Category: Metal

Heavy Horror Metal Solemnity Music/Hofa Release date – May 15th 2026 Well, here’s a thing. A one man Power Metal army – Sven The Axe sings, plays and writes everything on this having taken the solo reins last year. It’s no exaggeration to say Sven has thrown the kitchen sink into this [more…]

Crossover/Thrash This Charming Man Records Released – April 3rd 2026 Review By Smudge Smith Do not confuse this Toxic Shock with the four others knocking about. This bunch of hardcore thrashers come from Belgium and have been around since 2010, and this is their third full length album. They don’t hang about [more…]

Review by Glen Parkes – Jace Media Music There are bands that write songs, and then there are bands that build worlds. For two decades now, Long Distance Calling has comfortably sat in the latter category, crafting vast, instrumental soundscapes that speak louder than most lyric sheets ever could. With The Phantom [more…]

Death Metal Metal Blade Records Release Date – April 10th, 2026 Review By Snudge Smith Swedish death metal legend Vomitory were formed in 1989 and, up to their split in 2013, released some of the genre’s most crushingly brutal albums, such as ‘Revelation Nausea’, ‘Primal Massacre’, ‘Blood Rapture’ and ‘Terrorise, Brutalise, Sodomise’. [more…]

Corrosion Of Conformity – ‘Good God/Baad Man’ Heavy Rock Nuclear Blast Release Date – April 3rd 2026 I honestly don’t know of another band that has gone through so many changes, not just in personnel but in musical style. Corrosion Of Conformity started as a hardcore punk band back in 1982. They [more…]

Thrash Metal Mighty Music Release Date – May 15th, 2026 Review By Smudge Smith It’s a welcome return to Danish thrashers Artillery. Only four tracks, but it’s a perfect chance for new singer Martin Steene and guitarist Rene Loua to show what they’ve got. They open with an eastern-flavoured intro on the [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Spread Eagle are a hard rock / glam metal band from New York City, New York who originally formed in 1989, whilst rehearsing for their first gig they were signed to MCA Universal Records and the rest as they say is history. The boys were gigging and playing [more…]

Metal Noise/BMG Release Date – May 1st 2026 Review By Smudge Smith Blimey it’s been six years since Venom released ‘Storm The Gates’ and apparently this new slab of evil blackhearted metal n roll has been worked on prodigiously since then. Cronos has mentioned that they have really pushed the boundaries and [more…]

Symphonic Metal Rockshots Records Release Date – April 17th 2026 Review Smudge Smith Anthea (give us a twirl! Sorry had to be done for those of a certain age) are from Los Angeles and have been around since 2015. Founded by singer/keyboard player Diego Valadez as a side project along with some [more…]