Wolves at the Gate – Lost In Translation Solid State Records 10,0/10,0 Brief: Wolves at the Gate is an American metalcore band that originated from Cedarville, Ohio. Formed in 2008, they are currently…
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Johnny The Boy – You Season of Mist 7,0/10,0 Brief: Born from a simple idea, and eventually coalescing over the last couple of years into a fully-formed entity, JOHNNY THE BOY make music…
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Elwood Stray – Gone With The Flow Out Of Line Music 8,5/10,0 Brief: Germany’s Elwood Stray are back! After having released two EPs and multiple singles since 2017, they now reveal their full-length…
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Cursebinder – Drifting Avantgarde Music 9,0/10,0 Brief: Cursebinder was born in 2019 in Kraków, Poland, combining black and doom metal influences with an eye for unrestrained experimentation. Pursuing diverse influences and drawing from…
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Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite Metal Blade Records 9,0/10,0 Brief: Terrasite (noun) = ‘terra-‘ (Latin = ‘earth’) + ‘-sitos’ (Greek = ‘food’) Definition: Though many bands have tried, no one articulates the real apocalypse…
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Gel – Only Constant Convulse Records 9,0/10,0 Brief: Gel make hardcore and have grown to be one of the most exciting and promising bands to come out of the hardcore scene. The New…
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Death Pill – Death Pill New Heavy Sounds 9,0/10,0 Brief: Death Pill, are an all-female hardcore punk power trio of considerable muscle, combining metalcore, punk rock and oodles of ‘Riot Grrl’ vibe. Offering…
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Sermon – Of Golden VerseProsthetic Records9,0/10,0 Brief: A beacon of iridescent musical light amid the torpid fog of modern life, Sermon blazed brightly but briefly when they released their debut album back in…
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Desert Storm – Death RattleAPF Records8,5/10,0 Brief: Desert Storm are from Oxford. Launched into the world in 2007, Desert Storm’s mix of southern rock and stoner metal is underpinned with a driving, pure…
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Dawn of Ouroboros – Velvet IncandescenceProsthetic Records7,0/10,0 Brief: Formed in 2018 by lead guitarist Tony Thomas (Botanist, Cailleach Calling) and vocalist Chelsea Murphy (Cailleach Calling, Tegmentum), the blackened progressive metal group’s formative years…
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Predatory Void – Seven Keys To The Discomfort Of Being Century Media Records 7,5/10,0 Brief: In 2021, the home of the Belgian artist collective Church Of Ra has brought forth a new group…
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Vorna – AamunkoiLifeforce Records8,5/10,0 Brief: The music of VORNA from Tampere is as melancholic as sublimely gloomy. The sextet from Finland, active since 2008, enters with a majestic metal sound that also features…
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Hatesphere – Hatred RebornScarlet Records8,0/10,0 Brief: Formed in Aarhus, Denmark by guitarist Peter “Pepe” Hansen in 2000, HateSphere is one of a handful of bands reigniting the flame of ’80s Thrash metal by…
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Klone – MeanwhileKscope Music8,5/10,0 Brief: KLONE present Meanwhile, the new album from the French alt-metal/art-rock collective. Emotive and conceptual, Klone have once again broken new sonic ground and built further on their signature…
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Aphyxion – Ad AstraCircular Wave Records8,5/10,0 Brief: Aphyxion is a metalcore band from Ribe – Denmark formed in 2007. The group has released four albums: Earth Entangled in 2014, Aftermath in 2016, Void…
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Mansion – Second Death Independent 9,5/10,0 Brief: Started out as a trio, Mansion is kartano in Finnish. Full band came together in 2012. The “Uncreation” EP was supposed to be their debut album,…
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All Out War – Celestial RotTranslation Loss Records9,0/10,0 Brief: All Out War is an American metalcore band from Newburgh, New York, formed in 1991. The band played their first show together in Newburgh,…
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Memoriam – Rise To PowerReaper Entertainment8,5/10,0 Brief: MEMORIAM needs no introduction. Founded by former Bolt Thrower singer Karl Willetts and Benediction bassist Frank Healy — living legends of old-school death metal — MEMORIAM…
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In Flames – ForegoneNuclear Blast Records8,5/10,0 Brief: In Flames represent the best of metal’s past, present, and future. New Wave Of Swedish Death Metal architects and innovative purveyors of groove, hard rock, and…
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Haken – FaunaInside Out Music9,0/10,0 Brief: If you’re talking about modern progressive rock and don’t bring up Haken, you’re doing it wrong. Since the south English sextet started jamming together in 2004, they’ve…
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Riverside – ID.EntityInside Out Music9,0/10,0 Brief: Riverside are a progressive rock band from Warsaw, Poland. They were founded in 2001 by friends Mariusz Duda, Piotr Grudzinski, Piotr Kozieradzki and Jacek Melnicki, who shared…
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For I Am King – Crown Prime Collective 8,5/10,0 Brief:Dutch metal band FOR I AM KING are gearing up for the release of their brand new full-length studio album Crown – the band’s…
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Katatonia – Sky Void of Stars Napalm Records 9,0/10,0 Brief:Meritorious masters of melancholic metal KATATONIA carry on their legacy of rearranging the order of the heavy music universe, proudly presenting their hauntingly beautiful…
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Knogjarn – Mera Bedovning Indie Recordings 9,0/10,0 Brief: From the melting, but still freezing and sunless North, we bring you yet another heavy banger from the Swedish Hard Rock champions Knogjärn! Just in…
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