Cruciamentum – Obsidian Refractions (Profound Lore)
Time moves fast.
Has it really been eight years since Cruciamentum unleashed Charnel Passages?
Bor... Read More...
Artist
Ihsahn
Song
Pilgrimage to Oblivion
Ihsahn backstory
As a founding member of Emperor, Ihsahn brought cinematic grandeur to black metal and... Read More...
Back after a Covid-related, three-year hiatus, Byker Grave Festival brought a host of UK and international acts to Tyneside.
Rich Holmes was there to witne... Read More...
Litha - Litha (Tartarus Records)
"A way to process my anger and pain. An effort to bring that ugliness to the surface."
Andrew Black is brutally honest a... Read More...
Song
Hunters In The Sky
Artist
Green Lung
Green Lung backstory
Londoners Green Lung have only been around since 2017. But in that time earned a ... Read More...
Fuming Mouth – Last Day Of Sun (Nuclear Blast)
Amongst the outright brutality of Last Day Of Sun, you can find hope.
Deep within its violent core, there’... Read More...
Newcastle’s Byker Grave Festival is back on November 11 after a three-year absence.
And with a 10-strong bill spanning the extreme music multiverse, it’s s... Read More...
Wayfarer – American Gothic (Century Media/Profound Lore)
This is the album Wayfarer always threatened to make.
A definitive statement.
It's the realis... Read More...
Krieg – Ruiner (Profound Lore Records)
It may have been nine years since Krieg’s last full-length, Transient, was unleashed. But mainman Neill Jameson (aka ... Read More...
Song
Celestial River
Artist
Gozer
Gozer backstory
Emerging from the ashes of Archelon in 2021, Sheffield’s Gozer released their debut, An Endles... Read More...
Rich is a veteran of the heavy music scene and is widely considered one of the leading experts on doom, death and everything extreme. Rushonrock's deputy editor fulfilled the same role for HRH Mag and continues to forge a reputation as one of the UK's most informed and incisive metal writers.