Category: Metal

Avatar – ‘Don’t Go In The Forest’ Metal Black Waltz Records Release Date – October 31st 2025 Review By Smudge Album number 10 from Avatar and as usual you never know what to expect other than world class metal in whatever form they feel. You have to remember that these guys have [more…]

Album – Hole in My Soul Release Date – 19th September 25 Review by Linda McDermott Cambridge outfit For The Forsaken have been steadily building their reputation with a string of hard-hitting singles, and now the real milestone has arrived. Their debut album Hole In My Soul lands on 19th September, pulling [more…]

Review By Glen Parkes You listen to certain albums. There are also albums that engulf you—records that seize your throat and pull you into a world so suffocating and oppressive that you’re left gasping and only partially thankful that you’re still alive when you emerge. That second group includes the eagerly anticipated [more…]

Review By Ian Walker Few bands can claim the rollercoaster career of Belfast’s Sweet Savage. They were there at the birth of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, crafting raw, hungry songs in the late ’70s that carried the same fire as their peers Iron Maiden, Saxon, and Def Leppard. They [more…]

Review by Glen Parkes There are bands that ride the waves of metal trends, and then there are bands that make the waves crash harder. Lorna Shore have, without question, become the latter. Their new album, I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me, out September 12th via Century Media, is more than [more…]

Stoner / Psych Magnetic Eye Records Release Date – October 31st 2025 review by Smudge Smith Howling Giant return with their third full length album along with new member guitarist/synth player Adrian Lee Zambrano who adds a bit more power to the trio before. They say that lyrically this album explores the [more…]

Stoner/Psych Majestic Mountain Records Release Date – November 7th 2025 Review By Smudge Smith Bogwife come out of the Viking heartland of Aalborg, Denmark and have been going since 2018. They put out their first slab of stoner/psych in 2020 and this release is their third full length effort. They open with [more…]

Stoner Golden Robot Records Release Date – November 21st 2025 Review By Smudge Smith Beast Eagle are a stoner quartet out of Omaha, Nebraska. This is their second EP since their original demo was released in 2021 and it tells the tale of a witch who is more afraid of herself as [more…]

Review By Ian Walker With their sixth full-length To Rid Myself of Truth, Pittsburgh deathcore giants Signs of the Swarm have taken rage and vulnerability, stripped them down to the bone, and fused them into an unrelenting 11-track beast. Due out August 22 via Century Media, the album sees vocalist David Simonich, [more…]

Symphonic Power Metal Reigning Phoenix Music Release Date – September 5th 2025 Review By Smudge Smith My exposure to Eleine is limited. I had the chance to see them at Masters Of Rock 2024 in Czechia but I was tempted by a distillery tour which was within the grounds of the festival [more…]