We want to send a big thank you to MetalRuleZ for featuring Eastern Gate and shining a light on our Keymaker Kompilation call for bands. MetalRuleZ article (Polish): metalrulez.pl/32560/eastern-gate-zaprasza-zespoly-do-udzialu-w-keymaker-kompilation Keymaker Kompilation info page: easterngate-compound.com/keymaker-kompilation This feature is a great moment to restate what Keymaker is about, especially for new artists...
Day three of Glacial Mutilation Metal Fest at Vancouver’s Rickshaw Theatre hit like a final weather system rolling in off the Pacific: dense, loud, and weird in the best ways. The bill moved from post-leaning heaviness and hypnotic prog-death pulses to sax-driven tech chaos, then...
At Eastern Gate, we always pay attention to platforms that do more than repost headlines. MetalRuleZ.pl is one of those metal zines that actually shows up for the scene, consistently, and that matters. Built for Real Metal People A lot of music coverage today is quick takes...
Daniele Brusaschetto is a Turin, Italy based underground lifer whose catalog stretches back to the 1990s, consistently blurring the lines between heavy rock, noise, and experimental songcraft. He has never sounded interested in genre rules as an endpoint. Instead, he treats them like raw material,...
Basque black metal force ASCHEN have officially signed with Wormholedeath, setting the stage for the worldwide release of their long-awaited debut full-length album, The Never Ending Search. Rooted in the underground Hailing from the Basque Country, ASCHEN draw from the raw, uncompromising spirit of early black metal...
Extreme metal act Frostmorner draw inspiration from ancient myth with their new track “Gorgone,” weaving the legend of Medusa into a dark and aggressive sonic narrative. Mythology as metaphor Rather than retelling the story directly, the band use the Medusa myth as a symbol of fear, power,...