Italian Trad-Metal Trailblazers  Releasing ‘Metal Shocks’ May 10 on Gates of Hell Records One of the very first Italian heavy metal bands returns with its first full-length album in eight years, Metal Shock! Trailblazing and traditional metal ensemble TIR will release Metal Shock May 10 on Gates of Hell Records. The album’s first single is streaming below.   Stream “La…

Death/Doom Band KRYPTS Return with Cadaver Circulation Finland’s KRYPTS return to unfurl an aeonic slab of death metal upon your ears. Cadaver Circulation explores immeasurable depths with six intense offerings of misanthropic and doom-laden death metal.     Cadaver Circulation is as unrepentant as the grave in its tormented and suffocating aura. From funereal dirges to steamroller bombasts of…

It’s very rare to come across a band like Hex who’re doing something innovative and at the same time not compromising on the heaviness. After a couple of atmospheric death/doom metal releases in Chalice of Suffering and Illimitable Dolor, it’s time to delve into something that’s intense and crushing. There are various facets to this…