Category: Metal

REVIEWER – GRAEME WRIGHT The Power Metal field is a crowded one and it’s tough for bands to attract the attention they deserve at times. Shadowborne are a Swedish female fronted band and all the expected tropes are there – fantasy based lyrics, uplifting battle hymns, dark and moody interludes, huge riffs [more…]

Sludge Metal Heavy Psych Sounds Records Released – May 1st 2026 The title of this had me kind of panicking. Never heard of 16 so I thought they were a 70’s mob who passed me by. Not so, they’re from L.A and were formed in 1991 until they split in 2004 only [more…]

Thrash Metal Back On Black Records Release Date – May 15th 2026 It’s been seven long years since Harrogate’s Acid Reign gave us a new record. Still keeping the flame burning is sole original, singer H along with his erstwhile bass playing companion since 2015 Pete Dee. Hard to believe that a [more…]

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…]