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Photo Credit: Chantik Photography by Sonja Schuringa Portuguese gothic metal mainstays Moonspell are back with Far From God, a new studio album landing July 3 via Napalm Records—and it already feels like a statement of intent. After five years of uncertainty and creative limbo, Moonspell emerge not with a cautious return, but something far more defiant. Far From God positions itself as a full-bodied reaffirmation of gothic metal’s darker instincts—romantic, theatrical, and s

Mongolian rock trailblazers The Hu return with two new tracks, doubling down on the sound that’s propelled them onto the global stage. There was a moment a few years back when The Hu felt like a novelty to the uninitiated — throat singing, traditional instruments, viral momentum. That moment is long gone. With new singles “The Men” and “Warrior Chant,” the band continue to carve out their place as genuine heavy music innovators, not just a cultural curiosity. Both tracks ar

Moldova’s modern metal shape-shifters return with a track that digs into identity crisis and sonic evolution — just as they gear up to hit UK stages this week. Infected Rain aren’t a band that sit still for long. The Chișinău outfit have spent the past decade mutating through modern metal, metalcore and nu-metal aesthetics, and their latest single “Stranger” feels like the next hard pivot rather than a victory lap. Arriving ahead of their upcoming UK run with Butcher Babies,

A band built on resilience return with a bruising new single — and a video that leans hard into the emotional fallout. San Antonio hard rock outfit Kingdom Collapse are back with “Watch You Bleed,” a track that doubles down on the band’s knack for turning personal wreckage into something loud, cathartic, and strangely anthemic. Now paired with a new video, the single pushes their sound further into that sweet spot between radio-ready hooks and emotional weight. At its core, “

Review Zoo catches up with Thomas Nicholas (Kevin Myers in American Pie) ahead of his UK tour with the Thomas Nicholas Band You’re back in the UK this March/April with your band — what can fans expect from these shows? Has anything changed or evolved since your last UK tour? Every tour gets a little tighter, a little louder and a little more fun. This run feels like a proper evolution, added some new songs to the set and really leaned into the nostalgia. It’s high-energy, sin

The Florida deathcore wrecking crew return with their fourth full-length, pushing their trademark brutality and emotional catharsis even further into the abyss. Melbourne, Florida deathcore outfit Bodysnatcher are back with a new slab of sonic devastation. Their fourth album, Hell Is Here, Hell Is Home , arrives as the follow-up to the band’s 2024 EP Vile Conduct and promises ten tracks of uncompromising heaviness from one of modern deathcore’s most relentless bands. For any