Breathing The Core

Electric Sheep de Octotanker Support independent metal journalism — Visit the official BTC store

Electric Sheep is a perfect example of just how unpredictable music can be. You show up to rehearsal with one of Rush’s ’80s tracks looping ...

However, the story of the band began much earlier. A shared passion for music gradually passed on to the next generation. From an early age,...

On this new occasion, we have had the opportunity to interview the Death Metal/Doom Metal band  Woliera from Poland . Check out the intervi...

From Hell's Heart by Winterforge Support independent metal journalism — Visit the official BTC store

On this new occasion, we have had the opportunity to interview the Melodic Death Metal band Winterforge   from Poland . Check out the inter...

Time moves forward, whether we are ready for it or not, leaving behind the carefree version of ourselves who believed there was still time f...

“Dissolved in Atman” is the second of the building blocks in the album called “Ama Nesciri”. The concept around "Ama Nesciri" is a...

About the End of Each of Us by Groundbiter Support independent metal journalism — Visit the official BTC store

Assemblage of Cinematic Idioms by Jasmeno Support independent metal journalism — Visit the official BTC store

EPISODE 1 "Synesthesia Imperialis" was the first composition I composed specifically for the new album. Its lengthy introduction i...

Dead Eyes by Fake Earth Support independent metal journalism — Visit the official BTC store

No Future, No Light by Mind Affliction Support independent metal journalism — Visit the official BTC store

Less an illustration than a suggestion — a figure caught mid-dissolve, more roots and eyes than face, sinking into (or rising out of) a blac...

1. Festering Dreams: Mob psychology curdling into ritual: minds giving in one by one, until cruelty starts to look like devotion. Whether it...

“Inhuman Resources” is the second single from KOMUTATOR’s upcoming album We Don’t Owe You Anything, set for release on September 18 via Via ...

"FUSE" is a song about the struggle against systemic giants. These days, a certain lifestyle—how we dress, what we eat, how we thi...

“Radical Mystic” is one of the building blocks in the album called “Ama Nesciri”. The concept around "Ama Nesciri" is a telling of...

"Painkiller" thrives on dynamic contrasts, moving effortlessly between punishing breakdowns, driving rhythms, and anthemic choruse...

The graphic designer read the lyric, and this graphic came out—without any prior discussion of the concept ;-) Support independent m...