With Knoll and Full Of Hell sparking interest from new quarters, and legendary acts such as Napalm Death and Wormrot hitting the road relentlessly, grindcore a... Read More...
The aftermath of the Coronavirus pandemic and the cost of living crisis made life tough for artists and fans. Yet 2023 saw the rock and metal scenes hit back i... Read More...
The UK and US scenes were hotbeds of creativity this year, and gave us works of richly diverse black metal.
Here, we take you through our best black metal a... Read More...
With the new wave of US death metal putting the spotlight back on underground DM, and acts like Undeath gaining real traction, there's a palpable sense of exci... Read More...
It’s been another vintage year for metal’s heaviest hitters with thrash metal’s enduring titans and the genre’s faithful newcomers adding some serious noise to... Read More...
Metal’s in safe hands judging by the slew of fist-pumping future classics that fired up the Rushonrock stereo this year.
From grizzled veterans to hot new b... Read More...
Cruciamentum – Obsidian Refractions (Profound Lore)
Time moves fast.
Has it really been eight years since Cruciamentum unleashed Charnel Passages?
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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...
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.
