With new album, Sagas (Season of Mist), on the way, ritual collective, Heilung, have announced a seven-date tour of Australia and New Zealand. Taking place from 1 to 16 March 2027, the run covers six cities across the two countries, opening with two nights at the Sydney Opera House, and continuing through Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Auckland. Read more below.
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Gradience Drop a New Video for “Vermin” – Band Book First UK Tour
Photo credit: Christoffer Rosenfeldt
Danish metal outfit, Gradience, have announced an eight date UK tour with Survivalist. Starting in Huddersfield on March 2, 2027, this is the first for the band in the country. To celebrate, they have just unleashed their new video/single, “Vermin,” taken from their debut full-length, Anomaly, (Metal Blade Records). Watch it below and read more.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Forbidden – Forbidden
After a couple of weeks of not-metal, Forbidden‘s eponymous album ran rampant all over my amygdala, hitting all the pleasure centers a lifetime of Thrash nurtured. Forbidden (BLKIIBLK) storms out, no intro, no easing you in, just pulse-pounding, adrenaline-pumping old-school Thrash. Upon consulting the press kit, it turns out that Forbidden’s influences from Metallica, Metal Church, Overkill, Testament, Slayer, and so many more can’t be hidden, because the band itself goes back to the halcyon days of the mid-eighties when Thrash became a thing.