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  • HEALTH Return With Remix EP R-TYPE II

    Following the release of their sixth studio album CONFLICT DLC last year, and the first remix installment R-TYPE I, HEALTH show no signs of slowing down. The band now return with R-TYPE II, the second entry in a series of remix EPs that both complement and expand the sonic universe first established on CONFLICT DLC. […]

  • AYREON Drop Live Video For ‘Everybody Dies’

    Ayreon has revealed the live video for the spectacular rendition of Everybody Dies, from the upcoming live release, 30th Anniversary – An Amazing Flight Through Time which is out on May 22 via Music Theories Recordings/Artone. Everybody Dies is the second song taken from the album and features the powerhouse vocal performances of Mike Mills […]

  • ADTR’s Jeremy McKinnon: “We’re working on [Vol. 2], but we’re not in a place where anything’s done”

    A Day To Remember frontman Jeremy McKinnon has given Kerrang! an update on the band’s next album – the follow-up to last year’s absolutely ace Big Ole Album Vol. 1.

    Speaking alongside Bilmuri for the release of their collab single ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN last Friday (March 13), the vocalist confirms that, ​“We’re working on [Vol. 2], but we’re not in a place where anything’s done. It’s not supposed to just be Vol. 1 B‑sides, we want it to feel like its own thing. I want it to be an argument [over] which one is better, so until we feel like we have it there, that’s what we’re gonna do.”

    When asked if another songwriting session with Bilmuri could be on the cards, Jeremy enthuses, ​“Johnny’s a super-awesome, genuine guy. It felt like we’d known each other the entire time. I know that we’re gonna keep in touch. Anytime in the future they ever need me, I’ll be there. If he wants to do another song, let’s do it.”

    Just over a year ago, Jeremy told K! of the next instalment of Big Ole Album, ​“There is another album, yes. It’ll be its own entirely separate thing that comes later. We’ve got quite a bit done for Vol. 2, but it’s not quite finished yet. What will be cool is that we can react to what people like about Vol. 1, and write more towards that. That’s a place we’ve never been before, to adjust in real time like that to give the fans more of what they liked, and less of what they didn’t. That feels exciting to me.”

    Posted on March 16th 2026, 11:48a.m.

  • James Hetfield Got Engaged During Underwater Dive – See Photo

    Get all the details on the Metallica frontman's engagement. Continue reading…

  • VANTA Return With Debut Album PERPETUAL SELECTION

    Perth based melodic death metal outfit VANTA return with their debut full length album Perpetual Selection, a cinematic and concept driven record that explores humanity’s darker instincts through the lens of cosmic horror, mythology and dystopian sci fi. Perpetual Selection is a sonic and visual journey – Inspired by Indonesian dark folklore and survival horror […]

  • SIX FEET UNDER To Unleash New Album NEXT TO DIE This April

    American death metal pioneers SIX FEET UNDER will unleash their Next To Die full-length on April 24 through Metal Blade Records. Next To Die marks a new creative high for SIX FEET UNDER, its dozen songs marking the band’s fifteenth album since 1995’s Haunted. “It started out as an album full of death metal songs […]

  • How Eagles’ Sphere Show Has Changed Over the Years

    What you see in 2026 is very different from 2024's opening night. Continue reading…

  • FLEETING JOY Collaborate With FUTURE STATIC On ‘Unravel’

    Melbourne-based progressive rock project Fleeting Joy has unveiled debut single, Unravel, featuring Amariah Cook of Future Static. The debut is an energetic and chugging introduction to the collaborative vision of songwriter, guitarist and creative mastermind Jordan Lalchand. Blending progressive rock, metalcore and alternative influences into something cohesive, Unravel tackles the weight of carrying other people’s […]

  • SANGUISUGABOGG Sell Out Melbourne Show, Others Not Far Behind

    Shat out of hell? Indeed. The epically unpronounceable, utterly indecipherable and altogether uncompromising gore merchants, Sanguisugabogg, are returning to Australia in June 2026 with special guests PeelingFlesh. And fans are loving it. Perth and Brisbane recently had their venues upgraded to fit more miscreants in and now Melbourne’s huge 170 Russell has officially Sold Out! […]

  • Ravenspell – Obsidian King Review

    When old-school Traditional Heavy Metal looks fondly upon its family tree, it sees that it has birthed a host of sub-genre descendants as numerous as the stars of the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And like most ancestors, it looks out upon its progeny with both pride and revulsion. For instance, it seriously doubts that “progressive dissonant blackened metal” can actually be related to it and eyes that genre’s mail/milk person with suspicion. But then it sees the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal and smiles at the straightlaced apple that didn’t fall too far from the proverbial tree. But even then, the Old Timer sees two different shades of its mini-me, one that incorporates all the bells and whistles of today’s newfangled production values, and one that wears the thrift shop aesthetic of olden days. I really dig bands that can pull off the latter effectively, bands like Century, Lord Mountain, and the gold standard of my recent memory, Legendry. 1

    Quebec’s Ravenspell is hoping to join that mighty new-olde company with their debut full-length effort, Obsidian King. Sample the embedded single and album opener “God the Watcher”, and you’ll hear Ravenspell chain its pocket watch to its three-piece suit as it tries to sound as long in the tooth as possible. The song blasts off like a saint out of hell with some rapid riffing and a siren wail from vocalist Alisander the Seer. Clocking in at under four minutes, it sets a blistering tone for an album that will constantly walk the line between classic and speed metals.

    Like genre leaders Visigoth and Eternal Champion, these guys channel old granddads of metal Manilla Road and Iron Maiden as they serve up sword and sorcery sermons with sweet earworm choruses. Good luck getting “Onwards We March” or “Book of the Dead” out of your head—the latter earns bonus points for kicking things off with a sample from Army of Darkness. Interspersed throughout the more balanced tracks are sub-three-minute, cocaine-fueled speed racers(“Hellstorm” and “Battleaxe Apocalypse”) that hit you and disappear before you even know what happened.

    This war wagon nearly made it to the finish line before one of the wheels began to fall off. “Atilla” positions itself to be the Obsidian King’s epic finale, and while it has some cool musical ideas, it ultimately falls flat. Literally. The main vocal lines and backing vocals try to harmonize, but end up clashing in a really unpleasant way. The track also breaks Ravenspell’s winning formula, the one they spent the previous 32 minutes perfecting: classic metal songs at four minutes, speed metal at three. “Atilla” is eight minutes, and in its current form, it just doesn’t work, hun. Production-wise, Obsidian King aims for that old-timey aesthetic of yesteryear, and it mostly hits, despite sounding overly loud to my ears.

    Overall, Ravenspell has done the old geezers of metal proud. Obsidian King sounds like it could have been released in the 80s, and for the most part, it delivers the goods. While it may end with a doozy of a misstep, there is over half an hour of quality music here that should please fans of geriatric metal.

    Rating: 3.0/5.0
    DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
    Label: Fighter Records
    Websites: ravenspell.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/ravenspellofficial
    Releases Worldwide: March 12th, 2026

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