• Following the festival’s barnburner first announcement, and the sell-out success of its 2024 edition, Nottingham’s Mangata Festival has announced its second wave of bands for the 2025 edition of the festival. This includes the last of the five headliners, alongside 16 other great acts,…

  • As part of our ‘Highlight of the Week’ series Q1. Can you tell us about what lead you to find extreme metal and what about it ignited this passion you have for it?  I remember the tail end of the…

    Shining light on the supporters of extreme metal – Joey Tregenza of In The Abyss podcast! (Interview)
  • After reviewing Black Talons long awaited 2nd album (HERE) Mat caught up with Rory for a chat about all things Scenes Of Agony Hot on the heels of listening to (and enjoying) BLACK TALON’s upcoming second full length, SCENES OF…

    Interview – Rory – Black Talon
  • Fomented are a fierce new force in the UK’s Metal & Hardcore scene, and they are proud to unleash their blistering debut EP titled ‘Bitter and Miserable Beings’ which will be released on all streaming platforms from the Friday 7th March. Featuring members…

    News – Fomented announce debut EP
  • A review by The Brutal Commander I was very pleased to receive an email from London death dealers CORPSING asking for a review of their EP, VIEWING THE INVISIBLE. Having followed this band for a couple of years now I…

    CORPSING – VIEWING THE INVISIBLE (EP) – Review
  • Part of our ‘Highlight of the week’ series Thank you so much for the opportunity to talk about music! I’ll try not to ramble on about one of my favourite subjects! Q1. Can you tell us about what lead you…

    Shining Light On Supporters of Extreme Metal – Darren Iliffe of Loud Enough? Magazine! (Interview)
  • Part of our ‘Highlight of the week’ series. Q1. Can you tell us about what lead you to find extreme metal and what about it ignited this passion you have for it?  – My parents are metalheads and I grew…

    Shining Light On Supporters of Extreme Metal – Fae Scott-Dench AKA @DEATHMETALMUM (Interview)
  • Hutch checks out the new album from Manchester noise terrorists ‘The Machinist’ here’s what he thinks! A blistering combination of industrial death thrash with added blackness greets you when you hit play on this second album from Manchester’s The Machinist. In…

    Review – The Machinist –Contempt for Life
  • Mat takes a listen to the 2nd album by Scottish Thrashers Black Talon, here’s what he thinks… It’s been ten years since this Edinburgh thrash outfit bombarded us with the skill and swagger that was the ENDLESS REALITIES debut full…

    Review – Black Talon – Scenes Of Agony
  • SIDEWINDER’s latest EP is set to release in early 2025 and comes out swinging, with tracks about Starship Troopers, Chaos Space Marines and Gears Of War.. there’s some Sci-Fi shredding happening! Title track ‘March Of The Eternal Heretic’ features Inhuman Nature…

    News – Sidewinder announce new EP ‘March Of The Eternal Heretic’