Her Despair formed in 2015 and began as a solo project with the release of debut album ‘Hymns for the Hopeless’. Showcasing the melodramatic sound and aesthetic of gothic music with the accessibility of punk and the stylings of heavy metal, the solo studio project has subsequently evolved into the current full line-up.
Out on July 20th 2018, Mournography is the brand new follow-up EP and first as a full-fledged band.
Hungarian stoner-sludge metal bandits Red Swamp might be familiar to anyone keeping a keen eye on the eastern european underground scene, their recent second LP, titled “Desertdrive” was released this year on 4/20 (a number any self-respecting listener of the genre should be familiar with)!
From the ashes of Coldwar, Senzar have emerged, bringing the raw energy of extreme metal. Their non-titled debut EP is out on 20th July 2018 via Hostile Media.
Death metal veterans Six Feet Under have released a new album of previously unreleased material. Out now, the short album is called Unburied and was released via Metal Blade Records.
Nonregnum is the second full-length album made by Kreiviskai, the band from Tver, playing at the intersection of folk, ritual and ethnographic-ambient genres.
Imagine groove-metal played at an intense pace. Imagine that sound but covering some of music’s most famous country songs. Well, what you’ve just pictured is Devildriver’s Outlaws ‘Til the End: Vol. 1.
Rising from the ashes of Agalloch and Giant Squid, a new group is born: Khôrada. Featuring former Agalloch members Don Anderson (guitar), Jason Walton (bass) and Aesop Dekker (drums) alongside ex-Giant Squid guitarist / vocalist Aaron John Gregory, Khôrada creates colossal, textured, and emotionally powerful music. The group will release its debut album, ‘Salt’ on July 20th 2018 via Prophecy Productions.
Chameleon Waters is the debut album by death/doom project, Sunset Forsaken which was founded by Andrey V. Tollock of Haissem fame. The new album will be released at the end of July by Russian label Musica Productions.