REVIEWS

Stinger is a hard rock band from Germany formed in 2016 releasing their debut album ‘Disadvantaged’ the following year. The band’s sophomore album ‘Colourblind’ emerged in 2019, with the third album ‘Expect The Unexpected’ a […]

Circle Of Silence is a power metal band from Germany formed in 2006, following in the footsteps of a long line of power metal bands to emerge from Germany – highly regarded as the pioneering […]

Evil is a heavy metal band from Denmark, forming during the early eighties along with countrymen Mercyful Fate and Artillery. While these two bands went on to enjoy lengthy and successful careers, sadly the same […]

Symphonity is a symphonic power metal band from the Czech Republic, founded by guitarist and songwriter Libor Krivak in 2006, releasing three albums to date – ‘Voice From The Silence’ (2008), ‘King Of Persia’ (2016), […]

Kreator is one of the big four of German thrash alongside Sodom, Destruction, and Tankard.  Formed in 1982, they have had multiple lineup changes over the 40 years since they began, with only 2 original members […]

Bells and Ravens are metal. True heavy metal are the result of one man’s inspiration guitarist Matt Carviero (Contracrash) and ‘’ What Death Cannot End’’ is his second solo outing into the realm of metal […]

Awakening Records have done it again. This is a luscious re-issue of filthy death grind Stalwarts Regnant. The Chileans may have reformed in recent times, but this is a glorious re-issue of their 1997 debut […]

Named after a bacterial infection that literally causes lesions on the brain Quebec’s Putricid (that originally began as Putrefacted Cadaver) has had its demos resurface in an excellent single release. 1990’s Putrified Cadaver and 1992’s […]

The one and only Paganizer are all set to release its upcoming album, Beyond The Macabre, on June 24 via Transcending Obscurity Records. Formed in 1998, Paganizer are seriously prolific and have been a mainstay […]

Enter the gates of the realm of the 5 piece Sydney band, Ethereal Realm, and be prepared for the power. They brought out their EP called “Enter The Realm” in May ’22  “as a stepping stone […]

In many ways, the brutality of modern life has a tendency to be echoed in the Zeitgeist of modern music and often amped to levels of an almost unbearable nature.  This in itself has a […]

Eschewing all the troupes that are easily identified with Black Metal Norwegian legends Satyricon have released ‘’Satyricon and Munch’’ a 56-minute single-track collaboration to accompany the new Edvard Munch art exhibit in Oslo, Norway, a […]

It seems like it was yesterday that I stumbled on Savage Master whilst on one of my late-night trawls through the musical underbelly of the Internet. Around the time of the release of their sumptuous […]

Holy Shit!… is what you’ll say multiple times when listening to the upcoming release Chaosmos by none of than tech death legends, Origin. Yes, I did start the review with swears but give Chaosmos a […]

Melbourne’s Thrall isn’t just in the pursuit of extreme music. Their brand of Heinous Black Metal is dark and ugly, malevolent, and seething with violence. Schisms in the literal path in which they walk, the […]

Eschewing all the tropes and clichés of the 21st Century, Melbourne’s Cult of the Night is metal, real metal, and their debut EP Dance of the Witches is a triumphant fist in the air in […]

Saor originates from Glasgow in Scotland and is the inspiration of one man, Andy Marshall, who says “I used to play in some local bands, but I never really liked writing music with other people, There […]

Stoner rock doesn’t always need a desert to generate that funky powerful dry sound we associate with the genre. It can also come from the likes of a temperate climate like Melbourne, Victoria where the […]

Norwegian Stalwarts The Botteri brothers, Christian (guitar) & Christopher (bass) of ‘In The Woods’ and ‘Green Carnation’ are joined by James Fogarty (vocals) and long-time drummer Sven Rothe to create a return to the true […]

Hailing from Newcastle NSW Where The Devil have combined their previous single releases into one release the aptly named Bury Your Demons. Containing the band’s first six tracks released as singles it is a comprehensive […]

I Must admit I’m new to American pagan Metal, Helsott However are not ‘’Will and The Witch” is their third offering of this style that combines death metal with American traditional instrumentation, this is pure […]

There are many moments in history when musicians and bands have their apocryphal sliding doors moment. None more so than heavy metals eternal optimists Anvil. It’s often said that bands that influence often fade away […]

Defect Designer is at it again, with an upcoming EP titled Neanderthal due for release on July 8th, 2022 via Transcending Obscurity Records. The band has enjoyed quite a long history originally forming in 2005 […]

Volturian is a modern metal band from Italy formed in 2019, releasing their debut album ‘Crimson’ in 2020. Founded by vocalist Federica Lanna (ex Sleeping Romance) and guitarist/songwriter Federico Mondelli (Frozen Crown, Nocturna), the band […]