With Pure Noise Records snapping up just about every decent band playing some variant of early 2000s metalcore, Prosthetic Records stepped up to the plate and signed their very own turn of the century nostalgia/homage act, meth.. Thankfully, the bedroom project turned full-band endeavor has more than enough substance because…
Temples Festival this year showed me many things that I didn’t know I enjoyed. Among them were dark beer, ear plugs and Grieved, a hardcore outfit hailing from Stockholm. I jumped out of the main building to drink, smoke and look cool (I failed at one out of three of…
When Psycroptic announced that they had inked a deal with Prosthetic Records to release their new album in the spring, they also gave us a snippet of a new single that they said would be released November 4th. We no longer have to keep replaying that short snippet, as we have…
Legendary Australian tech-death outfit Psycroptic have announced that they have inked a brand new deal with Prosthetic Records. Not only that, but they also announced that their new album will be released in spring 2015. You won’t have to wait that long for new material, though. The band also announced they would be…
Not even two weeks after releasing the second track from their new album Blissfucker, Trap Them have deemed it fit to share more new music. ‘Lungrunners’ is another full tilt tornado of a track, taking the blistering pace of ‘Salted Crypts’ and the hardcore swagger of ‘Organic Infernal’ and smashing the two…
After putting out a genre classic with Darker Handcraft back in 2011, Prosthetic Records golden boys Trap Them are releasing their fourth full length Blissfucker on 10th June. Until then we can more than make do with ‘Organic Infernal’, the second track to be released after ‘Salted Crypts’ burst forth…
I was doing a bit of moaning last week when I found out that Norwegian avant-garde metallers SHINING are releasing their new album One One One this week in their native land and nowhere else. I had assumed the band were working on international distribution deals, and I was right.…
People theorize Jim Morrison is still alive, while others strive to prove Paul McCartney died. Some people stay closer to believability and posit ideas about tours or upcoming albums. There’s always some wild speculation going around to some degree, and I’m presently guilty of it. I think progressive metal legends Extol…
Beneath the Massacre Incongruous 01. Symptoms 02. Hunted 03. Left Hand 04. Hopes 05. It 06. Light 07. Incongruous 08. Pedestal 09. Grief 10. Damages 11. Unheard [02/14/12] [Prosthetic Records] When it comes to overtly technical metal, I drew the line in the sand long ago; if you’re going to…
Everything Went Black Cycles of Light 01. XI 02. Gods Of Atlantis 03. Halo Of Vultures 04. Lifeless 05. Parades 06. Thorn Feeders 07. Amongst Wolves 08. Kingdoms 09. Baptists [01/17/12] [Lost Shepherd/Prosthetic Records] Crossover, metalcore, metallic hardcore, all these are subgenres of heavy metal, which combine the various elements…
