The Collective

29/11/2025

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

Tracks from:
Bläkken
Breaths
Chthe'ilist
Fever Sun
Human
Illvilje
Nightmarer
OMEGAVORTEX
Pale Throne
Ponte del Diavolo
Primitiae Dormientium
Purging
Quell
Sire Languish
Unviâr
Vampiric Oath
Voidspire
Waste Of Space Orchestra
Xaoc

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!

25/11/2025

- For anyone that missed it, or wants to listen again, The Collective’s show with Alex from YESTERDAY 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:
Amiensus - The Lodge (from The Lodge [Single] released on 12/11/2025 through M-Theory Audio);

When Nothing Remains - The Grim Reapers Tears (from Echoes Of Eternal Night, to be released on 21/11/2025 by The Circle Music);

Ligation - Turmoil In Everest (from After Gods, to be released on 23/01/2026 by Personal Records);

Worm - Necropalace (from Necropalace, to be released on 13/02/2026 by Century Century Media Records);

Malignant Aura - The Pathetic Festival (from Where All Of Worth Comes To Wither, to be released on 26/01/2026 by Memento Mori / Grindhead Records / Primitive Moth);

Ogopogo - The Stars Look Down In Horror (from Infinite Majesty, self-released on 07/07/2025);

Weft - The Hull (from The Splintered Oar, to be released on 19/12/2025 by Bindrune Recordings);

Nemorous - Quiescence (from What Remains When Hope Has Failed, to be released on 19/12/2025 by Bindrune Recordings);

Melancholie - Vervlogen met de zwavelrook (from Winterkronieken, to be released on 19/12/2025 by Naturmacht Productions);

Forteresse - À Couteaux Tirés (from À Couteaux Tirés [Single], self-released on 20/11/2025);

PuritanBone - Awaiting Lunar Absolution (from Ecstasy On The Frontier Of Blood, to be released on 26/11/2025 by Into Endless Chaos Records);

Vauruvã - As Selvas Vermelhas no Planeta dos Eminentes (from Mar Da Deriva, to be released on 28/11/2025 by Flowing Downward).

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

https://www.mixcloud.com/TotalRockCollective/the-collective-24th-november-2025-alex/

https://linktr.ee/thecollective_totalrock

Hear the latest version of The Collective here…

24/11/2025

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!

23/11/2025

- 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. No 3-minute radio tracks… but plenty of absolute epic sonic works of art!

The show will feature tracks by:
- Amiensus,
- Forteresse,
- ,
- Malignant Aura,
- ,
- Nemorous,
- ,
- ,
- ,
- ,
- When Nothing Remains Official, and
- ,

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

You are also welcome to join us in the Total Rock 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".

20/11/2025

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:
The Ruins Of Beverast - Alpha Fluids (Tempelschlaf, 09/01/2026 Ván Records)

Mind Prisoner - Gradient (Less Faith, 28/11/2025 Independent release)

Primal Scourge - Visceral Crown (End of Eden, 14/11/2025 Iron Fortress Records)

Invictus - Abyssal Earth (Nocturnal Visions, 26/01/2026 Me S**o Un Ojo Records)

Mors Verum - Bloodied Teeth (Canvas, TBC Transcending Obscurity Records)

Melyxylem - Atrahasis (Endophrenesis EP, 07/11/2025 Independent release)

Upon The Altar - Reign Awaits (Profanation's V***r EP, 12/12/2025 Godz Ov War Productions)

Hierophany - Vigilae Mortuorum (Tenebrario, 12/12/2025 Serpent Sun Records)

Kaosophia - Funeral of the Gods (Beyond The Black Horizon, 12/12/2025 Serpent Sun Records)

Raksu - Machinery of Flesh (Raksu, 23/07/2018 Amor Fati Productions)

Vitriol - Swarming Segments, Spirit Splinters of Stellar Dust (Chrysalis EP, 19/04/2019 Iron Bonehead Productions)

Lutosfera - Omen ([], 11/11/2025 Independent release)

Varmia - Zwykli zmarli (Single release, 03/11/2025 Salem Rose Music & M-Theory Audio)

Kra - Into the Depths (Single release, 08/11/2025 Independent release)

Nøkk - The Blind Leading the Lost (Heartless, 21/11/2025 Solistitium Records)

Morbonoct - Cold Wind (No-one Knows We're Dying, 12/12/2025 Independent release)

Ruingást - Nightmare Skies (The Gaping Wounds Of Eternity, 02/11/2025 Forbidden Keep Records)

The Reticent - The Bed of Wasps (Those Consumed With Panic) (please, 13/11/2025 Generation Prog Records)

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

https://www.mixcloud.com/TotalRockCollective/the-collective-nard-17th-november-2025/

https://linktr.ee/thecollective_totalrock

Hear the latest version of The Collective here…

17/11/2025

ONE HOUR WARNING!

15/11/2025

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

Tracks from:
Hierophany
Invictus
Kaosophia
Kra
Lutosfera
Melyxylem
Mind Prisoner
Morbonoct
Mors Verum
Nøkk
Primal Scourge
Raksu
Ruingást
The Reticent
The Ruins Of Beverast
Upon The Altar
Varmia
Vitriol

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!

09/11/2025

-A little insight into what to expect from this week’s The Collective show with Alex, MONDAY 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.

There is also a small feature with a couple of tracks from a brilliant album from 2003.

The show will feature tracks by:
Adorn / NorthernSilenceProductions
APRS,
Argus Megere,
Avdagata,
Daughters of Sophia,
Green Carnation,
Mayhem,
Nornes,
Samael,
Papir,
Unmoored,
White Baroness,
Wildhunt, and
Witcher.

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 Chatroom here - https://discord.gg/yyW2yzvjpa, where we will be sharing links to the tracks.

Join us for 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".

07/11/2025

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:
Malepeste - Acceptio (Ex Nihilo, 12/11/2025 Ladlo Productions)

Ulvehyrde - Barnedrap (Dødsdømt, 31/10/2025 Solistitium Records)

Yellow Eyes - The Scent of Black Mud (Confusion Gate, 31/10/2025 Sibir Records)

Antiquus Infestus - Case of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirit Personating Men (Antiquus Infestus, 31/10/2025 Darkside Records)

Omnivortex - Grave Upon Grave (Single release, 23/10/2025 Independent release)

Pillory- Wasting (Old Soul, 27/10/2025 Independent release)

Lychgate - Hive of Parasites (Precipice, 19/12/2025 Debemur Morti Productions)

Martröð - Sköpunin (Draumsýnir eldsins, 12/12/2025 Debemur Morti Productions)

Ulsect - Unveil (Ulsect, 12/05/2017 Season of Mist Underground Activities)

Svartidaudi - The Perpetual Nothing (Flesh Cathedral, 03/12/2012 Terratur Possessions / Ván Records)

Wayd - Algorithms of Hate (Reinvent, 01/11/2025 Independent release)

Czernina - Oszukać Listopad (Single release, 31/10/2025 Independent release)

Genevieve - The Embodiment of Embitterment (Single release, 31/10/2025 Independent release)

Krallice - Inner Peace (No Hope EP, 23/10/2025 Independent release)

Sedna - Amarok (Sila Nuna, 21/11/2025 Dusktone)

Hexalter - Serpenitence (Coronation in Chaos, 01/11/2025 Iron, Blood and Death Corporation)

Irr - Mass of the Earth (Remains Remain, 24/10/2025 Independent release)

Bianca - Nachthexe (Bianca, 31/10/2025 Avantgarde Music)

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

https://www.mixcloud.com/TotalRockCollective/the-collective-nard-3rd-november-2025/

https://linktr.ee/thecollective_totalrock

Hear the latest version of The Collective here…

03/11/2025

SLIGHTLY LESS THAN ONE HOUR WARNING!

01/11/2025

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 Technical Avant Garde Death Metal from 2017 and some harrowing cavernous Black Metal from 2012...

Tracks from:
Antiquus Infestus
Bianca
Czernina
Genevieve
Hexalter
Irr
Krallice
Lychgate
Malepeste
Martröð
Omnivortex
Pillory
Sedna
Svartidauði
Ulsect
Ulvehyrde
Wayd
Yellow Eyes

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!

27/10/2025

A little insight into what to expect from this week’s The Collective show with Alex, THIS 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:
- Arallu
- Dimscûa,
- Fimbul Winter,
- Garde,
- Locusts and Honey,
- Nordicwinter,
- Nostalghia,
- Order of the Ebon Hand,
- Orodrim,
- Oromet,
- Shores Of Null,
- Sun of the Dying,
- Windswept,
- Wolverine, and
- Zaratus.

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".