Song
If You Found This It's Probably Too Late
Artist
Hellripper
Hellripper backstory
Hellripper founder James McBain is a flying-V wielding beze... Read More...
Wolfbrigade – Howl from Underground (Metal Blade)
“A signal flare for the hungry, the wild, the wicked.” It’s a statement culled from Wolfbrigade’s Notes On... Read More...
Druidess/Morag Tong @The Lubber Fiend, Newcastle, 8.10.26
A week into their UK tour, Druidess’s Shonagh Brown is struggling. Her vocal cords, she admits, ar... Read More...
Newcastle’s Druidess will be weaving their way across the UK this week in support of stoner metal troupe Morag Tong. But what’s behind the band who are bringin... Read More...
Spirit Possession – Cathedral Speech (Sepulchral Voice Records/Profound Lore Records)
Pressing play on Cathedral Speech is akin to entering a labyrinthine c... Read More...
Song
Pangs Of Conscience
Artist
200 Stab Wounds
200 Stab Wounds backstory
200 Stab Wounds’ breakthrough, Manic Maniacal Procedures, put the quar... Read More...
Song
Cold War Bootlicker
Artist
Wolfbrigade
Wolfbrigade backstory
Are Wolfbrigade the definitive Swedish d-beat band? Well, you can make a prett... Read More...
Anarchy Brew Co. is found a mere 10 minutes from where Venom forged Black Metal. So it’s fitting that Tynebound – Newcastle’s first dedicated black metal and b... Read More...
Song
Through The Pale Shade
Artist
Mother Of Graves
Mother Of Graves backstory
“Mother Of Graves don’t so much write death doom as carve it from... Read More...
Song
Perdition's Crossing
Artist
Wayfarer
Wayfarer backstory
Emerging from Denver in 2011, Wayfarer have forged a unique path in black metal. Th... 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.