ALBUM REVIEW: Malevich – Under a Gilded Sun


There are truly many directions you can go in music by taking influences from all over and finding a sound that is respectful to all of those influences. Malevich continues to evolve this approach with their latest release, Under a Gilded Sun (Church Road Records). This nearly forty-minute journey borrows from black, death, and sludge metal with dashes of grindcore mixed in. There are a few tracks on the album that feature a build-to-climax song structure, similar to how post-metal bands structure their songs.Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Still In Love – Recovery Language


Out via the British extreme music-centered label Church Road Records, UK Hardcore five-piece unit Still In Love launches a debut full-length entitled Recovery Language – with thematic focuses circulating around the discourses of generation trauma, catharsis, emotional release, and personal boundaries. Highly introspective and deeply rooted in raw, intense emotions that speak of resilience, the aggression-laden UK Hardcore undertones of this album fit the recurring themes so well, with a hint of Post-Hardcore influences as well. Continue reading


Mastiff Drop Their Single “A Story Behind Every Light” – New EP Coming Soon


UK heavies, Mastiff, have just unleashed their latest single, “A Story Behind Every Light.” In the same breath, they announced the upcoming release of their new EP, For All the Dead Dreams. It is due out this October 24th, via Church Road Records. Catch the new single and more in the article below.
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Terjiz de Horde Share Their Single and Video “The Shadows Of Prefiguration” – New Album Coming Soon


Newly signed to Church Road Records, Dutch esoteric black metallers, Terjiz de Horde, have just announced their latest LP. Titled Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone, it is due out on October 10th. They have also released their new single and video, “The Shadows Of Prefiguration.” Catch it below with more from the band.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Inhuman Nature – Greater Than Death


The new cut from Church Road Records recording artists Inhuman Nature is a crash course in some good old-fashioned thrashin’! Each track is chock-full of all those cool components that make up a killer thrash metal album. Continue reading


EP REVIEW: Iron Form – Cut From Cold Blood – Church Road Records 


The new EP from Church Road Records artists Iron Form titled Cut From Cold Blood is a five-piece band showing off their musical influences and technical merit. Another example of a band breaking through genres by just playing what comes naturally to them in their songwriting process.Continue reading


Burner Share Their New Single and Video for “City 17” – On Tour Soon


London death metal/hardcore crew, Burner, have just dropped their latest single, “City 17,” through Church Road Records. It was produced and mixed by Lewis Johns at The Ranch Production House, mastered by Grant Berry at Fader Mastering, and comes with a music video directed by Matthieu Gill. Check it out below.

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ALBUM REVIEW: WREN – Black Rain Falls


London’s WREN have been releasing music for over a decade and Black Rain Falls (Church Road Records) is their third full-length record. The band describe it asa crystallisation of the conceptual voice-giving to natural collapse, humanity’s decline and the shadowed spectre that has imbued WREN since the beginning.” Continue reading


Grief Ritual Share a Single and Video for “Spiral” – New Album Coming Soon


Metalcore crew, Grief Ritual, recently announced they will release their debut album, Collapse, via Church Road Records on 31st January 2025. Now, they have dropped their latest single, “Spiral,” taken from the full-length, and accompanied by an official video. Check it out below.

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