After returning in 2022 with his widely acclaimed full-length album Horrifier (#8 US Top New Artist Albums), as well as several major tours supporting his solo work and celebrated Murderdolls reunion shows, world-renowned fearsome frontman Wednesday 13 is back with another slew of harbingers of horror to slay the masses.

His new full-length album, Mid Death Crisis, is set to drop on April 25, 2025, via Napalm Records. Produced by guitarist Alex Kane (Life, Sex & Death, Enuff Z'Nuff, Antiproduct, the album marks a true return to his hard-rocking roots. Feeling practically alive with gory goodness and featuring music written entirely by Wednesday 13.

It is this album, and the work that has gone into making it a reality, that we talk about with Wednesday 13 in this interview. Learning more about its themes, his desire to return to a ‘simpler’ and less introspective style, and why it was so much fun to make. We also talk about what a horror movie marathon curated and hosted by Wednesday (Elvira-style) might look like.

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Norwegian punks Bokassa have returned! Hot off the heels of their 2024 album, ‘All Out of Dreams’, the band are set to tour the UK this April. The tour, which includes self-described “Feral blues-punk outfit” Mother Vulture, is set to see the band spread the same fire and fury that have won over their legions of fans, at some of the UK’s best venues!

The dates for the upcoming All Out of Dreams UK Tour are:

April 11th, 2025 - Dover, The Booking Hall

April 12th, 2025 - Bournemouth, Dorsel Doomsday

April 13th, 2025 - Swansea, Bunkhouse

April 14th, 2025 - Manchester, Star & Garter

April 15th, 2025 - Glasgow, Audio

April 17th, 2025 - Sheffield, Corporation

April 18th, 2025 - Nottingham, Old Angel

April 19th, 2025 - London, Downstairs at the Dome

Fans can buy tickets here: https://www.bokassaband.com/tour

Bokassa's latest full-length album ‘All Out of Dreams’ was released in February 2024, and it saw the band further expand their self-patented brand of stoner punk into a hook-laden “Molotov Rocktail” of punk, hardcore, metal, and rock.

In this interview, we spoke to vocalist and guitarist Jørn Kaarstad about the UK tour and what fans can expect. We also reflect on the success of the album, ‘All Out of Dreams’ and talk about the future.

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Dynamite metalcore/heavy rock vocalist/musician Lauren Babic is a force of nature having amassed an insane following online with her infamous covers having garnered her millions of followers and 100’s of millions of views. Also famed for her roles in the 3 bands Red Handed Denial and international supergroups CrazyEightyEight and SKYLIMIT, Lauren will now release her highly anticipated first solo metal EP ‘Too Much and Never Enough’, produced by Adam Bentley (Arch Echo, Plini) and Lee Albrecht (Hollow Front, Silverstein, The Devil Wears Prada, Archers).

Lauren Babic has the Midas touch, and to the surprise of no-one who has come across her extensive work before, this new EP is solid gold too. Featuring four big showcases of varied and anthemic modern metalcore heaviness dominated by her immense vocals, be them clean or harsh.

You can read our full review of the EP here: https://www.gbhbl.com/ep-review-lauren-babic-too-much-and-never-enough-self-released/

In this interview, we learn more about the EP and the work that has gone into making it a reality. We also talk to Lauren about the journey to this point, going solo, collaborating, the all-powerful algorithm, the future, and so much more.

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Released on April 11th, 2025, via InsideOutMusic, ‘From Nothing’, is the highly anticipated sophomore album from experimental progressive metal band Benthos. An album that offers a profound reflection on the meaning of life while exploring positive and negative imprints left by mankind, and how they have shaped entire societies in various aspects - artistic, cultural, and social.

It is the follow-up to their exceptional 2021 debut, ‘II’, which we described as:

A thoughtful and grown-up take on progressive metal. A challenging listen, but one that left an impact and put the band on the progressive map.

This new album is something else entirely. Not from a challenging progressive standpoint, but rather the impact it will have. Benthos have poured years of experience, years of growth as individuals, and years of evolving as artists, into this new album, and it is incredible.

We spoke to the band in 2021, and so much has happened since, so we finally caught up, and in this interview, we discussed all aspects of Benthos with guitarists Gabriele Papagni and Enrico Tripodi. From the growth of the past few years, the vision for this record, the creative ups and downs, to the upward trajectory of success the band is experiencing, the desire to get out and play live, and so much more.

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Released on March 21st, 2025, via RPM, ‘Limited Deadition’ is the brand-new and 19th studio album of the iconic Finnish rock horror maestros, Lordi.

An album filled to the brim with horror-infused AOR worshipping rock sounds. Nineteen albums in and Lordi are still having fun and finding ways to reinvent themselves. Limited Deadition is Lordi through and through, but that doesn’t mean the spooky rascals don’t have a trick or two up their sleeves. It’s Limited Deadition and it’s one you’ll want to take out of the box and play with time and time again.

You can read our full review of the album here: https://www.gbhbl.com/album-review-lordi-limited-deadition-rpm/

We spoke to founder, lead singer, songwriter, and more, Mr. Lordi himself. Talking about the new album, the vision and themes, the work that went into embodying the 80s feel of it, Lordi having reached the status of ‘icons’, measuring success, worrying that the world has become too sensitive, last-minute preparations, and so much more.

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The nu metal revival is alive and well in 2025, so much so, that iconic bands from that era are returning to delight long-term fans, while gaining a whole new audience who have yet to experience them. One such band is Northamptonshire, UK’s Defenestration. A five-piece who were active between 1999 – 2004, releasing three studio albums (One Inch God – 2001 / Ray Zero – 2003 / For Us it Ends When We Drown – 2004) and one split EP, (Year of the Slug with Scurge – 2002).

Not only that, but they also toured all over the world with the likes of Raging Speedhorn, Napalm Death, Biffy Clyro, The Wildhearts, Skindred, and so many more iconic bands. So popular were they, that they opened the Wembley Arena leg of the 2001 'Tattoo the Planet Tour'. A set of shows that included Cradle of Filth, Static-X, Biohazard, Slayer and Pantera.

Twenty years after their last live performance as Defenestration, the original members reunited for a ‘one-off’ performance. Supporting Raging Speedhorn, the show was to raise money for record producer Russ Russell who was unable to work due to illness. This would be followed by another benefit gig for Russ Russell later in August 2024, Defenestration’s first headline show since 2004.

The itch was back, and another set of shows with Raging Speedhorn all but confirmed that there was a desire for Defenestration to return as an active band. Which is where we find ourselves now. Defenestration has reformed, is under new management, and is in the process of solidifying their legacy, while looking to the future too.

This is what we discuss with vocalist Gen Tasker, getting excited about what the future might bring, while also spending plenty of time look back at their immense history too.

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‘Aether’ is the much-anticipated debut album of Forlorn, the ‘folk horror’ band who blend expressionist art, crushing soundscapes and paganism to carve out their own brand of innovative alternative music.

Throughout ‘Aether’, Forlorn pay their respects to the major 'elements', acting as part of a progressing metal pagan ritual. The juxtaposition of ethereal vocals, with chaotic drums and crushing low-level guitars, paired with vocalist Megan Jenkin's brutal screams, bring together Forlorn’s unique sound and visual identity.

Their haunting live presence has also graced stages across the UK, alongside artists like Dying Wish, DESTRAGE, CRYPTA, Ithica, Devil Sold His Soul and URNE as well as festivals like at Radar Festival, Tech Fest and Collision Festival.

Anyone who has seen Forlorn live can attest to the immersive experience it is, with us describing our first time seeing them in 2022 as:

A 30-minute showcase of dreamy post-metal with the sharpness of hardcore, explosivity of metalcore and a touch of Midsommar-esqe eeriness.

2025 is looking to be the year they truly break out, and ‘Aether’ will be released on March 28th, 2025, via Church Road Records.

We spoke to vocalist Megan and guitarist Edd about the new album, and the journey that Forlorn has been on over the past few years. We also learn how Forlorn has slowly found its identity, taking that creativity to another level, expanding on it in both record and live form, and so much more.

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Katerina Nicole is the voice of a storm—a haunting presence where fragile whispers rise above crashing waves of sound and the thunderous weight of darkness. Her music exists in contrasts: delicate yet unrelenting, a dance of light and shadow, where beauty and brutality intertwine. Each song feels like a ritual, unravelling themes of transformation, resilience, and the quiet strength found in chaos.

With her debut EP, ‘Serene in Violent Oceans’, Katerina invites listeners into a world as turbulent as it is breathtaking, offering a glimpse of the beauty hidden within the storm.

Persuasively powerful and monumentally epic, while the focus of this EP is on Katerina Nicole’s immense vocals, its alternative metal and rock instrumental side shouldn’t be ignored. The entire EP is very listenable for just about everyone, and that is where success is found. The more ears on this EP, the more focus there is on the talents of Katerina Nicole.

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We spoke to Katerina about the new EP, finding more out about its creation and the work that went into the songs on it. We also learned a bit more about Katerina herself, finding out about the work she has put into changing her music, finding the right people to work with, goals for the future, and so much more.

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Obscure. Cutting. Beautiful. Like wind in the branches of a bitterly cold winter forest.

In the quest for the perfect soundtrack for wistful, melancholic moments, get lost in the hypnotic undertow of broad walls of guitars, symphonic arrangements and experimental sounds, coated in an eerily-beautiful melodic monotony. Hjort is the solo-work of V/Haze Miasma‘s ‘Atmosphere‘ who utilises the studio project‘s freedom to create a unique sound experience using elaborate arrangements. Partly drawing from the realms of post-black metal, doom, progressive and symphonic music, while simultaneously denying to be categorized at all.

The aesthetics of autumn and winter, forests and mountains are the visual keynote ofAtmosphere‘s work and thus distinctly perceptible in the music. ‘Evolve IV-VIII’ is the logical progression of what was started by Hjort with ‘Trilogy I-III’ in 2022. Sink in, relax, breathe.

Delivering an album of immense quality from the first note to the last. It is beautiful, at times dark, at others, light, but always beautiful.

You can read our full review of the album here: https://www.gbhbl.com/album-review-hjort-evolve-iv-viii-inertial-music/

We spoke to the man behind Hjort – Johannes Lenk aka Atmosphere of V/Haze Miasma. Discussing the new album, the process behind its creation, the journey to its release, getting more attention on Hjort, what the future might look like, and so much more.

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Freedomination is a metal band formed in Vantaa, Finland in 2008. Over the years, the band has released four self-published works and has become renowned for its energetic performances in the Finnish metal scene. After a period of inactivity since 2017, they returned to the stage in 2022 with a new lineup and have now released their debut album, 'Until the Lights Go Out'.

Freedomination’s music blends elements of thrash metal, progressive metal, traditional heavy metal, and punk rock. The band's musical influences are firmly rooted in old-school North American and British metal, though they deliberately avoid a “retro” sound. Instead, the focus is on timeless expression, and the band’s sound is undeniably contemporary.

Musically and lyrically, the album visits many territories while maintaining a clear course on the ‘Sin Road’. Fans of old school heavy metal and thrash metal (Annihilator, Megadeth, Iron Maiden etc.) are in for a treat.

We spoke to vocalist/guitarist Timo Ahlström and drummer Jukka Ahlström about the new album. Learning more about the process behind its creation, the journey to its release, their roles in making it a reality, and so much more.

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