Dieth Part Ways with David Ellefson, Signs to Fireflash Records, New Album Incoming


Dieth band promotional photo by Maurizio Del Piccolo featuring Guilherme Miranda, Michal Lysejko, Hubert Wiecek, and Tobias Cristiansson, thrash death metal, Fireflash Records, 2026

Dieth signs with Fireflash Records, adds Swedish bassist Tobias Cristiansson of Grave, Necrophobic, and Dismember, and confirms their second album is coming. New single “Pound of Flesh” drops October 16. Details below. Continue reading →


Drums of War Festival Brings 31 Bands to Barcelona Next Weekend Full Schedule Announced


Drums of War Festival 2026 wide banner featuring all 31 band logos including Destruction, 1349, Pestilence, Unleashed, Tormentor, Onslaught, Kampfar, Impaled Nazarene, Aeternus, Nargaroth, Vinterland, Messiah, Sathanas, Massacra Legacy, Negative Plane, Deathhammer, In the Woods, Zemial, Impiety, A Canorous Quintet, Deiphago, Attic, The Night Eternal, Nocturnal, Lik, Unbounded Terror, Orthodoxy, Funebre Devastation, and Spectre — August 27 to 29, Barcelona Spain

The inaugural Drums of War Festival descends on Barcelona, Spain, this August 27 to 29 with 31 bands across three days of underground extreme metal at Atlantic Events. Destruction, 1349, Nargaroth, Pestilence, Grave, Tormentor, Unleashed, Impaled Nazarene, and many more fill the bill. Tickets at drumsofwar.com.  Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Feral – To Usurp The Thrones – Transcending Obscurity Records


For reasons best known to themselves, some bands deliberately go out of their way to disguise their influences and inspirations. Feral are not some bands. One listen to To Usurp the Thrones (Transcending Obscurity Records) and everything is perfectly clear. Continue reading →