Stanley Hatt 254 articles

NUNSLAUGHTER have outlived trends, scenes, and more “next big things” than anyone can count. As Satanic Chaos Legions arrives, Don looks back on nearly forty...

Dead Sleep return with a sharper, more stripped-down attack on Repulsion, an EP that trades ornamentation for instinct and discomfort. In this conversation, Anna Wagner...

Poland’s VARMIA have never approached black metal as simple songwriting. With their new album, the band push deeper into a world where ritual, ancestry, landscape...

Emerging from the Pacific Northwest, Old Moon channel grief, isolation, and emotional vulnerability into a sound that blends black metal atmosphere with melodic death metal...

For over three decades, Hecate Enthroned have remained one of the defining names of the UK symphonic black metal underground, balancing grand atmosphere with the...

Colombia’s Warthrash have spent years sharpening their sound from raw thrash aggression into something darker, heavier, and far closer to classic death metal. With No...

Peru’s HELL TREPANNER aren’t interested in modernizing death metal or polishing its edges. Since their formation, the band has remained devoted to the raw violence,...

Italy’s laCasta continue to push their sound deeper into hostile and ritualistic territory with OLIBANVM, a record where black metal atmosphere, crust urgency, and symbolic...

Brazil’s ABSTRACTED have never been a band interested in technical excess for its own sake, but with Hiraeth they sound more focused, emotional, and confident...

For more than a decade, Maneating Orchid have been creating some of the most chaotic and unpredictable extreme music coming out of India’s underground. With...

It hasn’t been long since their debut, but DEUS SABAOTH have already moved forward with Distortion of Lies. I spoke with them about how the...

ANUBIS have gone through constant change over the past few years, with shifting lineups and evolving ideas shaping their direction. Speaking with the band about...

Lynx return with Trinity of Suns, a new chapter shaped by change, experimentation, and a live-in-the-studio approach. We spoke with the band about the energy...

Hailing from Salvador, Bahia, a city with a deep but often overlooked extreme metal history, Papa Necrose have been grinding their way through the underground...

With Anti Life, the band dives headfirst into a darker, more aggressive headspace, reflecting both personal struggles and the weight of the world around them....

Splendidula has been carving their place in atmospheric music since 2008, but their new album Absentia arrives after a period of deep loss and upheaval....

There’s something very self-contained about The Purest Ending. Written, recorded and shaped almost entirely by one person, it comes across less as a traditional album...

Over the past three decades, Slovakia’s death metal underground has produced its share of dedicated bands, and Dehydrated are among those who have remained active...

Swedish speed metal trio Venthiax have been quietly sharpening their claws in the underground, releasing demos, live recordings, and various early material before their first...

POWERRAGE are ready to unleash their debut album Beast. Led by former Exciter guitarist John Ricci, the band delivers an uncompromising sound that feels powerful,...