Party Cannon have regurgitated their latest dose of absurd extremity with Subjected To A Partying, an amusing play on Dying Fetus’ Subjected To A Beating and the newest statement of intent from Scotland’s most chaotically unhinged export.
Formed in 2010, Party Cannon have built their reputation on pairing punishing, old-school-inspired slam brutality with their own riotous creativity and a colourful, party-fuelled aesthetic that emphatically works.
The band have evolved into one of Extreme Metal’s most recognisable bands, and their growing stature in the modern landscape is impossible to ignore.
Party Cannon – Subjected To A Partying delivers crushing slam riffs, remixed cuts, two live tracks and of course, the band’s signature sense of fun
Releasing via Unique Leader Records, the nine-track EP delivers crushing slam riffs, remixed cuts, two live tracks and of course, the band’s signature sense of fun. It is available on all major platforms, and can be ordered on CD, vinyl and amusingly, on Nintendo 64 as well, and that particular platform has already sold out on pre-orders.
“We are going where no slamming Death Metal band has before, Nintendo 64,” Party Cannon bassist Clankenstein said. “That’s right, it’s time to get N or get out. To celebrate Daryl ‘The Frogman’ Boyce’s first release as our new vocalist, we decided to make it something truly special, and there’s nothing more special than a console whose lifespan ended in 2001.
“Vominic Stonebones painstakingly designed and ported the cartridge himself. The Frogman sounds like unfettered pressurised sewerage pouring all over these tracks, and we couldn’t be happier with how disgusting these vocals are. It’s a new era of Party Slam.
“It’s been a mental year for Party Cannon. Played every festival ever, toured non-stop, new vocalist, the official addition of a skull man to the band. So we wanted to give you all a taste of the new low the band has sunk to, rather than making you wait seven years for a new album (again).
“We took a slightly different approach to writing this EP. We distilled our sound down to its four main components, slam, goregrind, early 2000s brutal Death Metal, and NYDM and wrote a song that focused on each of those styles while still retaining the Party Slam sound.
“So, one song is slam-focused, one is goregrind, etc. As a spicy treat, we also invited some of our friends to join in on the dumbassery. The EP features remixes from low IQ legends Kmac2021, Frontierer and Ritual Studio.”
Subjected To A Partying opens with Parisian Bed Bug, which is a brutal track that leaves a little introduction to Party Cannon, whether that is for a first-time listener or an OG fan. The track is one that does not let up on killer riffs, the best drumming on the record, in my opinion, and it has several humorous samples, which, for me, I am a huge fan of.
Track two is my favourite track that Party Cannon have released to date. Thirst Trap officially dropped as a single on 13 June 2025, and fans who caught Party Cannon live in the second half of last year will have heard this song played. I heard it live when they supported Nekrogoblikon in September, and I could not help but have a smile on my face the whole time as I admired the spectacle and listening assault that it was.
It is whimsical as ever, and despite only being two minutes long. It has a chaotic song structure, and every element of the track makes for a great listen, and it is already a fan favourite at their live shows.
The following song is High Tariff Behaviour, which also dropped last June and has already been played live on many shows that the band have done since. It opens with a hilarious sample of Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants exclaiming, “Good grief, he’s naked”, before bursting into a cacophony of noise for four minutes.
It is brutally slamming and keeps you engaged for its duration, and for anyone who has never listened to the band before, it is a perfect example of what their music is about.
Improper Use Of A Speculum is next, which was dropped last Halloween as a treat for the fans, and the musicianship on this one is particularly admirable, with Martin Gazur’s snare sound being filthy. Clocking in at just under five minutes in length, it makes you want to mosh and is again a highlight of Party Cannon’s set of late.
The lyrics for this song make you feel for the person who has suffered this unfortunate event with the surgical instrument. I will let you look them up.
Tracks 5-7 are remixes, and they add even more chaos to the already hectic tracks. Thirst Trap (Kmac2021 remix) is heightened with elements of drum & bass and techno, but it just works. Low IQ Behaviour (Frontier Remix) follows in the same vein and is full of welcome surprises. The final remixed track, High Tariff Overture (Ritual Remix), further highlights the insane vocal talent of Daryl and is chaotic as hell.
Finally, the EP closes with two live tracks, both from a show in 2025 in their home country of Scotland, in Glasgow, only about 40 miles away from their hometown of Dunfermline. These are High Tariff Behaviour (Live in Glasgow 2025) and Human Slime (Live in Glasgow 2025), the latter of which is a track from the band’s latest album Injuries Are Inevitable.
The two songs highlight the humour of the band, marring spewing vocals with blunt precursors about the songs’ meaning and even an order for the crowd to perform a push-up pit at one, and I can vouch that this is great to see live.
This EP will drop less than a month before Party Cannon teams up with New York slam institution Internal Bleeding, with support from slam heavyweights in Guttural Slug, for the UK/IE Vomitour, which will steamroll its way across the UK and Ireland in April, into the start of May.
Billed as “the dumbest tour of the year,” the trek will see Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding trading headline-length sets each night, promising high-tariff behaviour and extreme IQ loss in equal measure.
Bassist Clankenstein says the band have put together “a lineup that can only be described as the epoch of barbarity” and recommends that fans wear a helmet, because injuries at these shows are pretty much inevitable.
I will be in attendance on the first night of the tour in Newcastle. Stay tuned for my review of what is sure to be a chaotic, IQ-lowering concert.
Tour tickets are on sale now via linktr.ee/PartyCannonUK. Subjected To A Partying is out now via Unique Leader Records. For more details, visit party-cannon.com.
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Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating
Event Details
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating slots each night.
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating
Event Details
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating slots each night.
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating
Event Details
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating slots each night.
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating
Event Details
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating slots each night.
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating
Event Details
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating slots each night.
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating
Event Details
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating slots each night.
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating
Event Details
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating slots each night.
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating
Event Details
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating slots each night.
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating
Event Details
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating slots each night.
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating
Event Details
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating slots each night.
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating
Event Details
Party Cannon announces UK/IE VOMITOUR – True Slam Edition – set to steamroll through the UK/IE this April.
Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding will co-headline the 2026 UK/IE VOMITOUR, featuring headline-length sets and rotating slots each night.
Good Day Noir Family,
Pentrilox launch Apotheosis: The New Frontier with an ancestral female chant in “Breaking the Well,” and you understand this will be an epic journey.
Apotheosis: The New Frontier is Pentrilox’s Album Out Now
The voice rises alone at first, ritualistic and evocative; then an arpeggiator cuts through with a futuristic pulse.
Soon after, guitars crash in with hard rock force, pushing the track forward without sacrificing melody. The balance between drive and tunefulness defines the band’s identity right away.
“Distant Future” expands that vision. Once again, the textures suggest distant galaxies and advanced civilizations; however, this time subtle harmonic variations introduce a Middle Eastern flavor that adds unexpected color. The female vocal shapes the atmosphere with grace and clarity, while the male counterpart injects grit and weight. Their interplay becomes one of the album’s strongest assets. She often carries the more melodic passages; he reinforces them with power, and together they create a dynamic contrast that feels purposeful and bold.
With “Finding a New Home,” the adrenaline rises noticeably. The male vocal sections venture firmly into metal territory, harmonically and rhythmically. The riffs tighten, the percussion intensifies, and the energy climbs. Yet the band never loses control. They channel that force into structured progression, keeping the track sharp and engaging.
Then “The Symbiotic Bloom” invites you to throw your horns in the air. The tempo is fast, the rhythm relentless, and the male vocal pushes with conviction. The dystopian and intense lyrics transport the listener into a futuristic world on the brink of transformation. The band paints vivid images of symbiosis between technology and humanity, reinforcing the conceptual thread of the album.
“The Galactic Bridge” hits like a black avalanche, driven by a crushing riff. Shortly after, the melody resurfaces through the female voice, and once more that familiar vocal interplay shapes the emotional arc. The production sounds powerful and direct, enhancing the cinematic dimension of the music.
“The New Destiny (Sol 2)” closes the record on an atmospheric note. It suggests renewal, a new beginning beyond the stars. As a whole, Apotheosis: The New Frontier feels like the soundtrack to an epic sci-fi film or a visionary video game, rich with fantasy and ambition.
Apotheosis: The New Frontier is Pentrilox’s Album Out Now!
Transcendent!
Pentrilox is a progressive metal and cinematic electronic project from Indianapolis, Indiana. Combining heavy riffs with expansive, futuristic atmospheres, they create immersive music inspired by space exploration, high fantasy, and human transcendence.
Produced entirely in their private studio, Pentrilox’s sound is bold, polished, and forward-looking — a powerful soundtrack for those who believe the future is something to build, not fear.
Sognametal. After all these years of consuming metal and it’s countless subgenres, here’s a new one to me! A subgenre in which Norway’s Vreid have been credited as founders of, blending the darkened intensity of black metal with the more subtle elements of folk music. This is whilst exploring themes of local history and culture, and other more personal topics. Perhaps this is a suitable way to describe Vreid’s complex sound that has been carefully crafted and refined over the bands long storied career. A career which now sees them on the eve of their 10th studio album, “The Skies Turn Black”. One in which the band experienced personal hardships and struggles during the album’s writing, describing it as “inspiring and hell”. Personal themes that seep into the very fabric of the album. Take the album’s opening song, for instance.
You can say that the sound emerges from the very bowels and depths of Norway’s wilderness. This is both literal and metaphorical as a late night stay in a remote cabin spawned “one of those rare creative sparks”, with the product being ‘From These Woods’. Here you’ll be introduced to a rich folk undertone characterised by the soothing opulent strings segment in the opening passage to the song, and the intermittent deployment of cleaner chant like vocals adding an eerie ethereal quality. As well as the subtle introduction of background synths to add a medieval like timbre. Mixed with the more traditional KVLT style shrieks and an array blazing guitar riffs adds more of what you’d expect from a band with a back metal spine, along with the blast beats which emerge later. Though none of them overpower the mix and alongside the steady pace makes for a rather inviting and aesthetically pleasing take on black metal!
Who was there for Black Sabbath’s farewell show Back To Beginning in July 2025? Bassist Jarie was, and this serves as the creative impetus for ‘The Skies Turn Black’. The skies did turn black when the Prince Of Darkness himself Ozzy Osbourne left this world only a few weeks after this once in a lifetime concert. The whole song offers more of a classic heavy metal vibe that pays homage to Black Sabbath themselves, whilst the lyrics direct and straight to the point in a touching tribute:
“The stage was yours, the music now forever ours”
“Prince Of Darkness, let his kingdom come’.
Grab a tissue. It’s ok. Rest In Power, sweet Prince.
How often do black metal bands write the soundtrack to movies? Not very often, but Vreid’s instrumental effort ‘Kraken’ is the eerie and chilling soundtrack to the movie of the same name. What makes this even more special is that the band worked with a music teacher at the very start of their careers on this, in a true special full circle moment.
‘Build Destroy’, and ‘A Second Death’ offer more traditional tastes of black metal which are as raw and aggressive as they are on-the-nose in their delivery. Though with the modern clean production values and not the baked potato quality recordings you often hear with early black metal. This modern forward thinking approach is not just limited to the production approach. As we’ve seen, the band aren’t afraid to flirt with other genres. An unexpected highlight came in the
shape of ‘Smile Of Hate’. A gothic-doom inspired anthem which soul-piercing lead guitars and haunting piano segments as heavy as the death of a loved one.
Inviting guest musicians can add dimensions to the music that isn’t available within the band’s ranks. Vreid invite Agnete Kjolsrud from Djerv to inject her ethereal cleans to the band’s sound. The problem is, how will Vreid play this song live? Or is there no intention of it ever leaving the studio? Though Vreid have proven to be resilient problem solvers so surely they’ll figure this out. Maybe we’ll see a guest appearance on stage when the band hit mainland Europe alongside Vomitory, and Hypocrisy later in the year. The first time many will lay eyes on Vreid and will hear the sound of Sognametal.
Until then, there’ll be plenty of time to become more acquainted with the band. “The Skies Turn Black” serves as a more than adequate introduction to Vreid. In a genre full of cliches “The Skies Turn Black” offers fresh impetus by a band furiously devoted to writing music entirely on their own terms.
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