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Midnight Exceeds London's Hellish Expectations

When fans first start listening to metal, there are always those bands who fill them with pure excitement. Most then carry on their metal journey, always hoping to discover an act that can make them feel that way again, chasing a heavy metal high as it were. Sometimes they find it and after listening to Midnight's "Hellish Expectations" last year, I was high again, feeling that thrill such as when I first heard Venom. After missing out on their visit to the New Cross Inn shortly afterwards, I couldn't be absent for their next visit and so it was back to London for my first show in two months.

Visitors for the New Cross Inn will know that while it can be very cramped, it's a great place to see live music, especially metal and punk. Speaking of the latter, the evening opened with State Sanctioned Violence, who may have been a little preachy, but one would find it hard to disagree with anything they said (and they were a long way from the constant rhetoric of a Dropdead set.) The quartet unleashed an onslaught of metal tinged punk rock that proved highly enjoyable and got those who attended early in the right mood for the night. It was a relatively short set, but I'd recommend them to anyone who likes their music to be fast and ferocious.

Ominous Moon followed, and were more in line with the denim and leather of old. Their music can be described as on the darker side of thrash, sharing similarities with Mercyful Fate and Sodom as opposed to the more jaunty sounds of many younger thrash acts. It's great to see a young band being influenced by such artists and they put it to good use, avoiding the trap of simply imitating them and really getting the crowd going. They released their debut album, "Waking The Dead" last year and as expected, there were plenty of cuts from the record with "Skeletal Lunarcy" and "Stone Cold Metal" being two of my favourite servings. I hope to see them again and I strongly believe they can craft a good future for themselves. More...

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Guilt Trip Sign With Roadrunner Records

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Varials Premiere New Single & Music Video

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Produced by Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore, Signs Of The Swarm), the track also marks the official addition of CELL vocalist Skyler Conder to the lineup. Conder, who had been handling live duties throughout the year, steps in as a full-time replacement for Mitchell Rogers, who has since joined the retooled post-hardcore outfit Chiodos.

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Many Eyes Premiere New Single & Lyric Video

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Fronted by former Every Time I Die vocalist Keith Buckley, the quartet recently expanded their fall touring itinerary. The updated run of dates is as follows: More...

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DRAIN Premiere New Single & Music Video

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Thornhill Premiere New Track & Short Film "Mercia"

Rising alternative metal prospects Thornhill are seizing their biggest North American spotlight to date, having been tapped as openers on the newly launched arena tour from masked British juggernaut Sleep Token. To mark the occasion, the band have debuted a new single and short film titled “Mercia“.

The cinematic piece was co-directed by frontman Jacob Charlton alongside Jon Pisani, with Charlton offering the following on the project: More...

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Biohazard Premiere New Single & Visualizer

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Drummer Danny Schuler reflected on this latest preview from the band’s first album since 2012, stating: More...

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Arch Enemy Premiere New Single & Lyric Video

Swedish melodic death metal giants Arch Enemy have released a lyric video for “Break The Spell“, which dropped today, streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. The track is one of three bonus cuts featured on the upcoming deluxe edition of their most recent album, “Blood Dynasty“. That expanded version of the record — set for release on October 10th — will also include “Moths“ and “Lachrymatory“.

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