METAL

Deflecting Ghosts’ latest single, “Broken”, is a reckoning, and a battle cry wrapped into four-and-a-half minutes of raw, melodic power. Released on May 23rd, the Kansas-based trio’s first full-band track introduces listeners to the haunted inner world of someone grappling with the fallout of addiction and the ghosts of past…

Kings County doesn’t hold back with their fierce, bone-rattling take on Marilyn Manson’s 1996 industrial rock anthem, “The Beautiful People.” Released on May 9, 2025, this cover hits like a freight train from the start, bringing a savage edge that feels just as relevant today as it did nearly three…

Noxious, the debut LP from Antigonish-based extreme metal project Paranormal Arson, pulls no punches in its apocalyptic commentary on modern society. The brainchild of Jamie MacDonald, Noxious is as musically suffocating as it is politically furious, layering death metal brutality with industrial clatter, sludge-drenched distortion, and unfiltered punk rage. The…

“Echoes of a Dying World” by Electron hits like a gut punch wrapped in barbed wire—feral, reflective, and brutally honest. Released on March 28th, this track from the London-based metalcore outfit cements their reputation for fusing raw emotional intensity with searing sonic energy. It opens with ferociously distorted guitars that…

American composer Kyle R. Marolf—the creative force behind solo project Death Culture—releases Man and Machine 2.0, a relentless fusion of modern metal and electronic intensity. Inspired by the rapid rise of AI and the merging of human and machine intelligence, the album is the result of over a year’s worth of immersive writing,…

Gus Defelice’s new concept album, The Sound of Inevitability, hits like a slow-burning existential revelation. It lures you in with shimmering ambiance, heavy riffs, and thematic gravity that sticks with you long after the final note fades. This instrumental prog-rock embodies the cosmic force we all face: time, death, change,…

“Cue the Cronies” by Kids in Decay is a slow-burning storm of progressive rock and metal, pulling you into its shadowy depths with a hypnotic blend of atmosphere and raw emotion. From the first note, the track drapes itself in a mysterious, cinematic, dark, brooding, and undeniably captivating haze. A…

“If I Couldn’t Live Without You” by happier? is an emotional exorcism set to music. From the very first haunting piano notes, it feels like stepping into someone’s heartbreak, raw and unfiltered. Joshua Venzetti bleeds through the lyrics, vividly depicting devastation and survival. His voice starts soft, drenched in uncertainty,…

Apex4X’s Nightfall is sharp-edged, unapologetic, and absolutely hypnotic, a genre-bending protest album that carves its message into stone. TThe San Francisco-based group thrives in the shadows, letting their music take center stage. And wow, does it demand attention. With a potent blend of Alternative Rock, Dark Wave, and Metal, Nightfall…

Kids in Decay are here to pull you straight into the abyss, and “Dark Tetrad” does exactly that. This is a descent, a transformation, a battle between beauty and chaos. It starts with a glitch, a subtle distortion that feels like something flickering in and out of reality. Then the…