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

  • Harsh Vocals – An Interview with The Biscuit Merchant

    Harsh Vocals – An Interview with The Biscuit Merchant

    On this special episode, we had the opportunity to interview Justin Lawnchair, the man behind the progressive death metal band, “The Biscuit Merchant” – the latest album Golden Age is the eleventh entry in his Alphabet cycle, which will eventually contain 26 full albums as a complete concept! We are very excited to get to…

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 57 – More Music 6

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 57 – More Music 6

    For our fifty-seventh 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 Swedish Black Metal band, Myrdinger! They released their debut album “Wrath’s Obliteration” in 2025! Check out their bandcamp:…

  • 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…