[HEAVY NEWS] MAMMAL RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘AFTER PARTY’ AND XMAS SHOW.
Mammal return with new single 'After Party' just ahead of their MAMMAL Xmas Show.
[Heavy News] Music Monday 08.12.25: KAKIHARA (UK), BURIED SOULS (SWI), VERILEHTO (FIN) & BLACK MAGIC TREE (GER).
[Heavy News/Music Monday 08.12.25]: We might be nearing the end of 2025, but there’s no end in sight where great recent releases are concerned! Check the link for the latest from Scottish mathcore enthusiasts Kakihara, Swiss blackened death metallers Buried Souls, Suomi black metal wizards Verihelto and German heavy psych-rockers Black Magic Tree.
[Heavy News] MUNT (AU): ‘A Duel Of Fractures’ Video Released, Latest LP ‘The World Is Not Yours’ Out Now.
[Heavy News] We’re kicking off this weeks’ Music Monday by supporting the local scene! Check out the furious new single ‘A Duel Of Fractures’ by Melburnian blackened death-grinders Munt, from the savage newly-released debut LP The World Is Not Yours. This ain’t your mates’ Northcote bedroom indie project - this is globe-shattering stuff!
SYLOSIS ANNOUNCE 2026 ALBUM ‘THE NEW FLESH’ & DROP CRUSHING NEW TITLE TRACK.
SYLOSIS ANNOUNCE 2026 ALBUM ‘THE NEW FLESH’ & DROP CRUSHING NEW TITLE TRACK.
[Heavy News] MØL Share New Single & Video 'Young'; New Album ‘DREAMCRUSH’ Jan 30th 2026.
[Heavy News] Pitching everything from progressive/post-black metal and more so far, Aarhus (Denmark) metallers MØL are set to continue expanding further out afield. We’ve got proof of that via the link, containing music video/stream links to latest single ‘Young’ from upcoming album Dreamcrush. Naturally, you can also cop info on the album and pre-order/stream links for the LP (and more) right here too! Out Jan 30th, 2026 via Nuclear Blast.
[Heavy News] There’s No-peth News Like OPETH News (Australian Tour, 2026).
[Heavy News/Music Mondays]: There’s no progressive metal band like Opeth on the live front. Ergo, there’s also no news like Opeth news! Tune in for an important update about the Australian Tour happening right now, ticket links, plus our interview with bassist Martin Menendez. Swede Dreams.
[Heavy News] BORN OF OSIRIS & SIGNS OF THE SWARM Announce March 2026 Australian Tour.
[Heavy News]: Joining the cavalcade of great bands announcing Australian tours, we have Illinois (US) progressive-metalcore titans Born of Osiris announcing a huge tour alongside Pittsburgh deathcore crushers Signs of The Swarm! Check the link for tour dates, tickets and further links/info. Get your breakdown on!
[Heavy News 03.10.25] Weekend Releases: ENRAGEMENT (FIN), MODDER (BE) & BESTA (POR).
[Heavy News] Time to cap off the week and ring in the weekend with three smashing new releases out today/tomorrow - Finns Enraged and their brutal-death scorcher Extinguish All Existence, Belgique psych/doom/stoner outfit Modder’s Destroying Ourselves for a Place in the Sun & Portuguese grindcore horror-lovers Besta, with John Carpenter Redux. Happy listening, happy weekend!
[Heavy News] KREATOR Announce New Album KRUSHERS OF THE WORLD + Release Video For New Single 'Seven Serpents'.
[Heavy News] - You kan’t keep a good krusher down, ‘least of all veteran Teutonic thrash-titans Kreator! They’re back with latest single ‘Seven Serpents’ plus preorders, bio and details for 16th LP Krushers of The World. The album drops Jan 16th via Nuclear Blast Records - check the link for details and to secure a spot!
[Heavy News] SOULFLY Release Music Video For New Single 'Nihilist' Feat. Todd Jones OF NAILS
[Heavy News]: Cavalera and Co are back at it again! Max and crew demonstrate their unwillingness to rest on laurels, pushing Soulfly’s heavy-factor to new heights with Chama. Check out the link for details/video/stream link for latest single ‘Nihilist’ (feat. Todd Jones of Nails) plus all the relevant links for the upcoming LP, out October 24th via Nuclear Blast Records.
[Heavy News] PERTURBATOR Shares Menacing New Single 'Mors Ultima Ratio' From New Album ‘Age of Aquarius’.
Critically acclaimed for both his live show, electronic and other multi-instrumental material, Paris-based James Kent aka Perturbator has teased yet another track off the upcoming LP Age of Aquarius in latest single ‘Mors Ultima Ratio’! Peep this slice of heavy doof, get the scoop on both album and artist details, preorder links, single music videos and more within.
[Heavy News] SOULFLY Announce New Album CHAMA + Release Lyric Video For New Single 'Storm The Gates'.
[Heavy News, Tue 2nd Sept]: SOULFLY Announce New Album CHAMA + Release Lyric Video For New Single 'Storm The Gates'! Brazil’s most metal família keep it tribal with a crushing new single and accompanying kaleidoscopic music vid. You can check out both here, with more details/bio on Chama, artist statement/links, merch/LP preorders and more! Groove on.
[Heavy News] On The Motion Tracker - Recent/Upcoming Release Info + Mini-Reviews.
[Heavy News, 29.08.25]: Having admittedly been lacking in energy for doing full album reviews of late, I’ve nonetheless been scoping out what’s pinging the motion-tracker on the endless xeno-hunt that is new and upcoming releases. See within for press releases and some mini-review synopses for No Apologies (Aus hardcore), Hexrot (US experimental black/death), The Mansters (Norwegian fast-punk) & Now I’ve Done It (US… WTF-metal)!
[#MusicMonday 25.08.25] A Curious Trio of Upcoming Albums.
[Music Monday/ Heavy News - 25.08.25]: Join me in my ongoing spelunking through the immeasurably steep ascent up New Release Mountain with three particularly curious underground LP’s: US-based grunge-doom (CROP - S.S.R.I.) and self-style ‘Castle Metal’ (medieval black metal!) via Morke’s upcoming To Carry On and finally, sludge-laden, raw atmospheric black metal from Wales of all places in incognito-solo-artist The Sorrow Of Being Immaculate’s Suicide Forest. Most curious indeed, old bean!
#MusicMonday 18.08.25]: Upcoming Release Radar.
Another Music Monday, another great selection of album releases happening over the next couple of months! See within for artist/album info/links, music videos, preorder links etc for upcoming LPs from: Norwegian post/blackgazers Sundrowned, Australian blackened disso-death brutality via Hebephrenique, UAE/Jordan melodic death-doom collab Falling Leaves, psychedelic blackened US robot-metallers Electromancy and Norwegian hardcore/psych/post-punks Haraball!
[#MusicMondays 11.08.25]: Top 10 Upcoming Releases [#1] OLD MACHINES - ‘The Cycles of Extinction’ LP
#MusicMondays, 11.08.2025: In addition to a brief recap of the many things we’ve been up to music-wise on the ISC blog/podcast, I’m trying something different this week - bringing out my top ten recent releases from underground picks across the globe! First up, we have the scoop, links and more for Mass Effect/dystopian sci-fi inspired death metal cosmic warlords Old Machines, via ‘The Cycles of Extinction’ (out 22nd August). Get amongst it!
[Heavy News] DESPISED ICON Reveal New Album SHADOW WORK, Release Music Video For New Single 'Over My Dead Body'
Heavy News/ Music Monday, 11.08.25: Oh hell yeah dude, I am all about this! Montreal-based deathcore mainstays Despised Icon are back in the saddle with their first album in six years with Shadow Work, via Nuclear Blast. Check the link for crushing new music video for ‘Over My Dead Body’ feat. Matt Honeycutt of Kublai Khan TX, album info, preorder/artist links and more!
[Podcast] Ep. 55: [Interview] w/ SIMON CALABRESE of DAYSEND, Ahead of The ‘Revisiting Severance’ Tour.
A massive privilege and honour to have frontman Simon Calabrese of influential Australian melodic death metal legends Daysend, ahead of their upcoming national tour revisiting the massively-acclaimed album Severance. We discuss Simon's thoughts on said tour, stepping back into the band for the first time in 19 years and more! Video/podcast interview link, tour info and ticket/RSVP links contained within - get on it!
[Heavy News] Finnish Deathgrinders I, CURSED Release Single ‘Nothing From The Ruins’ From Upcoming EP Out September.
[Heavy News, 07.08.25]: Finnish deathgrind underground legends I, Cursed are slated to release a savage EP in Heretical Onslaught on 11.09.2025, via Inverse Records/Meara Music. Check the link for details, latest single ‘Nothing From The Ruins’ music/streaming links, preorder/artist links and more! Suomi madness FFO: Gadget, Nasum, Rotten Sound etc.
A [Heavy News] Singles Triple-Decker, 05.08.2025.
Heavy News, Tue 5th August: What a week, eh? A whole slew of tour announcement, new releases etc. Tonight, I’m taking a different tack to focus on a trio of powerful new singles. Featured - Breath (US), SEIMS (AU) and Perturbator (FR).