you straight into…

    Review – King Abyss – Snake Oil
  • Acid For Blood have been on a bit of a journey, founding member Brody started things off as a bit of a solo/and friends project when he parted ways with thrashers Militia (with fellow guitarist Alfred now in Helgrind) and…

    Review – Acid For Blood – Blood Drunk Single
  • Another small festival with some big names is Funeral Fest.. Introducing Funeral Fest 2023: Barrow’s annual showcase for metal at it’s most extreme and obscure, once again compiling some of the strongest underground acts, world level headliners and promising newcomers.…

    News – Funeral Fest
  • The folks over at SummerSlammer certainly know how to throw a party, this years line up insane, headlined by Waterlines, with bands like Hounds, Deified, Betray The Throne, Portrayal Of Ruinn, Spreading The Disease, Recall The Remains and many more…

    News – SummerSlammer 2023
  • Hutch catches up with Hellripper James McBain ahead of the release of Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags Listen Here Or, watch on Youtube Or Listen on Spotify….

    Interview – Hellripper
  • Aye Up Thrashers, Neil Bolton checks out the latest album from one man blackened thrash royalty, James McBain, here’s what he thinks… Hellripper’s back catalogue has been pretty stellar so far; so, a mix of goat worshipping E.P.s and albums…

    Review – Hellripper – Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags