Enslaved – Heimdal (Nuclear Blast)
“I am leaving this body behind”.
There you have it.
Grutle Kjellson’s exclamation on Congelia encapsulates Heimdal’... Read More...
Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (Peaceville)
Built a massive underground following, DIY-style? Check.
Signed to a revered extreme metal la... Read More...
A host of rock and metal acts have joined the Dominion Festival 2023 line up.
Taking place from May 5-7, 2023 at Ushaw Historic House, Chapel and Gardens, t... Read More...
Dryad – The Abyssal Plain (Prosthetic Records)
Who knows what really lies in the depths of the oceans?
Maybe it’s Cthulu.
Or a bunch of bioluminescent... Read More...
The grind scene’s sonic diversity came to the fore in 2022… yet there were still plenty of bands who embraced its primordial DNA. And that made for some incend... Read More...
Obituary – Dying Of Everything (Relapse Records)
When Slowly We Rot slithered out of Florida's swamps in ’89, it helped to define death metal as we know it.... Read More...
While 2021’s top black metal albums list brimmed with US talent, 2022 saw European acts re-assert themselves, with Germany, Lithuania, Portugal and Belgium amo... Read More...
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Hot Rocking
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High Force
High Force backstory
Vocalist Craig Relf and guitarist Kyle Partridge first worked together in Newcastle ston... Read More...
The hand of doom sowed many a seed this year… and they blossomed into a slew of immense albums that sent ripples across the ages.
Seventh century Northumbri... Read More...
The new wave of American death metal showed no sign of plateauing out this year, with a clutch of formidable debuts appearing in 2022. But the UK scene showed ... 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.
