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Rotten to the Core // June 2021

June 14, 2021

There was so much good broad spectrum -core that came out in May, it was difficult to try and cover it all. So we didn’t. Sorry folks. Check the Circle Pit for links to the releases that definitely deserved a ... Read More...

Into the Pit // Q1, 2021

Joshua Bulleid

April 5, 2021

Into the Pit

Hey there Headbangers! Has it been a stacked few months for thrash metal, or what! The thrash train kept right on rolling through Christmas and into the new year, with absolutely no sign of slowing down. On ... Read More...

Flash of the Blade // March 2021

Eden Kupermintz

March 1, 2021

Flash of the Blade

Greetings duelists and welcome back to Flash of the Blade! It's 2021! Everything is different and yet, the absolute fucking same. Don’t remember what this column is about? Luckily, it’s easy to remind you: thi... Read More...

Into the Pit // The Best (And Worst) Years for Thrash Metal

Joshua Bulleid

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Into the Pit

Howdy Headbangers, Dropping another top ten list seemed a tad redundant, given that I've picked out a "Big Four" for each quarter of the year. Put those together and you effectively have a "Top 16" of 2020.... Read More...

Into the Pit // Q4 2020

Joshua Bulleid

December 7, 2020

Into the Pit

Howdy Headbangers, The mathematicians among you will realise that this post technically shouldn't be hitting you until January. Although I usually hit you with these quarterly posts the month after a quarter e... Read More...

Rotten to the Core // December 2020

Calder Dougherty

December 7, 2020

Rotten to the Core

Nothing pithy or pissy this month. The world continues to burn, but we’re getting through it one riff at a time. Happy holidays from ours to yours! Stay safe out there and mosh responsibly. - Calder Dougher... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: In Malice’s Wake Embrace Death On Gehenna

Joshua Bulleid

November 25, 2020

Premieres

Having perfected the thrash genre with 2011's The Thrashening, In Malice's Wake have been leaning more and more into extreme metal acroos their last couple of releases. With "Gehenna" – the closing track form t... Read More...

The Anatomy Of – Warfect

Eden Kupermintz

November 11, 2020

Features, The Anatomy Of

As we've documented many times on the blog, sometimes you just need to go fucking hard and fast. Yeah, music can be varied, expansive, and progressive but when you boil it down to the core, some days you just ... Read More...

Bring Me The Horizon – POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR

Jimmy Rowe

November 9, 2020

Reviews

Bring Me The Horizon teams up with DOOM's Mick Gordon for an EP that applies dystopian videogame aesthetics to the current global sociopolitical chaos for a remarkably engaging EP that is a collection of their best material yet.

Death’s Door // November 2020

Jonathan Adams

November 9, 2020

Columns, Death's Door

I’m hard pressed to think of a better time for death metal ruination than during an election cycle. Tensions run insanely high, anger seethes, and the need for healthy outlets for explosions of emotion and pri... Read More...

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