Song
Cleveland Metal
Artist
Midnight
Midnight backstory
Launching out of Cleveland, Ohio back in 2003, Midnight quickly gained a cult following ... Read More...
Tower – Let There Be Dark (Cruz Del Sur Music)
New York’s Tower always showed promise… and there were plenty of signs the band were stepping up on 2021’s im... Read More...
Nite – Cult Of The Serpent Sun (Season of Mist)
Nite’s Voices Of The Kronian Moon lit up 2022: scintillating, NWOBHM-forged riffery blended with Van Labraki... Read More...
Song
Open The Gallows
Artist
Coffin Storm
Coffin Storm backstory
Any band featuring Darkthrone’s Fenriz gets plenty of attention. And that was p... Read More...
Artist
Industrial Puke
Song
Biblical Corpse
Industrial Puke backstory
Vomiting up a stinking, sticky mix of Stockholm death metal and Scandicrus... Read More...
Havukruunu – Tavastland (Svart Records)
By the time Havukruunu arrived at 2017’s Kelle Surut Soi, the Finns had started to turn heads. Their Bathory-invokin... Read More...
They were one of Finland’s best kept secrets. They’re now revered in the extreme metal underground. And with their fourth album, Tavastland, Havukruunu are tak... Read More...
Artist
As The World Dies
Song
Under A Dying Sky
As The World Dies backstory
Led by Memoriam guitarist Scott Fairfax and featuring former Ashen C... Read More...
Newcastle’s Dunes have opened a new chapter in their desert rock journey, a voyage that began back in 2016. Recently signed to Californian label Ripple Music, ... Read More...
Artist
Vacuous
Song
Stress Positions
Vacuous backstory
Formed by vocalist Jo Chen and guitarist Michael Brodsky in 2019, Vacuous have quickly es... 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.