The “Party Like It’s 793” Mead, Metal, and Viking Festival returns to The Brimming Horn Meadery in Milton, Delaware, June 4th through 7th, for a full weekend of heavy music, Norse history, armored combat, and mead. Eighteen bands, five dollars at the door, and a portion of every ticket goes to animal welfare. Get tickets below. Continue reading
With our sights set on the end of one year and the start of another, we are sharing End of Year lists from staff, bands, and some friends in the business. Ghost Cult scribe (and part of our new, expanded reviews editorial team) Matt Cook has great taste in metal, has the most luxurious beard on staff, and is a great dude. Check out his top picks for his Top Albums of 2023! Continue reading
Being based in the US, you’d probably expect a relatively new band like Astralborne, formed in 2018, to adopt more popular current musical traits in order to attract attention. However, instead of going for standard metalcore vocal trappings or deathcore breakdowns in drop Z, the enterprising Ohioans keep clean singing and Djent at the door, owing far more to the likes of European melodeath acts such as Arch Enemy, (early) In Flames and Amon Amarth.