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
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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
Burner Share a New Single “The Night Does Not End” – On Tour Soon with Employed to Serve
Burner has shared a crushing new single “The Night Does Not End” via Church Road Records! Stream the single below and on all DSPs now!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.
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 as “a 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