There's a new chill in the air outside, and the dark is arriving a little earlier with every passing day - it's a sign we're well and truly nearing the end of the year. Still, that doesn't mean that the few months remaining don't have a lot for us to look forward to, including recent track releases like these!

An album of triumph, pain, and determination for death metal group BEYOND EXTINCTION releases this Friday. After the death of founding member ZACH SCOTT in 2023 at only 20 years old, the Essex band has overcome and adapted with passion and diligence to be where they stand today. Having brought new member DANNY RUSSEL into the fold, armed with his own vision to add to the band - he came up with the track Winter Sun even before officially joining! - his contributions have flowed seamlessly with the band’s visualisation of their sound and future.This album has been three years in t...

It's the beginning of the school year for most kids today, and to help with their education we've provided a list of some of our favourite recent releases in order to ensure their musical knowledge is expanded sufficiently - kids, get reading!Three alternative goddesses have come together to provide their huge worldwide fanbases a brand new metalcore banger.

The twelfth studio album from German collective Faun is upon us - Hex. Hex is an album with stories to tell from cultures and folklore across Europe and parts of Asia. The term "hex", as you may know, relates primarily to witches and their spells, and comes from the German “hexe”, which this album focuses on - discussing female magic in all forms. Terms such as "hagazussa" have been used by the band before, also meaning “witch”, with a song of the same name released on their previous album Märch...

In the Irish language, Rún is a word with a multitude of meanings; secret, mystery, love. The scope and poetic nature of the word encompass the sound that new band Rún makes. Rún’s self-titled debut album is brought to you by three esteemed artists from Ireland. Vocalist Tara Baoth Mooney (also known as the Clumsy Giantess) has years of creative projects under her belt spanning visual art and textiles. Diarmuid MacDiarmada (Nurse With Wound collaborator, and brother to Cormac MacDiarmada of Lank...

After their 2023 release PARASITE, Chicago’s own sludge/doom act STOMACH are back with their second album, LOW DEMON. Originally a duo consisting of drummer and vocalist John Hoffman and guitarist Adam Tomlinson, the band have more recently forged into a collective of three, with the addition of bassist Kirk Syrek who you may know from Sick/Tired, a band in which Tomlinson also plays. You may also recognise the members of STOMACH from band Weekend Nachos, who both Hoffman and Tomlinson were/are...