[Heavy News]: DESPISED ICON (CA), DEAD SLEEP (SWE) & PLINI (AU).
Today’s serving of Heavy News comes with a piping hot tray of award-winning Canadian deathcore (via Despised Icon), rapturous Swedish thrash with Dead Sleep’s latest single + album reveal, and an all-Australian dessert with Plini’s delectable new single/upcoming album. Bon appetit!
[Review] DEADWOOD (CA) - ‘Rituals Of A Dying Light’ EP.
[EP Review] For our first music release review of the year, we have a snappy, narky, bludgeoning and fun EP from the tundra-coated wilds of Canada, with Deadwood’s latest EP Rituals of A Dying Light, which drops worldwide on Jan 7th via Innerstrength Records. Check the link for EP review, music videos, EP preorder, artist links and more, buddy!
[HEAVY NEWS] New Singles for #MusicMonday, 30th Jun 2025.
Featured Artist Image: SEUM (Canada).
First in a couple of brave attempts to tackle the slew of new releases tonight for Music Monday, is the following Heavy News coverage for: Montreal-based bass-sludgers SEUM (CA), Milwaukee death-metallers Viogression (US), UK blackened death-metal killers Cult Burial and Japanese multi-instrumentalist project Knosis. Dig in!
[Heavy News] Announcing Araz Salek's electrifying new album, ‘Peripheries of Nahavand’.
Branching out to an even wider musical diaspora than earlier in the week, today we have something quite special! Presenting Tehran-born and now Toronto-based ensemble leader and accomplished tar player, Araz Salek. Araz brings forth skilled and multiplicitous ensemble-lead/tar genius in latest single ‘Goshāyesh 11’ off his upcoming debut LP Peripheries of Nahavand for Australian-based world-music label, Worlds Within Worlds, on April 25th.
[Heavy News] Into Eternity to Headline ProgStorm, Canada’s First Progressive Metal Festival!
Seems I’ve got two things to be jealous of regarding our Canadian Canuck Commonwealth kin, right now - 1. Not frying in Australian summer, and 2. Into Eternity announcing HUGE news by way of headlining Montreal’s first-ever progressive-metal festival - Progstorm! Scope out the details, links to the festival/tickets etc, announcement from the band and more! Merci beacoup!