Gavin Brown caught up with I. from Dutch black metal band Doodswens for an extensive chat about their new self-titled album, its themes and the darkness of the music of Doodswens.

…and just like that, the Tour Ship fires up its engines and shoots off into The Beyond. Returning planet-side with their first new material for six years, Shift just keep getting better and always seem to be on top form.  I honestly can’t think of a more exciting metal band in the UK right now.  Go catch them at your nearest planet-side dive bar asap!  

To celebrate the release of their new album Red Asphalt, Gavin Brown caught up with Exhumed bass player Ross Sewage to talk about the album, life on the road, horror classics, hip hop and his other bands Impaled and Cold Slither.

Whether your ears will actually enjoy listening to art so radical is not something I can comment on; but what I can say is that the Igorrr live experience is second to none, and should be witnessed by anyone with even the slightest interest on one occasion at the very least.

Gavin Brown caught up with the anonymous Dragged Into Sunlight to hear all about their return to America, touring, their already legendary appearance at last years Damnation Festival and the possibility of new music from the band.

What I love most about Suffocation is the intricacies and diversity of their riffs: each a perfectly-crafted, hybrid bundle of different techniques and modes, woven together and delivered in a frantic burst of ideas; they are technical riffs but written to provide a sense of narrative and strong song-writing rather than to be complex for its own sake.

Thoughteater is one of the boldest raw black metal albums of the past two or three years.

Gavin Brown caught up with Moral Putrefaction vocalist/guitarist Shiva Moorthy to hear all about the band as well as discussing death metal influences and putting a spotlight on the metal scene in India.

Shortly before their headlining show at the Islington Assembly Hall kicked off, Grutle Kjellson and Ivar Bjørnson—the backbone of Enslaved from day one—chatted with Joe Norman, while Taile Rose Eigelund photographed the interview.

With this new album, Hulder has thrown down the gauntlet, proving she is, without question, the real deal.

J. Donovan Malley caught up with Vastum guitarist and vocalist Leila Abdul-Rauf to discover more about the new record ‘Inward to Gethsemane’, a new member, the creative process, and more.

Vastum has managed to create another powerful and thought-provoking death metal masterpiece.

Simon Mernagh went to the inaugural festival edition of underground heavy music festival Sonic Dissonance in Edinburgh.

A bleak atmosphere of hateful intent with blast beats thundering and riffs whipping around at breakneck pace, yet something is lacking here.

Rather than give a play-by-play review of ArcTanGent, I want to write about a few of my personal highlights of the festival. The beauty of the setup is that you can dip in and out of sets; nothing is more than a few minutes’ walk away. . .

Abhorrency revels in perversity, destruction, and the inherent evil of humanity.

Sonic Dissonance is a new extreme metal festival held in Edinburgh. Simon Mernagh caught up with the festival’s key architect and creative lead Bailey Junior to find out more.

A brilliant demonstration that black metal can be multi-faceted, a swirling, alluring, enrapturing madness from the mysterious trio.

Calligram have crafted a claustrophobic, unnerving but occasionally beautiful record.

On the album launch for their third LP, To Know the Light, Dawn Ray’d add fuel to the fire and convince more to join their thoughtful black metal cohort.

An album that feels ambitious and grand in sound and execution, while maintaining a primitive and emotional intimacy.