“I see myself much more in an amphitheater or an abandoned castle in the middle of nature, setting up the show like a sort of sequential tale, staged with scenery and animated sequences in the background, preferably with an accompanying orchestra.”

“We have always done music on our own terms and not being afraid of how people would take it.”

“Deitus is the knife in the back of man.”

One could think that living under the impression of Nazis about 70 years ago should have left an impact, but that’s just wishful thinking. Fascism works because it’s so easy to blame others, and fighting against this will always be a nuisance in the view of these people.

“Lithopaedic came from a dream that Frank had. Lithopaedic deals with discovering an alternate self in a parallel world, and challenging or reckoning with that self. Afterward a stronger version of yourself emerges at the behest of some mysterious force of chaos and change.“

“Technology has ruined everything already, now it will even ruin art. We are doomed as a species, and we deserve it. Fucking stupid arrogant humans. We have way bigger things to worry about than the metal scene.”

“All of the artists that are worth their shit, they maybe had like ups and downs in their career, but the only way that they've ever been satisfied is by knowing internally that they made something that they really wanted to make that was unaffected by any sort of, outside influence.”

“Finding fans who have tattooed our logo or cover art on themselves has been pretty crazy. I’ve had fans come tell me how they wanted to kill themselves and my art has helped them with that.”

“I did care a lot when I was younger what people thought of me, but I do not anymore...I don’t judge anyone for their choices or for what they like or do. When you accept that, I think it's way more easy to just go through life curious and make out of it what you want.”

“I'm inspired by topics like the middle ages, nature and very personal, dark things that happened in my life. ”

“Narco life is here to stay so why shouldn't I make music about it if that’s how I grew up? It’s not fake, it’s real, I wanna make music that I myself and others that grew up in the USA, Latin America and other parts of the world can relate to.”

“For us, in the first place there is always quality and customer satisfaction. Profit is also important, because we live from what we do, but our business is NOT profit-driven. It’s quality-driven.”

Midnight brought their mayhem to London, leaving The New Cross Inn in ruins, or at least significantly stinkier, battered, and littered with metal pins on the floor than it was when they arrived.

The Infernal Sea unleashes their new album live at the Underworld in London. Chort and Chern were there to witness it.

Discover Camden’s latest record/coffee shop, Raven Records, with an assortment of vinyl and even non-alcoholic beer for all your sober metalheads. See how Chernoglav and Chort enjoyed Raven Records.

Destruction at 40: Live in London at the Garage Gig Review. Old school Thrash METAL at its finest.

Crepuscule Natura is an album that surprises with its production and dynamism. Uada deserves a nod for their meticulousness. Read more!

Discover the latest metal singles, EP, and full length album releases for September 2023.

Conjure the dark one with this latest single from Asagraum off their upcoming LP, “Veil of Death, Ruptured” set to release on Oct. 20th 2023. It’s all female, 90’s black metal with a hint of the psychedelic. Read on!

Celestial Sanctuary's "Insatiable Thirst For Torment" delivers a rancid, intense experience, evolving from earlier output to deliver a pummelling modern DM album.

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Spirit Adrift return with another full-length of pure, unadulterated metal, the kind that gets your blood pumping and your head banging 'til your necks snaps like a Twix bar. This is Ghost At The Gallows!

Sometimes we feel like a bit of the ol’ thrash metal. Chart & Chern go to a politically charged rally- I mean gig - featuring Sacred Reich