REVIEWS

Japanese metalcore veterans Sailing Before the Wind are back with their new EP ‘Immemorial’, showing everybody that they still belong in the ever-growing Tokyo metalcore scene. This ep features re-recordings of some of the best […]

Sepultura’s latest release is a compilation of recordings with special guests during the pandemic in 2020. At 15 tracks with a varied list of songs over 30+ years SepulQuarta is a diverse as the artists […]

Spain’s Barbarian Prophecies release their fifth full-length effort. the very metal Horizon. From the Moment Alfa begins and the twin guitar melody comes at you, Horizon is an album that throws you back and forward […]

Warkings is a fairly new Power Metal band that I have somehow managed to miss. Considering they have only been around since 2018 and “Revolution” is already their 3rd full-length album, I can tell this […]

Portal is an Australian experimental death metal band, founded in 1994. Their album “AVOW” was released in 2021. This album is really a beast to tackle, as it’s difficult to access for someone not used […]

Rage needs no introduction as a band that has flown the flag of German heavy metal since 1984.  They are described as one of the big four of German power metal.  With 30 years of […]

Evoking Winds originally hail from Belarus, and now have members who are based across the globe.  The album “Towards Homestead” delivers pagan folk melodies interlaced with blackened metal components that are hypnotically epic.  The album […]

USA Dissonant Black/ death metal duo release their fifth full length, a follow up to A Sire to the Ghouls of Lunacy. Veilburner exists in the memories of your nightmares, Nihilistic thoughts tinged with darkness, […]

NEFARIYM is a two-piece old school death metal band out of Melbourne, that I believe started out in 2019. They are set to release their debut album titled Morbid Delusions this September 24th via Inverse […]

Prolific US death Metal act Replicant unleash their fifth release! From the opening moments of Caverns Of Insipid Reflection, two things are immediately clear, 1 this is perfectly executed American death metal, and 2? Well, […]

The Ukrainian progressive metal four-piece Jinjer has well and truly backed up their previous success with their latest release, “Wallflowers”. Turning more towards the heavier side of metal, they have well and truly cemented their […]

Season Of Dreams are a Swedish based melodic metal band formed in 2018, releasing their debut album ‘My Shelter’ in 2020. The bands sophomore album ‘Heroes’ was released in 2021… …with Jean-Michael Volz (guitars, bass, […]

Nothing Sacred is a thrash metal band from Australia forming in 1983, releasing the ‘Deathwish’ E.P. in ’85 and their debut album ‘Let Us Prey’ in ’88. During the recording of their second album in […]

Brutalism is like all art forms a taste that you may take time to appreciate. When it’s produced with such an incendiary blackness as the guys in Heads For The Dead then this is very […]

Prayers Of Sanity are a thrash metal band from Portugal formed in 2007 releasing their debut album ‘Religion Blindness’ two years later in 2009. The band follow up album ‘Confrontations’ was released in 2012, with […]

Perpetual Etude was formed in 2019 by Magnus Mild.  The intention was to resurrect the glory of 80’s heavy metal, and on first listen they have achieved this successfully with their album “Now is the […]

I was lead on a treacherous and fantastical journey… Opening with the track titled Prelude I was hit with big drums, and guitars sounding akin to a Hurdy-Gurdy, straight up cool within the first minute. […]

Shotgun Mistress is a hard rock band from Australia, formed in 2018 by guitarist Matt Wilcock – yes, that Matt Wilcock, the renowned death metal guitarist Matt Wilcock, known for his work with The Berzerker, […]

I do not own any vinyl records for many reasons but for those that do, I think this album would do well to have a listen on the flat music wheel. I feel the tones […]

A 5-piece beckoning from Brisbane, Apate have come out with a monster EP in “RAGE”. This is an angry, aggressive release. Coming straight out of a short intro with slow chugging, harsh vocals, down tuned […]

Flotsam And Jetsam are a thrash metal band from the USA formed in 1984 who released their debut album ‘Doomsday For The Deceiver’ in 1986. The band have always been a major force in the […]

Sceptor has been around since 2009 and released a single and one full-length album before calling it a day in 2014.  Torsten Lang and Bob Mitchell are the only members in the current line-up who […]

Strange New Dawn is a Norwegian metal band with a large spectrum of progressive and psychedelic influences, ranging from Pink Floyd to King Crimson. Their full-length untitled “Planet System” was released in 2020, is the […]

Vicious Vision is a thrash/groove metal band from Casablanca, Morocco, founded in 2006, and is one of the longest-serving bands in the Moroccan scene. Their first release “Ain” was issued in 2020, and it’s a […]