Song
Chichimecatl
Artist
Tzompantli
Tzompantli backstory
With their 2022 debut, Tlazcaltiliztli, Tzompantli journeyed deep into ancient Mesoamer... Read More...
Song
The Sword of Wrath
Artist
Hellbutcher
Hellbutcher backstory
This quintet’s origins lie back in 1990, when twin brothers Erik and Per Gustav... Read More...
Vulture – Sentinels (Metal Blade)
Reverb set on 11, bonkers album cover, stratospheric screams and a drum sound hurled out of ’85… yep, German crew Vulture ... Read More...
Song
Ecdysis
Artist
Unearthly Rites
Unearthly Rites backstory
Recently signed to Prosthetic Records – who seem to love a bit of old school death... Read More...
Byker Grave Festival will be bringing sludge, d-beats, bulletbelts and a whole heap of riffs to Newcastle University on December 7, with New Orleans legends Ey... Read More...
Midnight – Hellish Expectations (Metal Blade)
Midnight stink of leather, sweat, stale beer and vomit. Indeed, Athenar’s creation is more of a pheromone than... Read More...
With virtuoso guitarist John Bailey at the helm and Corrupt Moral Altar frontman Chris Reese behind the mic, Utopia turned extreme metal on its head with 2021’... Read More...
Plague Rider have been spreading their disease through the UK underground since 2011 – and since the release of 2023’s Intensities, their contorted, mutated an... Read More...
Utopia – Shame (Self-released)
Cacophonous.
Challenging.
Brutal.
Beautiful.
We threw those words around in response to Utopia’s debut, Stalker.
... Read More...
From soulful occult rock to bar room boogie, black thrash to monastic doom, there’s plenty in store for ’24.
We shine the spotlight on 15 acts who are going... 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.
