by Jordeana Bell | Feb 5, 2026 | Interviews, Releases
Progressive German metal outfit The Hirsch Effekt have unleashed their most melancholic and introspective album yet with Der Brauch on January 30, 2026. Read the review on Metal Insider here. We caught up with guitarist/vocalist Nils Wittrock and bassist/vocalist Ilja...
by Jordeana Bell | Feb 4, 2026 | Releases, Reviews
I don’t think I could possibly love a band more than when I’m watching them actively refuse to become a fixed idea. The Hirsch Effekt take up shop in the lab where music feels less like a product and more like a mid-thought transcription from a parallel...
by Jordeana Bell | Jan 13, 2026 | New Music, Releases, Video
German rock/metal trio The Hirsch Effekt have never been especially interested in blunt-force emotionalism. Their music has always behaved more like a conversation you replay later, wondering why it felt heavier after the fact. Their new single, “Die Brücke,” leans...
by Jordeana Bell | Jan 12, 2026 | New Music, Video
Fire From the Gods have shared a video for their latest single, “Human.” The track is nothing shy of a polite argument that escalates into a sermon you didn’t realize you needed until you were already nodding along. It’s heavy in the way modern metal understands...
by Jordeana Bell | Jan 9, 2026 | Reviews
Hardcore has a branding problem that isn’t musical. Too many people talk about it like it’s supposed to grow out of itself, as if the genre is an asshole teenager who refuses to apply for college. But hardcore was never designed to become something else....