In 2024, many of black metal’s bigger names remained quiet. But the quality of the scene, from Quebec to the Alpine peaks, from the wind battered Yorkshire coa... Read More...
2024 saw the new breed truly blossom. Whether they were reworking classic styles, or reimaging death metal entirely, this year’s crop proved the scene is in a ... Read More...
Legends returned. Fretboards melted. And some of the best voices in metal soared. Yes, 2024 was a big year for classic heavy metal.
So raise those horns and... Read More...
Byker Grave Festival Pre-show @The Lubber Fiend, Newcastle, December 6, 2024
Byker Grave Festival @Newcastle University Students Union, December 7, 2024
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Corrosive Louisiana sludge, monastic doom, blasphemous black thrash, margaritas… Byker Grave Festival 2024 is serving up a feast in the North East when it land... Read More...
Venom Inc. are heading home for a very special Newcastle show next month. And frontman Tony ‘Demolition Man’ Dolan can’t wait to get back to his roots.
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Song
Voodoo
Artist
Dunes
Dunes backstory
Dunes brought some welcome desert heat to Northern England when they emerged in 2016, with the riff dus... Read More...
Song
Me, the Dreamer
Artist
The Great Old Ones
The Great Old Ones backstory
This act are so submerged in Lovecraftian lore they’re practically M... Read More...
Mother Of Graves – The Periapt Of Absence (Profound Lore Records)
Mother Of Graves don’t so much write death doom as carve it from the wood of ancient oaks.... Read More...
In just six years, Rochester, New York’s Undeath have hacked their way into the heart of the death metal scene, infecting the globe with their unashamedly old ... 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.
