Maysnow is a metal band from Lecce, Italy that was founded in 2016 by Daniele Rini and Roberto Vergallo. The band was created in memory of their friend Mimmo Angelini. Over the years, the project has involved numerous musicians, played live all over Italy, and released several important records. Their debut album ‘The Unexpected’ was released in 2020, and four years later, the follow-up, ‘A Dream Within a Dream’ was released via Sleaszy Rider Records. An album that features Daniel Cavanagh (Anat...
Dec 20, 2024•31 min
Released on November 19th, 2024, ‘Intentions’ is the sophomore album of metalcore unit After Smoke Clears. An eight-track album to leave you bruised all over and an album that we summarised as: A big moment for After Smoke Clears. The moment that more people take notice of them and the moment they step out of the underground and become an even more potent force within the metalcore scene. All on the back of a new album that features eight absolute ragers. What a f**king unit this band is. You ca...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Kronowski is the metal/rock creation of songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Adam Kronowski. Bursting on to the scene with the single, ‘The Pyre’, Kronowski has amassed millions of streams, appeared on playlists like Spotify’s “All New Metal” and “New Blood”, and even charted on the official Spotify charts. Handling all writing, performance, and production himself, Adam pulls from a wide variety of heavy metal and rock influences, and even outside genres like country and reggaeton, to...
Dec 04, 2024•33 min
Chasing Zeniths is the progressive and symphonic rock brainchild of songwriter, composer, and guitarist Carl Kernie. The band’s new release, ‘Epochs Changing’. unleashes a broad variety of musical styles from symphonic and folk to prog rock and metal, and features breathtaking performances by 10 renowned musicians from around the world. ‘Epochs Changing’ was released on November 22nd, 2024 and Carl Kernie sums the album up as follows: Epochs Changing is the debut album of my project Chasing Zeni...
Dec 03, 2024•40 min
Scottish alt metal provocateurs Vukovi are back with their highly anticipated brand-new full-length album, ‘My God Has Got a Gun’, out on January 24th, 2024, via SharpTone Records. The album is produced by the legendary Machine (Lamb of God, Fall Out Boy, CLUTCH) at the fabled The Machine Shop Recording Studio in Austin. 2024 was an impressive year. Where Vukovi embarked on their first tour across the United States with Calva Louise, supported metal titans Babymetal across the UK, and conquered ...
Dec 02, 2024•37 min
Evilon, the melodic folk & death metal band from Sweden released their brand-new album, ‘A Warrior's Way’ at the start of November 2024, via Fetzner Death Records. A record that sees Evilon delving deeper into the swamp of beautiful folk melodies reminiscent of older times, while still maintaining aggressive, yet melodic, death metal riffs. The kind that has come to represent the Scandinavian metal scene. ‘A Warrior's Way’ has been heralded as their best release yet, and it certainly finds t...
Nov 22, 2024•29 min
Oxford’s fast-rising nu-metal outfit, Arimea, will release their brand-new EP, ‘Orchid Street’ on November 28th. 2024. Arimea are going to be an even bigger force in the UK metal scene than they currently are. A force that is recognised across varied bases, throughout different groups, and via the power of a release that showcases their impressive creative abilities. Orchid Street is a very special EP made up of very special tracks created by very special musicians. None more notable than vocali...
Nov 21, 2024•42 min
Bristolian alt-metal act Mallavora have released their brand-new album, ‘Echoes’, out now via Marshall Records. An EP that explores chronic illness, neurodiversity, and identity, blending shades of rock, alt-metal, and vocalist Jessica Douek’s Middle Eastern roots. A stunning release that we gave 10 out of 10 and described as: Cathartic and inclusive, there’s so much to Mallavora and so much to unpack with this EP that, chances are, we could still be talking about the four tracks on offer in a y...
Nov 20, 2024•42 min
UK five-piece hard rockers, The Rattlebacks’ debut album, ‘Sidewinder’, was released on November 15th, 2024. An album that we loved and described as: Deeply authentic and deeply relatable, The Rattlebacks have made sure this album is super-accessible, without compromising their powerful hard rock sound. Read our the full album review here: https://www.gbhbl.com/album-review-the-rattlebacks-sidewinder-self-released/ We spoke to guitarists Jack “Coxy” Cox and Max Horn about the new album and all t...
Nov 18, 2024•52 min
While they may be renowned for their unique blend of gothic and death metal, Tribulation are not ones to repeat a formula and on Sub Rosa in Æternum, they conjure a new beast. Part psychological horror of Italian cinema, part gaunt British goth, and part Art Deco opulence. It was released on November 1st, 2024, via Century Media Records. The ever-evolving face of Tribulation is on clear display here and they can never be accused of stagnating. Another strong example of them being imaginative and...
Nov 14, 2024•30 min
Alternative punk and rock duo, Crashface (Charlie Hinton – Vocals/Guitar & Otto Balfour – Bass/Production have made one hell of a name for themselves on the scene. They’ve been championed, rightfully, as one most exciting, explosive bands of the modern era. Something that is evident on their latest EP, ‘Life and Death in the Wastland’. Out now, the new EP is a furious non-stop thrill ride with zero boundaries as the duo tear through each track like a tornado, bringing with them influences of...
Nov 08, 2024•37 min
Following millions of streams across their catalogue of releases, many UK tours with multiple sell-out headline shows, and numerous festival appearances including Download, Takedown, Turbulence and Burn It Down, Defences, the alternative metal band, are back with their brand-new album, ‘Shadowlight’. Due for release on November 8th, 2024, via Long Branch Records. One listen to Shadowlight and it becomes abundantly clear that Defences are thinking a bit differently on this album. Not when it come...
Nov 07, 2024•32 min
The Italian melodic metal band Marble return with their most ambitious record to date, T.I.M.E. An album that revolves around female characters throughout the history of western theatre, and marking the stylistic evolution of stage performances. Starting with the ancient Greek tragedy of Euripides, passing through the British theatre of William Shakespeare, to the Russian social revolution of Anton Čechov, and on to the modern American theatre of Samuel Beckett. The sextet, with an unchanged lin...
Nov 06, 2024•26 min
Magnetar, a three-piece blackened death metal band from the UK, have released their debut album ‘There Will Be No Peace in My Valley’ via Vendetta Records. Featuring mastermind Dan Walmsley, who plays all instruments except the drums, which are hammered by Necronautical/Foetal Juice’s Rob Harris and the vocals which are delivered by Winterfylleth/Aro bassist, Nick Walllwork. When a band with the heavy calibre of Magnetar comes along, we pay attention. So, it should come as no surprise that There...
Nov 05, 2024•33 min
Following their last album release in 2018, Stormcast are now ready to release their brand-new album entitled ‘Tremors in the Ether’ on November 29th, 2024. Known for their atmospheric and emotionally charged blend of extreme/melodic metal, Stormcast formed in 2007 and have released two previous albums (Frame of Mind – 2014 & The Ghost Eater – 2018). Around those releases they have played countless shows including major festivals like MetalDays Festival 2013, Mammothfest 2015, and Bloodstock...
Oct 24, 2024•44 min
Isaurian, the Brazilian doomgaze/post-rock project, will release their new album, ‘The Pulsing Rush’, on October 25th. Having emerged in 2017 with the desire to make heavy, intense and emotional art via a group of musicians with more than 20 years of experience, Isaurian have made records with some of the most renowned producers in the world. Proudcers like Rhys Fülber (Paradise Lost, Fear Factory), Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Caspian), Kevin Ratterman (Emma Ruth Rundle, Sumac) and Chris Common (Peli...
Oct 23, 2024•43 min
California death-rockers New Skeletal Faces will release their new album, ‘Until the Night’ on November 1st, 2024, via Peaceville (their label debut). The trio that makes up the garish look and sound of New Skeletal Faces formed in 2017, and have been spreading the darkness of their reanimated ‘death rock’ sound since then. 2019‘s Celestial Disease album woke the dead, but it’s this new release that gets the creaky bones and rotted flesh well and truly moving. Think seductive & hypnotic goth...
Oct 22, 2024•37 min
UK metallers Defects have announced their October - November UK ‘The Bloodline’ Tour. The support will come from Profiler and Knife Bride. Tickets are available from here: https://www.wearedefects.com/ The tour will begin on 19 October in Glasgow (Garage Attic) and call through Newcastle (The Cluny), Manchester (Rebellion), Leeds (Key Club), London (O2 Islington Academy 2), Bristol (Exchange). Oxford (Jericho Tavern) and finishes on 7 November in Birmingham (Flapper). Defects released their debu...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr
VOLA, the Danish-Swedish progressive metal quartet will release their new studio album ‘Friend of a Phantom,’ on November 1st, 2024, via Mascot Records. The new album arrives three years after the release of their defining album, ‘Witness’, and sees the group continue to showcase their innovative approach to progressive metal. Aiming to captivate audiences with their blend of intense rhythmic complexity and poignant lyrical narratives. Alongside the release of the new album, VOLA’s headline ‘Fri...
Oct 18, 2024•32 min
Comprised of members from renowned hardcore bands Romeo Must Die, Dishonour the Crown, and Above All, Fates Messenger have spent the last twelve months showing the world just who they are and what they offer the metal scene. Which just so happens to be a whole lot of exciting and intense genre-bending noise. Fates Messenger aren’t about reliving past glories, and the music they have put out so far proves that. Scars, Carved in Stone, Bonechapel, and most recently, They Walk Among Us, which comes...
Oct 17, 2024•33 min
Finnish melancholic death and doom masters, Swallow the Sun will release their brand-new album, ‘Shining’ on October 18th, 2024, via Century Media Records. An album that explores the intrinsic challenges of being human. Which, unsurprisingly, gives Shining a certain level of intangibility as the subjects and themes are so broad. Yet, also unsurprisingly, this examination of being human comes in the form of deep, rich, epic, and infectious melancholy. There is beauty in the darkness, and Swallow ...
Oct 16, 2024•35 min
Melodic deathcore band, Veiled have spent the past few years building up a formidable name for themselves with impressive releases and live shows that need to be experienced to believe. Now, on October 18th, they unleash their debut full-length album, ‘SE/CT’. SE/CT is the sound of a band pushing their creative abilities to the limits and still finding new reserves to draw from. A punishingly heavy listen, but with thick layers of dynamic melody and ‘core’ intensity that adds a thrilling layer o...
Oct 15, 2024•33 min
Released on September 20th, 2024, via Cold Spring Records, ‘Many Things Afflict Us Few Things Console Us’ is the 5th album from Birmingham-based industrial/doom metal band Khost. An album that sees the band entering new nightmarish territories, alongside their signature walls of detuned guitar, corroded percussion and VHS atmospherics. With inspiration for many of the tracks coming from countless live shows and even soundcheck experiments, it’s safe to say that this is Khost at their most creati...
Oct 12, 2024•40 min
‘Exilium’ is the 3rd solo album from Andy Gillion (ex-song-writer/lead guitarist for Finnish melodeath band, Mors Principium Est – 2011-2020). Featuring guest appearances from Brittney Slayes of Unleash the Archers with drums performed throughout by Dave Haley of Psycroptic. ‘Exilium is a concept album, telling the story of an exiled knight. An album that we described as follows: Andy Gillion has outdone himself here, if you can believe that. Taking everything that he has learned to this point, ...
Oct 10, 2024•53 min
London based Middle Eastern progressive doom band Lowen have released their sophomore album, ‘Do Not Go to War with The Demons of Mazandaran’ via Church Road Records. One of the many fables of the Shahnameh, the Persian book of Kings, concerns the folly of rulers who jealously extend their empires despite the warnings of their own people. It is during this tale that he is warned not to go to war with the demons of Mazandaran. This chapter of the book forms the concept of the album. Helmed by voc...
Oct 04, 2024•41 min
Award nominated independent rock and metal festival; Takedown Festival returns in 2025! The festival will take place at the Portsmouth Guildhall on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th April 2025 with tickets now on sale (early bird and VIP upgrades available now). Pick up tickets here: https://takedownfestival.com/tickets/ After announcing the postponement of the 2024 edition due to the basement development works on the Grade II building, it’s a huge deal for Takedown Festival are hugely proud to return...
Oct 01, 2024•37 min
Playing symphonic black metal, but amalgamated with a theatrical nuance, Erzsébet’s path began in 2020. Forging an identity that would lead to their first EP, ‘The Blasphemous Lady’ and basing it around the history and myth of Countess Elizabeth Báthory. Aiming to showcase themselves as a band that combines dark, symphonic, aggressive and horrendous elements that transport listeners to a dimension in which horror coexists with beauty. Following live shows, supporting slots, and playing at festiv...
Sep 30, 2024•32 min
‘Nothing Ever Grows' is the new single from Bristol rock trio Krooked Tongue, released September 6th, 2024. It follows 2023's second studio EP 'Deathproof' which has been streamed over 320,000 times to date. In addition, August 2024 saw their biggest support tour to date, supporting Kid Brunswick on his final 'Dead Forever' tour across the UK. They've also recently shared the stage with False Heads, Virgin Marys, Phoxjaw, Pulled Apart by Horses and Mother Vulture and have played slots at festiva...
Sep 26, 2024•32 min
The Vomitour 2024 has seen everyone’s favourite party slam band, Party Cannon, hitting up city after city across the UK alongside hardcore noise mongers Street Soldier and Pintglass. A tour that has already seen sell out venues, more inflatables than should be legally allowed, utter carnage in the pits, and even mayonnaise! After all, it’s a Party Cannon show! A show that we summed up with this statement: There isn’t a single person not grinning from ear to ear and London made sure Party Cannon ...
Sep 25, 2024•30 min
London symphonic power metal band Grimgotts have chronicled epic battles between men and dragons on the high seas across several well-received albums already. Lions of the Sea (2017), Dragons of the Ages (2019), Tales, Sagas & Legends (2021), and now, the band’s fourth album, the concept record ‘The Time of the Wolfrider’, out on September 27th, 2024, via Elevate Records. This album chronicles an epic hero’s journey, battling witches and werewolves in the mythical land of Andria. The step-up...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 1 min
