November 10, 2023

"As Gomorrah Burns," Death Metal Royalty Cryptopsy Return (Interview)

With an 11-year gap between full-length albums, French Canadian technical death metal band Cryptopsy are bursting with relentless ferocity on their eighth full-length album As Gomorrah Burns. On As Gomorrah Burns—the band’s first for Nuclear Blast—Cryptopsy have managed to balance their sound between a good mix of the band’s early era and their current modern/contemporary...

Iron Flames' Trilogy Closes With Nuclear Strength (EP Stream)

Before the phrase “death metal” really started catching on, we used different, more expressive terms to explain the burgeoning extreme metal scenes around the globe. “Nuclear Metal.” “Ultra Metal.” The already extreme idea of death was simply not enough, and the defining language used reflected that. Using this logic, Italian metal duo Iron Flames are...