This is the fourth album from Swedish instrumental post-metal band Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet.
Existing somewhere between progressive metal, post-metal, doom, and post-rock, IV contains 44 minutes of atmospheric material. Sagor Som Leder Met Slutet have crafted a record of Continue reading “Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet – IV (Review)”
This is the third album from US stoner/sludge metal band Witch Ripper.
2023’s The Flight After the Fall was a thoroughly enjoyable progressive stoner sludge album, so it’s with some expectation that the coming of Through the Hourglass is greeted. Across 44 minutes of new material, Witch Ripper Continue reading “Witch Ripper – Through the Hourglass (Review)”
This is the third album from German progressive/post-metal band Monosphere.
Amnesia contains 42 minutes of music that sits somewhere between progressive and post-metal. The promo blurb references Cult of Luna and The Ocean, which should act as a decent starting point for the Monosphere sound, albeit one that doesn’t tell the whole story. Continue reading “Monosphere – Amnesia (Review)”
This is the third album from Finnish metal band Atlas.
Atlas play a contemporary form of metal that borrows from a few different styles. Although the rather generic tag of modern metal is probably an apt one, it’s also just as misleading as it is useful. There’s 29 minutes of material on Sunder, but what it lacks in quantity it Continue reading “Atlas – Sunder (Review)”
Wolverine are a Swedish progressive metal band and this is their sixth album.
Wolverine play a compelling form of progressive rock, and that’s putting it mildly. Across the 52 minutes of material on Anomalies the band Continue reading “Wolverine – Anomalies (Review)”
This is the second album from Mexican progressive metal solo act Phendrana.
Here we have a 38-minute album that takes a lot of different influences into itself. Blackgaze, post-metal, progressive rock, avant-garde metal, folk, and post-black metal all come together with nuance and grace inside a progressive extreme metal framework that’s highly compelling. The artist behind Phendrana has made a convincing case for Cathexis being Continue reading “Phendrana – Cathexis (Review)”
This is the third album from UK metallers Urne.
Urne are a great band. 2021’s Serpent & Spirit was a fantastic debut, and 2023’s follow up A Feast of Sorrow wasn’t too shabby either. After finally catching the band live at the end of last year supporting the mighty Orange Goblin, I was more than ready for Setting Fire to the Sky. Continue reading “Urne – Setting Fire to the Sky (Review)”
This is quite the event. Legendary band Orange Goblin are calling it a day after 30 years, sadly, and this is their farewell tour. It’s sold out, which I’m happy for them about, as they’re a band who deserves all the success they have had and more. Tonight they’re joined by two other bands that I’m a fan of too, the mighty Grand Magus and the riff-tastic Urne. It promises to be a good one. Continue reading “End of Transmission: 1995-2025 The Final Tour – Orange Goblin/Grand Magus/Urne – Academy 2, Manchester – 13/12/25 (Live Review)”
Another year, another list. 2025 followed 2024 as it was meant to, and brought with it a plethora of new metal albums to get excited about. Continue reading “Wonderbox Metal End of Year List – Best Metal of 2025”
This is the second album from UK progressive/power metal band All Seeing Eyes.
Following on from 2014’s Trinity Road and 2021’s Reinventing Time comes the new record from All Seeing Eyes – We Are the Revolution. It’s a 49-minute feast of progressive power metal from this very enjoyable band, so get ready to gorge yourself silly on their luscious flavours. Continue reading “All Seeing Eyes – We Are the Revolution (Review)”
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