Category: Metal

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Metal

Preludio Ancestral – ‘Guardians Of Twilight’

Power Metal Fighter Records Release Date – April 14th 2026 By Smudge Smith Preludio Ancestral are a new name to me even though they’ve been around for twenty years. The project was founded by main man/brain guitarist Leonardo Gatti who also provides bass, keyboards and orchestrations. He did have some help from [more…]

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Metal

Lamb Of God – ‘Into Oblivion’

Metal Century Media Release Date – March 13th, 2026 Review By Smudge Smith Lamb Of God – twenty-five years in existence, Grammy nominations, many highs and lows as any band has, and now this – probably their best work to date. Surprisingly it’s only their tenth album, but there’s a real feeling [more…]

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Metal

Prong – ‘Live And Uncleansed’

Metal Steamhammer Released – March 6th 2026 Review By Smudge Smith Well, crikey. Prong have been around since 1986, and this is only their second live album. Their first was ‘100% Live’ released in 2002 which is when Tommy Victor decided to resurrect the Prong name after throwing his lot in With [more…]

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Metal Singles

Solemn Vision: Despite The Rise of the Sun Review

Solemn Vision; Despite the Rise of the Sun  Review by Lily O’Delia  I’ve always loved bands that aren’t afraid to show their softer side in death metal. You know, the ones that go melodic without turning into something overly polished or saccharine. Solemn Vision nails that delicate balance between melodic and metal on their most recent album Despite the Rise [more…]

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Metal

Lead Injector – ‘Witching Attack’

Thrash Metal High Roller Records 20th,Released – February 20th 2026 Review By Smudge Smith Lead Injector are a blackened thrash trio from Dresden and were formed in 2022, and they are still unfeasibly young. They knocked out a demo in 2024, and on the strength of that, they were given a deal. [more…]

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Metal

Stainless – ‘Lady Of Lust And Steel’

Heavy Rock/Metal High Roller Records Release Date – March 20th, 2026 Review By Smudge Smith 2024: Raging out of Portland, Oregon, comes Stainless, who officially started in 2022, with the members having been in bands throughout the Northwest US metal underground. They released an EP in 2024 and this is their first [more…]

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Metal

Kate’s Acid – ‘Hellbender’

Speed Metal High Roller Records 20th,Release Date – March 20th 2026 Review By Smudge Smith I’m going to show my age. Who remembers the Belgian HM band Acid? They were always in Kerrang! In the early 80s, they pushed out 3 albums between 1982 and 1985, and then they broke up. They [more…]

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Metal News

BLOODSTOCK & TRIVIUM premiere band’s 2025 headline set tonight at 7pm GMT

The horns go up tonight as BLOODSTOCK and TRIVIUM unleash the professionally filmed premiere of the full TRIVIUM headline set from BLOODSTOCK 2025.  Long hailed as Britain’s fiercest independent metal gathering – a pilgrimage for die-hards, riff worshippers and circle-pit lifers alike – BLOODSTOCK has built its reputation on moments that become legend. This is one of them! Florida’s modern metal standard-bearers [more…]

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Metal

Exodus – ‘Goliath’ Album Review

Thrash Metal Napalm Records Release Date – March 20th 2026 Review By Smudge Smith ” Exodus are back, baby! Not only with a bang – a bloody big one but returning singer Rob Dukes has given the performance of a lifetime. In fact, I would say the whole band has stepped up [more…]

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Metal Singles

VCTMS – “devil’s/speak”

A Jace Media Music Review Illinois’ metalcore provocateurs VCTMS return with a scorched-earth single, “devil’s/speak”, a dark, aggressive collision of nu-metal and metalcore that hits like a fist through glass. From the opening riff, the track channels raw intensity and vengeful energy, confronting betrayal head-on while leaving the past dead and buried. [more…]