Ukraine’s atmospheric Death Metal band HELL:ON releases the second single/lyric video for “He With The Horse’s Head,” now available on the band’s official YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/wVGtYhZHqJs, as well as on Spotify and other streaming services worldwide: https://flow.page/hellon “This track is a mystical initiation, a hymn to the unity of the human and animal worlds. One of the key songs for understanding the concept of the whole album“ ‘He With The Horse’s Head’ is taken from the band’s seventh full-length album ‘Shaman’, set to release on May 17th via Archivist Records ..read more

The Austrian city of Salzburg, often referred to as the ‘Mozart City’, is known not only for its picturesque landscapes, lakes, and nearby Salzkammergut region but also for its beautiful old town and the majestic Hohensalzburg Fortress, one of the largest and best-preserved castles in Europe. These are cultural highlights, but beyond these visual features, Salzburg is also a vibrant center of music. Along with its historical connection to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the city has also provided a stage for other musical talents. An example is the melodic heavy metal and hard rock band Speed Li ..read more

After welcoming their new drummer Thiago Presto from Brazil, Godzilla In The Kitchen started with two gigs in South Germany and released two live videos with him. After 2 successful concerts in Stuttgart and Immeldorf there is finally the first live material with their new drummer Thiago Presto. The YouTuber Ghostfaize has released 2 songs from the show in Stuttgart at Club Zentral. Check out “The King Of Monsters” here: Check out “Everything That Has Been Given” here: Gig Blog was kind enough to visit the concert in Stuttgart and report on it: https://www.gig-blog.net/2024/0 ..read more

Joining the ranks at Sliptrick Records: Announce The Apocalypse (US) Thrash Metal | Melodic Death Metal | Progressive Metal Announce The Apocalypse formed in 2016 in Metropolitan Detroit by frontman and guitarist, Dominic Ryan Gabriel. The band’s original line-up released their debut LP, Ruins in 2017, and the following year, an EP, Riots (2018). In 2020, Dominic relocated to Tampa, Florida, and continued Announce The Apocalypse on his own. At the Gates drummer Adrian Erlandsson was recruited to provide session recordings for the second full-length recor ..read more

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On Friday, 26.04.2024 there will be a triple dose of slow, fat doom riffs in The Swamp. Local forces, A Gram Trip, Hrmülja and Lord Drunklot will shake the venue to its foundations. All the acts had prepared the new material testing the audiences ear drums. This is the night of local Croatian forces of Doom. A GRAM TRIP A Gram Trip are 4 fans of strong amps for hard distortion from Zagreb. With their mantric doom riffs, sludge vocals with stoner notes they transcend their path with the unholy trinity of the mentioned subgenres. Their first they recorded live in 2021 i the club AKC Attack and ..read more

Heads up metalheads, Mass Crysis is here with some big news! “We’re starting to warm up for the upcoming 2024 Earthquake Tour! We’re psyched about it and ready to shake the stages of the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Hungary. The rift of this new exciting tour is now out and will touch the following cities: 17.05 – HOSPODA BROUK , Prague, (CZ) 18.05 – PRZECHOWALNIA, Lódź, (PL) 19.05 – CLUB CHICAGO KIELCE, Kielce, (PL) 21.05. – COLLOSSEUM CLUB, Košice, (SK) 22.05 – ROCK’N ROLL CENTER, Zalau, (RO) 23.05 – REPUBLIC HUB, Santiago de Mures, (RO) 24.05 – ROCK N’BIKE CLUB, Sibiu ..read more

Italian stoner/desert rock band Kayleth announces new album, entitled ‘New Babylon,’ set to release on May 24th via Argonauta Records. “It has now been four years since our return to earth in “2020 back to earth”. There we had found a cold and inhospitable place, humanity was inexorably channeled on the path to extinction. We therefore decided to flee immediately in search of another planet where we could dwell. We therefore came to New Babylon, a planet inhabited by humanoids but also by monstrous and ravenous creatures. There are “giants” that march about raising immense clouds of dust, ste ..read more

US Metalcore/Thrash Group MASS PUNISHMENT Joins Sliptrick Records Joining the ranks at Sliptrick Records: Mass Punishment (US) Metalcore/Thrash | Groove Mass Punishment is a four piece metalcore/extreme metal band based out of New Jersey, that play music designed to inform as well as hit as hard as the facts and events the songs are written about. They take on current events on a social, political, environmental, economic scale and talk about government corruption and depopulation with a population facing death by design and dark hidden agendas. The group was established after Christ ..read more

Ambient, dark ambient, jazzy, calm, weird, or not weird, this is how I’d describe Shadowdream, which always surprises me with its mesmerizing music. A new album has been released entitled Music For You To Die To via Epictronic Records, and below, you can read an interesting conversation that I had with Shadowdream’s mastermind, Rastko Perisic. Shadowdream’s music is not just a random dark ambient sound and act, it is more than this. I like to say Shadowdream’s music is something special,  different, and weird. Once again, you have proved it with your new album Music For You To Die To. Wha ..read more