Bands

Right then, you thrash fiends and leather-clad lunatics – strap in, crack a PBR, and prepare to get steamrolled. Because OVERKILL ain’t just another thrash band – they’re the fkin’ heartbeat of East Coast metal**, the cockroach kings of the underground who’ve survived every trend, every disaster, and every fashion crime in metal history. No breaks. No sellouts. Just pure,...

Right, c’mon butt — grab your sleeveless denim, neckbrace, and a crate of green-tinted attitude, ‘cos it’s time to pay tribute to the East Coast kings of thrash that never bloody stopped: OVERKILL! 🔥⚡ While the Big Four were battling egos and experimenting with eyeliner, Overkill just kept their heads down and thrash-thrash-thrashed like it was still 1985.Louder, faster, greener....

Right then, mosh warriors – grab your studded wristbands, spike your hair, and prepare to worship at the altar of RIFF. Because TESTAMENT aren’t just “another thrash band” – they’re one of the true kings of the genre. The unsung heroes. The juggernaut that never gave up, never sold out, and never stopped slaying. While Metallica went mainstream and Slayer...

Alright sinners, heretics, and blastbeat worshippers – grab your inverted crosses and prepare to be sonically exorcised. Because today we dive headfirst into the flaming, furious abyss that is DEICIDE – the band that made anti-Christian rage a full-time, full-volume career. 🤘🔥📿 They didn’t just push boundaries – they carved them into the flesh, torched the rulebook, and screamed in...

Genre: Crossover Thrash / Hardcore Punk / Groove Metal / Pit IncarnateFormed: 2008 – Dallas, Texas, USA 🇺🇸Known For: Bringing thrash back from the grave, writing some of the gnarliest riffs of the decade, and delivering some of the most explosive live shows ever witnessed. 💀 WHO THE HELL WERE POWER TRIP? Imagine this: Slayer, Cro-Mags, and Pantera get locked...

Genre: Crossover Thrash / Hardcore Punk / Groove Metal / Pit IncarnateFormed: 2008 – Dallas, Texas, USA 🇺🇸Known For: Bringing thrash back from the grave, writing some of the gnarliest riffs of the decade, and delivering some of the most explosive live shows ever witnessed. 💀 WHO THE HELL WERE POWER TRIP? Imagine this: Slayer, Cro-Mags, and Pantera get locked...

Genre: Brutal Death Metal / Technical Death Metal / Slam Before Slam ExistedFormed: 1988 – Long Island, New York, USA 🇺🇸Known For: Inventing the breakdown in death metal, fusing technical wizardry with primal brutality, and Frank Mullen’s ridiculous hand chops. 🧟 WHO THE HELL ARE SUFFOCATION? Long Island. Late '80s. While the West Coast was thrashing and Florida was blooming...

Genre: Progressive Sludge / Psychedelic Doom / Post-Metal Rock ArtFormed: 2003 – Savannah, Georgia, USA 🇺🇸Known For: Colour-coded concept albums, layered heaviness, big emotions, and gig posters that belong in a gallery.Bonus Fact: Frontman John Dyer Baizley paints their album covers – and half the metal scene’s too. 🖌️🔥 🎨 WHO THE HELL ARE BARONESS? Born in the swampy, sweaty...

Genre: Extreme Gothic Metal / Symphonic Black Metal / Vampiric Baroque FilthcoreFormed: 1991 – Suffolk, England 🇬🇧Known For: Shrieking, symphonic chaos, corsets, candles, controversy, and an unapologetically filthy aesthetic.Also Known For: Making the Daily Mail panic and Hot Topic rich. 🦇 WHO THE HELL ARE CRADLE OF FILTH? Founded by the pint-sized, pitch-black prince of poetry himself, Dani Filth, Cradle...

Genre: Progressive Black Metal / Viking Metal / Psychedelic NorsecoreFormed: 1991 – Haugesund, Norway 🇳🇴Known For: Marrying Norse mythology with mind-melting prog journeys, otherworldly soundscapes, and bloody glorious riffage. 🌒 WHO THE HELHEIM ARE ENSLAVED? Founded by Ivar Bjørnson (guitar wizard) and Grutle Kjellson (growly Viking lord), Enslaved started as a young, furious black metal band inspired by the Norse...

Genre: Grindcore / Death Metal / Political Noise TerrorFormed: 1981 – Meriden/Birmingham, UK 🇬🇧Known For: 1.3-second songs, anti-capitalist fury, weaponised noise, and being harder than a Greggs pasty left out in the sun.Claim to Fame: Invented grindcore. Then made it even angrier. ⚠️ WHO THE HELL ARE NAPALM DEATH? Picture this: It’s Thatcher’s Britain.Unemployment, injustice, fascism rising… and four young...

Genre: Melodic Death Metal meets Metalcore (a.k.a. Deathcore with a PhD and a pickaxe)Formed: 1996 – Saalfeld, Germany 🇩🇪Known For: Militant breakdowns, political fury, throat-shredding vocals, and the most cardio-demanding live shows in Europe. 💣 WHO THE HELL ARE HEAVEN SHALL BURN? Heaven Shall Burn aren’t just a band – they’re a damn movement.Named after a Marduk album but raised...

Genre: Blackgaze / Post-Metal / Shoegaze / Art Metal / Crycore (yeah we said it)Formed: 2010 – San Francisco, California 🇺🇸Known For: Blending soaring shoegaze melodies with black metal screams and looking like sad baristas from Brooklyn.Also Known For: Triggering the kvlt elite and making metal pretty – in the best way possible. 😵 WHO THE HELL ARE DEAFHEAVEN? Formed...

Genre: Progressive Death Metal → Progressive Rock (with growly ghosts still lurking)Formed: 1990 – Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪Known For: Lush soundscapes, monstrous growls, mystical lyrics, 10-minute epics, and the ability to punch you in the soul and then kiss it better.Also Known For: Trolling the audience by switching from face-melting death to soft jazz mid-song. Legends. 🎩 WHO THE HELL ARE...

Genre: Black Metal / Black ‘n’ Roll / Post-Black / Avant-Garde DarknessFormed: 1991 – Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴Known For: Fusing second-wave black metal with groove, doom, industrial and absolute menace.Vibe: Bathory meets Bowie in a burning cathedral. 😈 WHO THE HELL ARE SATYRICON? At the core of this sinister duo are: 🦇 Satyr (Sigurd Wongraven) – Guitars, Vocals, Keys, Lyrics The...