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Der Weg Einer Freiheit: Inside The Way of Freedom

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Delilah Bon: Pink Painted Fire

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Darkthrone 2026
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Darkthrone announce new album ‘Pre-Historic Metal’

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Defences 2025
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Defences release new music video for ‘Metamorphosis’

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The Xcerts release new music video for ‘in your eyes’

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Immolation 2026
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INTRODUCING: Storm Orchestra

January 28, 2026 Ely King

French trio STORM ORCHESTRA were birthed from the underground Paris alternative scene, where they spent time creating their own take

Pravitas 2025
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INTRODUCING: Pravitas

January 18, 2026 Dan McHugh
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INTRODUCING: VMBRA

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Reviews

LIVE REVIEW: SikTh @ Academy 2, Manchester
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LIVE REVIEW: SikTh @ Academy 2, Manchester

March 23, 2026 Libby Percival

To celebrate 20 years of Death of a Dead Day, the innovators of the UK’s progressive metal scene, SIKTH, performed two

EP REVIEW: Festering Mutations – Blood Mania
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EP REVIEW: Festering Mutations – Blood Mania

March 23, 2026 Phil Cooper
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ALBUM REVIEW: Astral Voyager Vol. 2 – Kal-El

March 23, 2026 Phil Cooper
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EP REVIEW: EPeepee – Cowboy Hunters

March 22, 2026 Rowan Bruce
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Interviews

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Urne: The Spirit, Alive

March 22, 2026 Phil Cooper

To refer to a metal band in this day and age as a best kept secret feels like an oxymoron.

The Hara 2025
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The Hara: Moshpits, Gorillas and Nuggets Of Glory

March 21, 2026 Lucy Dunnet
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Kreator: Hail To The Hordes

March 21, 2026 Tim Bolitho-Jones
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Alter Bridge: Simple Pleasures

March 19, 2026 Dan McHugh
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