Reviews, Interviews, and Podcasts celebrating the best Extreme Metal music

  • Blackbraid/Winterfylleth/Noctem live at The Garage – Concert Review

    Blackbraid/Winterfylleth/Noctem live at The Garage – Concert Review

    BLACKBRAID/WINTERFYLLETH/NOCTEM The Garage, London. April 15th 2026. It is a random Wednesday night in Highbury, London. Arsenal are playing at home. This would make most people have second thoughts about heading out at night, going on the tube etc… However, most people are not part of a six hundred strong crowd of black metal fans,…

  • AT THE GATES – “GHOST OF A FUTURE DEAD” REVIEW

    AT THE GATES – “GHOST OF A FUTURE DEAD” REVIEW

    I must admit that when I put myself forward to review this album as my first article for HV, I instantly had doubts. The responsibility of such a task suddenly felt enormous, and only those of us who are aware of Tomas ‘Tompa’ Lindberg’s name will understand why. This album is his final work of…

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 56 – More Music 5

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 56 – More Music 5

    For our fifty-sixth episode, we had another incredible cycle with way too many albums to discuss! Of course we had to do another More Music episode! We close out the show with an Extreme Submission from the California-Based Black Metal band, Ucalegon! They have their first single, “Chatelaine” available now! Check out their bandcamp: https://ucalegons.bandcamp.com/track/chatelaine…

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 55 – Shrieks & Screams

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 55 – Shrieks & Screams

    I want to apologize for the delay in getting this episode released. We recorded a couple of weeks ago, but the audio for one of the tracks became corrupted, and then on top of that, I got sick for a week, so we had to postpone re-recording. Expect two episodes to be released this week…

  • Invunche Concert Review

    Invunche Concert Review

    The mystical and spiritual force known as Invunche are in the midst of spreading their unique and pummeling version of ancestral summoning, primitive, punk tinged black metal to the US.  Technically based out of The Netherlands, the creator and inhibitor of El Invunche began his life in Chile and was uprooted at a young age to…

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 54 – More Music 4

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 54 – More Music 4

    For our fifty-fourth episode, we had another incredible cycle with nearly 50 albums that were Honorable mention worthy or better! Of course we had to do another More Music episode! We close out the show with an Extreme Submission from the US-Based Black/Death Metal band, Fathomless! They have their first single, “Honor and Glory” available…