“Setting Fire To The Sky!” — URNEs Joe Nally Talks Rain, Riffs & Not Giving a Damn Like Metallica in ’88

 

Somewhere near Brighton, under a sky that refuses to cooperate, Joe Nally is exactly where you’d expect a modern metal frontman to be: embracing the gloom, laughing at the chaos, and riding high on the release of Setting Fire to the Sky.

Inside SUMO CYCO’s Neon Void The Wild DIY Secrets Shocking AI Opinions And Untold Stories Behind Their Boldest Album Yet

 

Over the years, Sumo Cyco have carved out a fiercely independent path in modern rock—blending punk attitude, metal energy, and cinematic storytelling into a style that’s unmistakably their own. Fronted by the charismatic Skye Sweetnam and powered by guitarist Matt Drake, the band has built a global following through relentless touring, hands-on creativity, and a deep connection with fans.

Sub Specie Aeternitatis: Vajra on Eternal Self-Awareness, Dance as Devotion, and Creating Without a Net

 Emerging once again from the shadows of New York City's underground, Vajra returns with “Sub Specie Aeternitatis” — a thunderous, soul-stirring single that fuses gothic drama with progressive metal complexity. Fronted by the hauntingly expressive Annamaria Pinna, the band delivers not just a song, but a fully immersive experience that questions the very nature of existence.

The Last Great Awakening and the Birth of “Baphometal”: A Conversation with Kim of The Burned Over

 In a metal scene oversaturated with imitation, few bands arrive with a sound and aesthetic as distinct as The Burned Over. Their debut album, The Last Great Awakening, is a five-year labor of genre-defying intensity — a collision of historical occultism, folk horror, and melodic metal complexity. At its core is vocalist and visionary Kim, whose history with acts like Gwar and Cruachan has already cemented her status in the extreme music underground.

We sat down with Kim to talk about spiritualist history, seances, stagecraft, and the band’s self-coined genre: Baphometal.

 

Rising Alma: Cracking the Moment and Embracing the Power of Emotional Truth

Rising Alma is a four-piece rock/metal outfit based in Germany but built on four different passports. Since forming in 2021, vocalist-keyboardist Alīse Elme, guitarist Máximo Marset, drummer Jonathan Olsson, and bassist Alican Sahin have chased a simple idea: write honest songs that hit hard without losing their melodic core.