Today’s single slam features Winterfylleth, Sweet Pill, Divine Chaos, Mallavora, Bodysnatcher, Sludder, Archers, Uncultivates, Port Noir, ERRA, Desert Storm, Misscore, Godeth, and Nervosa.
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Firmament, the five-piece metal band from Nottingham, UK, have released their much-anticipated debut EP, ‘Ashes & Awakenings’.
From blackened death metal, to groove and heavy metal, blackgaze, and progressive metal, to alternative rock, and even Harajuku-Core, we’ve reviewed some great releases this week, and here’s our reminder of what has been covered.
What we have here is the Silent Hill 2 shell and nothing more. All story depth is missing, all character depth is missing (shockingly in some cases), and any attempt to deal with heavy themes is lost in a miasma of safe ideas and unconvincing plot choices.
Modern Era Festival returns for its second year at New Cross Inn for a three day event championing the best in modern metal. The festival is excited to announce headliners Confessions of a Traitor (Friday), Avralize (Saturday), Shields & The Narrator (Sunday), plus 16 more bands.
It has been a little while since we checked in on the Swedish rock band The Chuck Norris Experiment, so in this interview we catch up with them and see what’s been going on since we last spoke.
Early AI girlfriend platforms forgot conversations overnight. Users repeated stories constantly. Preferences vanished between sessions. The frustration killed emotional investment faster than poor image quality. Artificial intelligence promised companionship but delivered goldfish-level memory retention.
Instrumental trio In a House of Heartbeats released their debut album ‘Divination of Dreams’ on January 23rd, 2026.
