News Posts

Spiritworld returns with metallic hardcore, Lovecraftian horror and Wild West lore with a first new single in years ‘Western Stars & The Apocalypse’, out via Century Media and including an animated video fitting the act’s well-established universe!

Knocked Loose have announced their biggest UK and Europe headline tour to date in the spring of 2025, with support from Basement, Harms Way and Pest Control! Tickets available in pre-sales today and general sales this Friday!

New England extreme metal powerhouse Escuela Grind unleashed yet another scathing single last week with ‘Toothless’, a track from their soon-to-be released new album ‘Dreams on Algorithms’, out next month via MNRK Heavy!

Knocked Loose unleashed a new video for the tracks ‘Moss Covers All’ and ‘Take Me Home’, from their latest album ‘You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To’, available now everywhere via Pure Noise Records!

While the summer is about to be wrapping up, we can already look ahead towards the summer of 2025, especially after Tuska just announced the first 16 confirmed acts for next year’s edition with Electric Callboy, Powerwolf, Nothing More, Orbit Culture, Kim Dracula, Korpiklaani, Marko Hietala, Tarja, Charlotte Wessels, thrown, Eihwar, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Blood Command, Arion and Tyrantti and the first announced headliner with Lorna Shore!

What do you think? What bands are you still hoping for?

Dutch metallic hardcore act Boneripper released their new and debut full-length ‘World Ablaze’ today. Get ready for some crushing music!

Finnish dark metallic hardcore unit SARS shared their new single ‘Bitter Soil’, a track from their upcoming debut full-length ‘Nothing Hurts Quite Like Life’, set for release in July via Time To Kill Records!

Knocked Loose unleashed another seething, experimental new single with ‘Don’t Reach For Me’, a track from their upcoming highly anticipated album ‘You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To’, set for release in May via Pure Noise Records!

Knocked Loose announced their new album ‘You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To’ to be released in May via Pure Noise Records and unleashed the single ‘Blinding Faith’, taking a stab at the negative side of some church going people.

While they’re setting the UK ablaze at sold-out shows all over, Malevolence shared a live video of their emotionally charged song ‘Higher Place’, featuring special guests Espera from Sleep Token!

Lists

This list is not for the faint of heart. A selection of releases that we experienced as being some of the most intense unleashed during 2021.