The Collective

23/10/2025

For anyone that missed it, or wants to listen again, The Collective's show with Nard from Monday is now on Mixcloud and the On-Demand section of the TotalRock website...

The show featured:
Hexagraf - Sterven is Vreten (Walsen van hoop, 18/12/2025 Void Wanderer Productions / War Productions)

Darvaza - Blood of No-One (We Are Him, 05/12/2025 Terratur Possessions)

- Benmánar (Hræflóð markar fjalla, 24/10/2025 Ván Records)

Hermit Dreams - Directionless Gaze (Desperate Anomies, 05/12/2025 Chaos Records)

Strigiform - Obsecration (Aconite, 14/11/2025 I, Voidhanger Records)

- Infinitesimally Superficial (Illusory Dissolvents, 10/10/2025 Independent release)

Paralysis - The Antichrist You've Been Waiting For (Illusory Dissolvents, 10/10/2025 Independent release)

Kreyll - Het Psychotische Huis Gods (Ontzielingsrituelen, 31/10/2025 Zwaertgevegt)

- XIV - A Spiritual Bypass (Skáphe³, 30/09/2020 Mystiskaos)

SVART CROWN - Upon This Intimate Madness (Abreaction, 03/03/2017 Century Media Records)

Katakomba - To Sow Dragon's Teeth (The Second Death, 10/10/2025 Majestic Mountain Records)

Blood Red Throne - Official - Husk in the Grain (Siltskin, 05/12/2025 Soulseller Records)

Hubris - Lightless Lantern (Acts of Sedition, TBC Independent release)

The Ominous Circle - Through Tunnels Ablaze (Cloven Tongues of Fire, 28/11/2025 Osmose Productions)

Phobocosm - Sempiternal Penance (Gateway, 28/11/2025 Dark Descent Records)

Pendaison - LRDTVBI (Haut & Court, 26/09/2025 Independent release)

- Form Follows Spirituality (Grand Black Maelstrom Mysticism EP, 16/10/2025 Independent release)

Maladie - Black Hole Weight in Our Hearts (Symptoms V EP, 24/10/2025 Apostasy Records)

https://totalrock.com/podcast/the-collective-on-demand

https://www.mixcloud.com/TotalRockCollective/the-collective-nard-20th-october-2025/

https://linktr.ee/thecollective_totalrock

Hear the latest version of The Collective here…

20/10/2025

ONE HOUR WARNING!

18/10/2025

Join The Collective and Nard this coming Monday at 6pm for the weekly deep-dive into the world of underground extreme metal.

Blasts from the past for this week are some psychosis inducing Black Metal from 2020, and a Blackened Death metal gem from a now defunct French project released in 2017...

Tracks from:
Aoecist
Blood Red Throne - Official
Darvaza
Fordæðuskapr
Hermit Dreams
Hexagraf
Hubris
Katakomba
Kreyll
Maladie
Pendaison
Phobocosm
Skáphe
Sleep Paralysis
Strigiform
SVART CROWN
The Ominous Circle
Veneficium

You can listen through your smart speaker (ask it to “play TotalRock”) or through the TotalRock website.

You are also welcome to join us in the TotalRock Chatroom here - https://discord.gg/yyW2yzvjpa, where we will be sharing links to the tracks.

As always, you can listen back to any of our shows at your convenience by searching online for "The Collective on demand".

Join us for The Collective at 6pm, and EVERY Monday (UK time, with repeats at 6am on Tuesdays), only on TotalRock!

17/10/2025

- For anyone that missed it, or wants to listen again, The Collective’s show with Alex from MONDAY evening, is now on Mixcloud and the On-Demand section of the TotalRock website; just search online for “The Collective on demand”.

The show featured:
Perturbator - Apocalypse Now [featuring ] (From Age Of Aquarius, released on 10/10/2025 by Nuclear Blast);

Mage - Soil For The Worm (from Hymns For The Afterlife, to be self-released on 22/11/2025);

Evoken - None (from Mendacium, released on 17/10/2025 by Profound Lore Records);

Convocation - Empty Room (from Latitudes Of Sorrow [split with Shores Of Null], to be released on 21/11/2025 by Everlasting Spew Records);

Burned In Effigy - Befouled Benefaction (from Tyrannus Aeternum, to be self-released on 31/10/2025);

Devoid Of Thought - Necrotic Surface Discarded (from Necrotic Surface Discarded, to be released on 24/10/2025 by Avantgarde Music);

Werewolves - Fools Of The Trade (from The Ugliest Of All, released on 19/09/2025 by Back On Black Records);

De Profundis - II: Deception (from The Gospel Of Rot, self-released on 01/10/2025);

- Gates Of Silence (from Demo, self-released on 19/09/2025);

Amiensus - The Peak Of Denali (from The Peak Of Denali [Single], released on 01/10/2025 by M-Theory Audio);

Vials of Wrath - Forty Nine Novembers (from Remnants For Remembrance, released on 07/10/2025 by Vision of God Records);

Olde Throne - The Most Elder Days (from Megalith, to be released on 21/11/2025 by Avantgarde Music);

- A Black Torch (from Ecstatic Kingdom, released on 08/10/2025 by Amor Fati Productions);

Les Bâtards du Roi - Sous la Couronne de l’Éternité (from Les Chemins de l'exil, released on 10/10/2025 by Les Acteurs de l'ombre Productions);

Tanvald - Otupĕlý (from Nemofilista, released on 10/10/2025 by Naturmacht Productions);

- Forest of Hallucinations (from The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy, to be released on 14/11/2025 by Wolves Of Hades).

https://totalrock.com/podcast/the-collective-on-demand

https://www.mixcloud.com/TotalRockCollective/the-collective-13th-october-2025-alex/

https://linktr.ee/thecollective_totalrock

Hear the latest version of The Collective here…

13/10/2025

ONE-HOUR WARNING!

Listen to The Collective through your smart speaker (ask it to “play TotalRock”) or through the TotalRock website.

You are also welcome to join us in the TotalRock Chatroom here - https://discord.gg/yyW2yzvjpa, where we will be sharing links to the tracks.

Join us for The Collective at 6pm, and EVERY Monday (UK time, with repeats at 6am on Tuesday and 1pm on Saturday), only on TotalRock!

12/10/2025

A little insight into what to expect from this week’s The Collective show with Alex, TOMORROW EVENING at 6pm (UK time) on TotalRock.

We again continue trying to catch up a little on the unrelenting flow of brilliant new releases; showcasing various recent and upcoming underground metal gems.

The show will feature tracks by:
- ,
- Amiensus,
- ,
- Burned In Effigy,
- Convocation,
- De Profundis,
- Devoid Of Thought,
- Evoken,
- ,
- Les Bâtards du Roi,
- Mage,
- Olde Throne,
- Perturbator,
- Tanvald,
- Vials of Wrath, and
- Werewolves.

You can listen through your smart speaker (ask it to “play TotalRock”) or through the TotalRock website.

You are also welcome to join us in the TotalRock Chatroom here - https://discord.gg/yyW2yzvjpa, where we will be sharing links to the tracks.

Join us for The Collective at 6pm, and EVERY Monday (UK time, with repeats at 6am on Tuesdays and 1pm on Fridays), only on TotalRock!

As always, you can listen back to any of our shows at your convenience by searching online for "The Collective on demand".

09/10/2025

For anyone that missed it, or wants to listen again, The Collective's show with Nard from Monday is now on Mixcloud and the On-Demand section of the TotalRock website...

The show featured:
Aduanten - Grace of Departure (Apocryphal Verse EP, 24/10/2025 Nameless Grave Records)

Atone - Doom Metal - Asylum for the Unmoored (Rebirth in Despair, 21/09/2025 Independent release)

Dispossessed - Concrete Tomb (Dêmocide, 03/10/2025 Carbonized Records)

plaguecaster - Their Trumpets Hailed Our Towers Fall (Beyond Desolate Spires EP, 26/09/2025 Independent release)

Aethervoid - Even Light Decays (Even Light Decays, 17/11/2025 Independent release)

Gates of Dawn - Intro & Screaming Skin (III, 27/09/2025 Independent release)

Ellende - Zerfall (Zerfall, 02/01/2026 AOP Records)

Dernier Souffle - Pallbearer's Silence (Where Death Echoes, 30/09/2025 Independent release)

Nordjevel - Within the Eyes (Gnavhòl, 23/09/2022 Indie Recordings)

Hissing - Cells of Nonbeing (Hypervirulence Architecture, 15/07/2022 Profound Lore Records)

QRIXKUOR - Slithering Serendipity (The Womb of the World, 10/11/2025 Dark Descent Records / Invictus Productions)

VoidCeremony - Seventh Ephemeral Aura (Abditum, 14/11/2025 20 Buck Spin)

ZAKAZ - Ást á Sjálfseyðingu (Merki Sólar, 07/11/2025 Gymnocal Industries)

Abysmal Descent - Dismal Thoughts (Dismal Thoughts, 31/10/2025 Nuclear Winter Records)

Terror Co**se - Sons of Perdition (Ash Eclipses Flesh, 21/11/2025 Dark Descent Records)

Lugubrious Garment - Of Vengeful Intransigence (Demo MMXXV, 31/10/2025 Nuclear Winter Records)

Inritvm - Antimatter (Ex Nihilo Ad Nihilum, 03/10/2025 Noevdia)

Per Momentum - Croisade (Homo Sacer - Iter In Tenebris EP, 01/10/2025 Independent release)

Perdition Temple - Malign Apotheosis (Malign Apotheosis, 28/11/2025 HELLS HEADBANGERS)

Altars Ablaze - Indiscriminate Heresy Extermination (Indiscriminate Exermination EP, 10/10/2025 Lavadome Productions)

https://totalrock.com/podcast/the-collective-on-demand/

https://www.mixcloud.com/TotalRockCollective/the-collective-nard-6th-october-2025/

https://linktr.ee/thecollective_totalrock

Hear the latest version of The Collective here…

04/10/2025

That there Nard off of The Collective returns once again this coming Monday @ 6pm BST.

Expect some extreme tracks from new and upcoming releases that are proper r**t dead good and that...

Blasts from the past both come from 2022...

Tracks from:
Abysmal Descent
Aduanten
Aethervoid
Altars Ablaze
Atone - Doom Metal
Dernier Souffle
Dispossessed
Ellende
Gates of Dawn
Hissing
Inritvm
Lugubrious Garment
Nordjevel
Per Momentum
Perdition Temple
plaguecaster
QRIXKUOR
Terror Co**se
VoidCeremony
ZAKAZ

You can listen through your smart speaker (ask it to “play TotalRock”) or through the TotalRock website.

You are also welcome to join us in the TotalRock Chatroom here - https://discord.gg/yyW2yzvjpa, where we will be sharing links to the tracks.

As always, you can listen back to any of our shows at your convenience by searching online for "The Collective on demand".
Join us for The Collective at 6pm, and EVERY Monday (UK time, with repeats at 6am on Tuesdays), only on TotalRock!

02/10/2025

- For anyone that missed it, or wants to listen again, The Collective’s special Call Of The Crow show with Alex from
MONDAY evening, is now on Mixcloud and the On-Demand section of the TotalRock website; just search online for “The Collective on demand”.

The show featured:
Gate Master - Hidden Mysteries (from Hidden Mysteries, released on 01/04/2025 by Repose Records);

- Love (from Deathly Pale, released on 18/10/2024 by Wulfhere Productions);

GODKING - Waves Of Insight (from Rites To Ascension, self-released on 07/10/2023);

Mourning Of The Heretic - In My Arms (from To the Shadows Betrothed, self-released on 22/11/2024);

Andracca - To Bear The Weight Of Death (from To Bear The Weight Of Death, released on 19/01/2024 by Vendetta Records);

Black Altar - In The Labyrinths Of Sitra Achra (from Drakonian Elitism [split with Ofermod and ] on 22/12/2023 by Odium Records);

Craven Idol - Forked Tongues (from Forked Tongues, released on 23/07/2021 by Dark Descent Records);

Saor - The Sylvan Embrace (from Amidst The Ruins, released on 07/02/2025 by Season of Mist);

Fen - Witness (from The Dead Light, released on 06/12/2019 by Prophecy Productions);

Incessant - Of Disillusion And Doctrine (from Entropic Aeons released on 26/07/2024 by Repose Records);

Völniir - The Great Oppressor (from All Hope Abandon, released on 29/01/2021/ );

Thy Dying Light - Thy Dying Light (from The Last Twilight, released on 01/10/2018 by Death Prayer Records);

Oakenthrone - Litany Of Proper Death (from Litany Of Proper Death, self-released on 12/05/2025);

Lunar Mantra - Azothic Pyres (from Psychosomatika, released on 07/01/2020 by Ascetic Visions);

Kryptan - Det Är Döden Som Krävs (from Violence, Our Power, released on 14/02/2025 by Edged Circle Productions);

Psychonaut 4 - Too Late To Call An Ambulance (from Neurasthenia, released on 07/10/2016 by Talheim Records) and

Gate Master - We Give Our Bodies To You… As Your Vessel (from TBC, to be release on TBC, by TBC).

https://totalrock.com/podcast/the-collective-on-demand

https://www.mixcloud.com/TotalRockCollective/the-collective-29th-september-2025-alex/

https://linktr.ee/thecollective_totalrock

NeCrow Events

On this week’s The Collective show with Alex, we mark Alex’s 100th show on TotalRock with a special show solely focusing on the magnificent Call Of The Crow Festival, from NeCrow Events. The Festival is this coming weekend in North Yorkshire and the show will showcase the entire Festival roster....

29/09/2025

ONE-HOUR WARNING!

Listen to The Collective through your smart speaker (ask it to “play TotalRock”) or through the TotalRock website.

You are also welcome to join us in the TotalRock Chatroom here - https://discord.gg/yyW2yzvjpa, where we will be sharing links to the tracks.

Join us for The Collective at 6pm, and EVERY Monday (UK time, with repeats at 6am on Tuesday and 1pm on Saturday), only on TotalRock!

A little insight into what to expect from this week’s The Collective show with Alex, TOMORROW EVENING at 6pm (UK time) on TotalRock.

A departure from the usual format of the show, as we mark Alex’s 100th show on TotalRock with a special show solely focusing on the magnificent Call Of The Crow Festival, from NeCrow Events.

The Festival is this coming weekend in North Yorkshire and the show will showcase the entire Festival roster.

The show will feature tracks by:
- Andracca,
- Black Altar,
- Craven Idol,
- Fen,
- Gate Master,
- GODKING,
- Incessant,
- Kryptan,
- Lunar Mantra,
- Mourning Of The Heretic,
- Oakenthrone,
- ,
- Psychonaut 4,
- Saor,
- Thy Dying Light, and
- Völniir.

You can listen through your smart speaker (ask it to “play TotalRock”) or through the TotalRock website.

You are also welcome to join us in the TotalRock Chatroom here - https://discord.gg/yyW2yzvjpa, where we will be sharing links to the tracks.

Join us for The Collective at 6pm, and EVERY Monday (UK time, with repeats at 6am on Tuesdays, and 1pm on Fridays), only on TotalRock!

As always, you can listen back to any of our shows at your convenience by searching online for "The Collective on demand".

28/09/2025

A little insight into what to expect from this week’s The Collective show with Alex, TOMORROW EVENING at 6pm (UK time) on TotalRock.

A departure from the usual format of the show, as we mark Alex’s 100th show on TotalRock with a special show solely focusing on the magnificent Call Of The Crow Festival, from NeCrow Events.

The Festival is this coming weekend in North Yorkshire and the show will showcase the entire Festival roster.

The show will feature tracks by:
- Andracca,
- Black Altar,
- Craven Idol,
- Fen,
- Gate Master,
- GODKING,
- Incessant,
- Kryptan,
- Lunar Mantra,
- Mourning Of The Heretic,
- Oakenthrone,
- ,
- Psychonaut 4,
- Saor,
- Thy Dying Light, and
- Völniir.

You can listen through your smart speaker (ask it to “play TotalRock”) or through the TotalRock website.

You are also welcome to join us in the TotalRock Chatroom here - https://discord.gg/yyW2yzvjpa, where we will be sharing links to the tracks.

Join us for The Collective at 6pm, and EVERY Monday (UK time, with repeats at 6am on Tuesdays, and 1pm on Fridays), only on TotalRock!

As always, you can listen back to any of our shows at your convenience by searching online for "The Collective on demand".