Praise Mollusca! UK death metal force Slugdge make a triumphant return with their fourth album Esoteric Malacology. Now on Willowtip Records and stronger than ever, the band continues to forge their lore of cosmic slugs and the allmighty Greatfather.

Boasting an impressive line-up, Howling Sycamore make their astonishing debut rearranging the well-established into something new to breathe some fresh air into the progressive metal scene.

Taking some time to talk about the state of the website and how things are supposed to go this year as well as reflecting a bit on last year.

With the first month of the new year almost behind us, here's a short list of anticipated releases for 2018. Not all of those are confirmed, but most of them are likely to come out within this year.

Just barely in time, as always, here's Noise Vortex Top 10 Albums of 2017.