GBHBL Interviews

The stalwart Los Angeles-based dream metal band, Iress will release their new album ‘Sleep Now, In Reverse’ on 26th July 2024 via Church Road Records (ROW) and Dune Altar (USA). Iress’ music is the sonic equivalent of standing on a beach as a tidal wave approaches — aware of certain devastation, yet transfixed and grateful to witness something so terrifyingly beautiful. Drawing inspiration from da...

Rising from the ruins of the past few years, Queen Laya is emerging into uncharted waters, defying expectations as she demonstrates a ferocious new sound. Fusing powerhouse vocals with rocky acidity, Queen Laya continues to usher in a new era of headstrong and vehement views of social issues and everyday life. Her debut self-titled EP will be released on Friday 17th May 2024. Queen Laya will also...

Released April 10th, ‘Heresy’ is the new single from Sydney metalcore quartet Harroway. The track takes a deep dive into the mind of vocalist Matt Banks. It sees Harroway explore a desire to escape from emotional pain and suffering. Banks pleads for relief, projecting undertones of existential questioning and a longing for peace or oblivion. Pulling from his experience living with Hemochromatosis,...

Iconic death metal band, Six Feet Under return with their 14th studio album, ‘Killing for Revenge’. A gnarly beast of a record that’s not for the faint-hearted, dishing up nightmare-inducing imagery. It marks the second album that Barnes and guitarist Jack Owen (ex-Cannibal Corpse) have created together since reuniting for 2020’s ‘Nightmares of the Decomposed’. The current line-up of Barnes, guita...

With members of Nightwish, Children of Bodom, Finntroll and more, Crownshift boast world-class pedigree and heritage. The Finnish melodic death metallers will release their self-titled debut album on May 10th, 2024, via Nuclear Blast. One of 2024’s most hotly anticipated albums, Crownshift’s self-titled debut finally arrives with all the force of a meteorite crashing into the planet. Showcasing a...

The New Jersey technical death metal powerhouse that is Cognitive return with ‘Abhorrence’, their fifth full-length album and the successor to 2021’s ‘Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction’. It will be released on May 17th, 2024, via Metal Blade Records. To date, they have released banger album after banger album, constantly raising their game and once again, they’ve done it with Abhorrence...

Pirate Queen, the first all-female Pirate Metal band from the Bermuda Triangle, releases their debut album 'Ghosts' on May 3rd, 2024, via Despotz Records. Discovering Pirate Queen is like finding Eldorado. The album Ghosts has such addictive melodies, and it is so catchy that after a few listens, it might transform you into a pirate. The songs are done with the mastery of mixing precious power met...

EYE – the new band from Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard (MWWB) singer-songwriter/musician Jessica Ball – recently announced the arrival of their eagerly awaited debut album, 'Dark Light’ set for release on 26th April via New Heavy Sounds (Shooting Daggers, MWWB, Blacklab). ‘Dark Light’ is an intensely atmospheric fusion of emotionally charged songcraft and inspired sonic energy. The clue is in the alb...

Once again, chaos is unleashed. This time, it comes in the form of ‘Coagulated Bliss’. The new album from grindcore legends, Full of Hell. It will be released on April 26th, 2024, via Closed Casket Activities. Full of Hell are back, and while they are as horribly intense as ever, this album comes with a deeper focus on song-writing. The chaos is still there, don’t be fooled, but there are so many...

Brighton based electronic post-hardcore duo fakeyourdeath will release their debut EP ‘null/void’ on April 23rd, 2024. We overuse certain words when it comes to talking about music. Hell, there’s only so many in the English language, but every so often, the use of overused words is warranted. Case in point? This debut EP from fakeyourdeath which can be rightfully called ‘much-anticipated’. Check o...

Tel Aviv’s Tomorrow’s Rain will release their second full length studio album, ‘Ovdan’, on April 19th, 2024 via AOP Records. Few people could suffer a severe heart attack, have open heart surgery, and come back stronger than ever. This is what vocalist Yishai Swartz went through in 2023, and yet here he stands in 2024 with the much-anticipated new album from Tomorrow’s Rain. A listening experience...

Bloodstock Open Air (BOA) is the UK's biggest independent metal festival. Held at the picturesque location of Walton on Trent in Derbyshire, BOA has won the hearts and minds of fans of heavy rock and metal by consistently showcasing the strongest metal line up on UK soil. Bloodstock Open Air 2024 will take place from August 8th to August 11th 11th. Standard weekend tickets for Bloodstock, priced a...

German metalcore quartet Venues returned with their brand-new album ‘Transience’ on March 29th, 2024, via Arising Empire. Are you on the Venues train yet? Because you really should be. The German metalcore band are one of the brightest up and coming acts in that scene, and this new album is them well and truly stepping ahead of the pack. Read our full review of Transience here: https://www.gbhbl.c...

On a creative tear in recent times, top tier UK death metal band Ingested are back with a brand-new full-length album called ‘The Tide of Death and Fractured Dreams’. It will be released on April 5th, 2024, via Metal Blade Records. Another Ingested album, another absolute banger. Never doubt this band, their talent and drive is second to none, and their peak seems to be never-ending. We spoke to t...

If the Luxembourgish electro-pop duo ‘The X’ were a character in a cyberpunk movie, you’d find them amidst the smoky haze of a late-night after-hour club, dancing their way through a world both euphoric and melancholic. Their first EP, ‘Some Beautiful Things Come from Dark Places’ was released in June 2023, and seamlessly blends futuristic sounds with nostalgic within their trip-pop domain. Taking...

Chances are, you’ve heard Sworn Amongst before, after all, the British metal band has been active in some form or another since 2004. Quickly gaining an impressive reputation for their in-your-face, aggressive, groove-laden compositions, and over the years have built an extensive history of international touring and festival appearances to support their numerous releases. Over the years the band h...

Formed in 2021, Dead Flesh are a five-piece deathcore band from Hertfordshire. The five members, Rich, Chris, Mike, Adam, and Nelly, all come from an experienced background of musical talent and have the ambition to bring their unique deathcore sound, hellish lyrics, and breakneck energy to a wide audience across the UK. On April 28th, 2024, they will release their ‘Dehumanise’ EP, and you can che...

Set for release on April 12th, 2024, via Frozen Records, ‘In the Aftermath of Blight’ is the new album from French atmospheric sludge metal band, Subterraen. This new album marks a reinvention for the band, having started in 2017 and releasing the album ‘Rotten Human Kingdom’ in 2020 via Transcending Obscurity Records. This new era for Subterraen sees them group emerges from a two-year long writin...

On March 15th, 2024, the ever-relentless metalcore band Indevth will release their brand-new EP, ‘Drowning’. An EP that deals with mental anguish, hopelessness and feelings born out of the grit and grime of a bleak modern Britain. A new era begins, the era of InDevth. You might know them better as Dreameater, but as they boldly move into the future, the name of InDevth is all anyone will be thinki...

Hull extreme, sludge, and hardcore infused metal band Mastiff are back with their much-anticipated brand-new album, ‘Deprecipice’, out on March 22nd, 2024, via MNRK Heavy. Pre-order the album here: https://mastiff.ffm.to/deprecipice The new release features an onslaught of special guests including Ethan Lee McCarthy from Primitive Man, Harry Nott from Burner, Dan James from XIII and Rob Scott from...

The old punk adage was to live fast, die young, and have a good-looking corpse - and while Gavin King gave the first one his best shot, he got sidetracked and skipped the next step. Now, almost 50 years after burning brightly on Bristol’s burgeoning punk scene of the late seventies with his band Private Dicks, he finds himself having a late surge of creativity, and is pleased to reveal that his de...

UK metallers Defects will release their profoundly personal debut album, Modern Error, on 24 May via Mascot Records. Pre-order it here: https://lnk.to/Defects Recently the band have been confirmed to play at Download (UK), Graspop (BE), Rockharz (DE) and Rock The Lakes (CH) and have just announced that they will join Orbit Culture on their UK & European “Descending Into Madness” March tour. They w...

Rising from the ashes of ALAZKA & Time, The Valuator, brand new group FLOYA emerge onto the music scene. The German duo of Phil Bayer & Marv Wilder establish a wild blend of solid rock foundations alongside modern EDM elements and world music, inspired by their childhood influences, namely Peter Gabriel, U2 & Sting. Carving a name for themselves individually in the past as the founders and songwri...

UK punk-upstarts Noah and the Loners released their new EP, ‘A Desolate Warning’, on February 28th, 2024, Via Marshall Records. Concerning the new album, we said: A rallying cry for those navigating the complexities of adolescence and societal expectations, the overpowering grip of toxic relationships, isolation and the stigmas surrounding mental health. Noah and the loners have plenty to say, and...

Louisville, Kentucky based high fantasy inspired metal quintet, Volcandra are poised to leave an enduring mark on 2024 with their sophomore full-length, The Way of Ancients. Out on March 1st, 2024, via Prosthetic Records. Concerning the new album, we said: Fantastical tales told through the medium of blackened melodeath, Volcandra’s The Way of Ancients is one hell of a fresh-sounding offering. For...