![[Podcast] Ep. 41: [Interview] with ALEX TAYLOR, Vocalist of UK Metalcore Bruisers MALEVOLENCE.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1743774539831-NJMFEDJQ47LVZH7UYSN8/Podcast+Ep.+41+%5BInterview%5D+with+ALEX+TAYLOR+of+MALEVOLENCE..png)
[Podcast] Ep. 41: [Interview] with ALEX TAYLOR, Vocalist of UK Metalcore Bruisers MALEVOLENCE.
Rounding out a trio of UK heavy-music interviews for the past week is Alex Taylor, enigmatic and passionate vocalist for UK's fast-rising metalcore bruisers Malevolence. We had a wide-reaching conversation, covering everything from the process of writing and recording for upcoming LP Where Only The Truth is Spoken (including recording in the infamous Studio 606, owned by Dave Grohl!) up to touring, the UK metal scene's recent string of successes, the upcoming Australian tour and much more!
![[Podcast] Ep. 40: [Interview] with SCOTT KENNEDY, Vocalist of UK’s BLEED FROM WITHIN.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1743762054651-AZHHWAD0P5R4UMD06WEG/Podcast+Ep.+40+%5BInterview%5D+with+Scott+Kennedy.png)
[Podcast] Ep. 40: [Interview] with SCOTT KENNEDY, Vocalist of UK’s BLEED FROM WITHIN.
Episode 40 of the Inner-Strength Check Podcast is here! This week, host Brady interviews Scott Kennedy, vocalist of Glasgow’s fast-rising modern metal wrecking-crew Bleed From Within. With Zenith officially releasing as of the 4th April, we discuss the albums’ recording/songwriting process, plus BFW’s history, recent and upcoming tours and more! Check link for video version, audio-only version plus single music videos, artist and album order links and more!
![[Heavy News] Avant-garde Death/Black Band FELGRAVE Premiere New Song at No Clean Singing.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742807659182-E89AI4GH1GS3UV8RVE4K/felgravealbumcover.png)
[Heavy News] Avant-garde Death/Black Band FELGRAVE Premiere New Song at No Clean Singing.
M.J Lupe, otherwise known in this auspice as Felgrave, has unleashed an absolute monster of dizzying, crushing avant-garde death/black metal with release of the 18-minute beast that is title track from upcoming LP Otherlike Darkness, out April 25th. A crushing sample of extreme metal’s exploratory periphery, you can check full details of the album, preorder link, artist links and more alongside the music video in this post!
![[Heavy News] SABATON Animated Film “THE WAR TO END ALL WARS - THE MOVIE” Now Available On Major Video Streaming Platforms!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742805434584-4YELE36PS6S5QRTQCUQH/thumbnail_image005.jpg)
[Heavy News] SABATON Animated Film “THE WAR TO END ALL WARS - THE MOVIE” Now Available On Major Video Streaming Platforms!
For Heavy News on Music Monday at ISC, something completely different! Swedish metallers Sabaton have launched an epic initiative in the upcoming release of animated historical film The War To End All Wars. This 67-minute-long animated musical motion picture takes viewers on a captivating journey through the harrowing and heroic stories of World War 1, aka The Great War.
![[Heavy News] MALEVOLENCE Announce New Album WHERE ONLY THE TRUTH IS SPOKEN + Release Music Video For 'If It's All The Same To You'.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742356431661-LU4WQFZZ479WHCGAVV8R/malevolencecover.jpg)
[Heavy News] MALEVOLENCE Announce New Album WHERE ONLY THE TRUTH IS SPOKEN + Release Music Video For 'If It's All The Same To You'.
[Heavy News, 19.03.25]: Steel City beatdown-lords Malevolence have only gone from strength to strength recently. To prove their mettle, you can check out both details, pre-order/pre-save links etc for Where Only The Truth is Spoken LP, music video/stream links for singles ‘If It’s All The Same To You’ & ‘Trenches’ - and even go catch them live [recommended!] during their massive Australian national tour. Ticket links inside!
![[Heavy News] Jazzgrind band BYONOISEGENERATOR come up with hugely-awaited new album ‘SUBNORMAL DIVES’!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742276980823-ZAF7WKNV8TZICYGMYTOM/Screenshot+2025-03-18+131532.png)
[Heavy News] Jazzgrind band BYONOISEGENERATOR come up with hugely-awaited new album ‘SUBNORMAL DIVES’!
[Heavy News] Transcending Obscurity Records reinforce the diversity of their extreme metal roster with this fantastically-bizarre (conceptually, visually and musically!) release in Subnormal Dives by jazz/math-death-grinders BYONOISEGENERATOR. With some stellar artwork by Dmitry Rogatnev, you can also find links to new singles, album preorder, artist links, album into and more right here!
![[Heavy News] NY Act TOWER Announce Heaviest Album Yet In ‘LET THERE BE DARK’, Out April 11th.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742195873874-JBOCH18PGEV52BT3GS2N/331847.jpg)
[Heavy News] NY Act TOWER Announce Heaviest Album Yet In ‘LET THERE BE DARK’, Out April 11th.
Ah. Nothing warms my frozen metal heart on a cold Music Monday like some Heavy News that an act is planning to make things even more metal! And, judging from latest single ‘Under The Chapel’ released alongside news of NY (US) act Tower’s descent into metal darkness with latest LP ‘Let There Be Dark’. Check out the link for album preorder/artist links, latest music video, album details and more!
![[Heavy News] SLEEP TOKEN Ascends : Announces New LP ‘EVEN IN ARCADIA’ + New Offering ‘EMERGENCE’.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742192364967-U1IKKKIZGDAP19ZNY6T3/sleeptokenimage1.jpg)
[Heavy News] SLEEP TOKEN Ascends : Announces New LP ‘EVEN IN ARCADIA’ + New Offering ‘EMERGENCE’.
[ Heavy News / Music Monday ]: Sleep Token returns with Even In Arcadia, their fourth offering and first under RCA Records / Sony Music Australia, set to release on May 9th, shortly followed by their Saturday headline slot at Download Festival, on June 13th. Check out the link for album preorder, ‘Emergence’ single streaming/,music video link, track list, artist/album details and more!
![[Podcast] Ep. 37: Interview with Jeff Sahyoun of LETLIVE. Ahead of 2025 Australian Tour!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1741828791993-QJSHOV98OVLMO0YAVL1Z/letlive.jpg)
[Podcast] Ep. 37: Interview with Jeff Sahyoun of LETLIVE. Ahead of 2025 Australian Tour!
What an incredible opportunity this morning, to have a chance to speak with Jeff Sahyoung, guitarist of the seemingly-undefeatable post-harcore/soul-punk heroes letlive.! Check out the link for video interview/audio-only streams plus tour dates, ticket links and more. You do not want to miss this gig, Australia - these guys know how to put on an energetic and impassioned live show, and we have our chance to respond in kind!
![[Heavy News] INDUSTRIAL PUKE Set To Unleash Swedish Crust/Death Metal Carnage With ‘Alive To No Avail’ LP!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1741660107819-C9REN9UKKCKE3SWI0KEG/industrialpukeband.jpg)
[Heavy News] INDUSTRIAL PUKE Set To Unleash Swedish Crust/Death Metal Carnage With ‘Alive To No Avail’ LP!
Heavy News: Vomiting forth from the northern climes of Sweden, death metal juggernaught Industrial Puke are set to erupt on the scene via Suicide Records with the gnashing LP Alive To No Avail. Hearkening everything from Napalm Death and Skitsystem to Slayer and Entombed, you can check new single ‘Hoax Mongers’, album details, order link and more right here!
![[Heavy News] ELUVEITIE Release Brand New Single 'Awen' + New Album ÀNV Is Out On April 25th](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1741587730507-DP4686JL5MS7L37NFA3W/eluveieteband.png)
[Heavy News] ELUVEITIE Release Brand New Single 'Awen' + New Album ÀNV Is Out On April 25th
ISC Heavy News/ Music Monday, 10.03: As the release of ELUVEITIE’s new album ÀNV approaches the band release today their uplifting new single 'Awen'. The track sees the bands more traditional instrumentation at the forefront, shining a spot light on the Celtic roots buried within ELUVEITIE’s core. The new album Ànv, will be released on April 25th, 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records.
![[Heavy News] ESCHATON: Tech-Death Feat. current/former members of OBSCURA, NECROPHAGIST, RETROMORPHOSIS, INANIMATE EXISTENCE](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1741506124567-EEAQ1VZ95I4VA6QXQ9TS/eschaton-band.png)
[Heavy News] ESCHATON: Tech-Death Feat. current/former members of OBSCURA, NECROPHAGIST, RETROMORPHOSIS, INANIMATE EXISTENCE
One of many Heavy News greats for your Music Monday and beyond here at ISC - technical death metal all-star supergroup Eschaton, who have a new LP releasing May via Transcending Obscurity Records! Featuring members of Necrophagist, Inanimate Existence, Obscura and Retromorphosis, this skilled troupe have album info, preorder link, tracklist, merch, music videos for singles ‘Blood of The People’ and ‘Antimatter’ via the link!
![[Heavy News] FALLUJAH To Release New Album, XENOTAPH, On June 13TH + New Single, ‘Kaleidoscopic Waves,’ Streaming Now!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1741318548379-RR28H1JOYMYI2KFN0M5W/002.jpg)
[Heavy News] FALLUJAH To Release New Album, XENOTAPH, On June 13TH + New Single, ‘Kaleidoscopic Waves,’ Streaming Now!
Heavy News: US progressive death metal heroes Fallujah are set to unleash their 6th iteration of majestic, powerful and extreme metal upon the world soon via upcoming LP Xenotaph. They’ve just released a music video for first single 'Kaleidoscopic Waves’. Check the link for album/CD/vinyl/cassette preorder links, latest music clip/online streaming link, album and artist bio/statement, tracklist and more!
![[Heavy News] Finnish Old-School Death-Metallers MESSIAH PARATROOPS Release Second Single + Music Video 'Out of Reality' From Upcoming Debut LP!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1741228185619-P3SOJB2CQG3MR6C0XSHC/MESSIAH+PARATROOPS%281%29.jpg)
[Heavy News] Finnish Old-School Death-Metallers MESSIAH PARATROOPS Release Second Single + Music Video 'Out of Reality' From Upcoming Debut LP!
1989 - that’s 35 years. Thirty-five years in the making, through a number of lineup changes, significant periods of hiatus. And finally, with a sigh of relief I’m sure, old-school death metal outfit Messiah Paratroops bring you the release of second single and music video for ‘Out of Reality’, ahead of long-time-coming LP Legions of Tomorrow on April 4th, 2025, via Inverse Records. Check link for preorder, single, tracklist, artist statement/bio/links and more!
![[Heavy News] Italian Death-Doom Trio DEAD CHASM Release Title-Track Single + Preorders for ‘Spectral Tyranny’ LP.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1740999594409-9GJ99UXKMD6NSLHSWET8/deadchasmprofile.png)
[Heavy News] Italian Death-Doom Trio DEAD CHASM Release Title-Track Single + Preorders for ‘Spectral Tyranny’ LP.
From the Heavy News desk - New Transcending Obscurity Records signing Dead Chasm from Italy deliver a short but highly potent slice of dark, doomy death metal that they have been perfecting since their debut. They’re unleashing they next LP Spectral Tyranny in May 2025 - check the link for title-track single video, artist bio, album preorder link, band/label links and more!
![[Heavy News] HANGMAN’S CHAIR New Album 'SADDICTION’ Out Now + Release New Visualizer For 'Healed?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1740392968314-ZH4RQTO0XAQQODG4BVM9/hangmancover.jpg)
[Heavy News] HANGMAN’S CHAIR New Album 'SADDICTION’ Out Now + Release New Visualizer For 'Healed?
Having delved into the doomier end of the rock spectrum for over 20 years, Parisian outfit Hangman’s Chair are next on the Music Mondays Heavy News segment with release of visualiser music clip for ‘Healed?’. The single derives from upcoming LP Saddiction. See link for full details, stream/preorder links, album/artist bio and more! Merci!
![[Album Review] Lacuna Coil - ‘Sleepless Empire’ LP.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1740124900956-STT5KJRWPP2WGU4E7LQQ/lacunacoilcoverphoto.png)
[Album Review] Lacuna Coil - ‘Sleepless Empire’ LP.
Italy’s longstanding melodic-metal success story continues via Lacuna Coil and their latest LP, Sleepless Empire, which released on February 14th via Century Media. Dean gives the album a thorough track-by-track rundown, and it’s a good’un! Check the link for full review plus links to artist socials/official website, album order link plus latest single videos, live footage and more!
![[Heavy News] MACHINE HEAD Monumental 11th Album UNATØNED Out April 25th + Release Music Video For First Single 'UNBØUND'](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1739945488031-E7GJVVGL90AVYYKOW814/machineheadcover.png)
[Heavy News] MACHINE HEAD Monumental 11th Album UNATØNED Out April 25th + Release Music Video For First Single 'UNBØUND'
Bay Area metal veterans Machine Head, one of the most omnipresent bands in the heavy collective consciousness, are back with 11th LP UNATØNED, dropping April 25th! Nothing’s been spared on their official press release for it either - there’s everything here from stream and music clip for title track as first single, a whole smorgasbord of physical/digital media pre-order options, statements from the band themselves and heaps more! Machine Farkin’ Head, mate!
![[Heavy News] Polish Death Metal Duo, DORMANT ORDEAL, to Release Tooth and Nail on Willowtip in April!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1739771812411-F013H17ORTZA2GG20R2F/rsz_1dormantordeal-1.jpg)
[Heavy News] Polish Death Metal Duo, DORMANT ORDEAL, to Release Tooth and Nail on Willowtip in April!
Krakow-based Polish are our first cab off the rank for a busy #MusicMondays segment, with lots of Heavy News to come! This stellar duo in Maciej Nieścioruk (guitars) and Maciej Proficz (vocals) have completed recording of their upcoming harsh, expansive and gritty LP Tooth and Nail in April, via Willowtip. Check the link for album/artist bio, singles links, album pre-order and more! Death, doom and much cool nastiness abounds.
![[Heavy News] MESHUGGAH Announce ‘Immutable - The Indelible Edition’ LP, Unveil Music Video for ‘Ligature Marks’](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1739510149510-G7E4Y3IWMC7Y1PI4UYN5/meshuggahcover.jpg)
[Heavy News] MESHUGGAH Announce ‘Immutable - The Indelible Edition’ LP, Unveil Music Video for ‘Ligature Marks’
Meshuggah. An ever-dependable, technical and progressive metal powerhouse, who’ve endured genre-trends and rejected tradition for decades now. They’ve just released a work-up/bonus-features-packed Indelible Edition of previous LP The Immutable, with digipak, vinyl and other versions available. Check the link for order details, album bio and link to music clip for reworked single in ‘Ligature Marks’. Hail to the Kings.