Hecate Enthroned, Ofnus & Soulgrief

Hecate EnthronedOne of the UK underground's longest-running and most respected acts, Hecate Enthroned has been praised by the likes of Terrorizer for their mixture of death metal aggression with black metal atmosphere while New Noise Magazine declares them an absolute must for fans of extreme gothic metal.

Originally co-founded in Wales by guitarist Nigel Dennen in the mid-1990s, the band is dedicated to delivering their own brand of evil metal with little regard to politics or the trends of popular demand.

The group's 1997 full-length, the Andy Sneap-produced The Slaughter Of Innocence, A Requiem For The Mighty (Blackend Records), was a seminal release in the then-burgeoning orchestral black metal movement, and since then, five more studio outputs including their M-Theory Audio debut in 2019 with the Embrace Of The Godless Aeon (Hecate Enthroned's first recording with vocalist Joe Stamps) and numerous live performances have firmly established the band as one of extreme metal's most important voices.OfnusFrom the first scrapings of pick against wound string, Ofnus's direction became apparent.

To fuse the dynamic, often bleak and sometimes saw-toothed harshness of atmospheric black metal, with the broad and sweeping melodies of modern-classic film score, with a vision to take you on a journey of unfathomable introspection.

Through vast and evocative soundscapes that veer between sullen and monumental, exploring themes of grief, inexplicable fears and maladies, Ofnus seek to bring you to your Nadir and back to catharsis.Formed in late 2021 with a line-up curated with members past and present of established South Wales acts such as Agrona, Democratus, Blind Divide & Black Pyre; Ofnus acted swiftly to capitalise on the potential trajectory of the band, quickly recording and releasing the debut full length opus Time Held Me Grey and Dying through the acclaimed international black metal label Naturmacht Productions.SoulgriefSoulGrief fuse elements of black, death, and doom metal to deliver their own brand of sonic misery.

Exploring an extreme musical and lyrical landscape and not confined to typical genre tropes.

The SoulGrief sound is one that is as distinct as it is intense.