This is the second album from French black metallers Galibot.
Galibot provide the listener with a quality outing of melodic black metal to explore. Catabase contains 42 minutes of material, and it’s worth getting your teeth into. Continue reading “Galibot – Catabase (Review)”
This is the latest EP from Swedish grindcore band Gadget.
A decade since The Great Destroyer, Gadget finally return. With two new members on vocals and guitar/vocals respectively, Coerced is the world’s first taste of the new Gadget. Has it been worth the wait? Continue reading “Gadget – Coerced (Review)”
This is the second album from Cage Fight, a metalcore band from the UK.
After 2022’s enjoyable Cage Fight and proving themselves in the live environment, Exuvia carries certain expectations of quality around these parts. Have Cage Fight managed to live up to these expectations, which include the hope that they’ve taken the next step up from their debut? Continue reading “Cage Fight – Exuvia (Review)”
Portrayal of Guilt are a blackened hardcore band from the US and this is their fourth album.
…Beginning of the End is the sound of Portrayal of Guilt pushing their sound harder and deeper. Across 31 evocative minutes, the band reach across genres and styles to grasp what they want in an unyielding iron grip. …Beginning of the End brings a lot to the table. Continue reading “Portrayal of Guilt – …Beginning of the End (Review)”
Abrams are a rock band from the US and this is their sixth album.
Loon offers up a tight 37 minutes of infectious rock music, although this is not completely the same Abrams that we’ve encountered previously. Loon showcases a different facet of the Abrams sound, and it does this exceedingly well. Continue reading “Abrams – Loon (Review)”
This is the debut album from UK sludge metallers Shadowvale.
After Shadowvale’s revelatory performance at last year’s Mangata Festival, this has been a release to watch out for. Well, it’s now here, so the question that presents itself is this – was it worth the wait? Have Shadowvale managed to deliver the goods and live up to their promise? Continue reading “Shadowvale – Shadowvale (Review)”
This is the debut album from US sludge metal band Mordeo.
Mordeo is a 41-minute slab of ugly crusty darkness. Fuelled by punk aggression and sludge hatred, this is music that wants to rend and destroy. Mordeo have unleashed a Continue reading “Mordeo – Mordeo (Review)”
Poison the Well are a hardcore band from the US and this is their sixth album.
When such an iconic band releases a brand new record 17 years after their last one, it’s a time of expectation, hope, and excitement, but also concern, and even suspicion. Can Poison the Well come close to their previous quality levels? Will time have dulled their unique edge? Do we need another Poison the Well album? Continue reading “Poison the Well – Peace in Place (Review)”
This is the seventh album from Netherlands hardcore band Vitamin X.
I haven’t caught up with Vitamin X since 2012’s About to Crack, so a reunion with their energetic and charismatic blend of hardcore and thrash metal is long overdue. With Ride the Apocalypse we get 28 minutes of new material from the band, and it rips, rages, and tears its way through the running time across 17 high-octane tracks. Continue reading “Vitamin X – Ride the Apocalypse (Review)”
This is the third album from Finnish black metallers Qwälen.
Veri Virtaa Edelleen brings us 45 minutes of untamed ferocity. Qwälen channel their inner darkness via eight tracks of uncompromising black metal. It’s harsh and malevolent, fuelled by the burning coals of Continue reading “Qwälen – Veri Virtaa Edelleen (Review)”
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