Category: Metal

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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…]

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Metal Singles

GODSNAKE – “Lost & Forgotten”

A Jace Media Music Review Hamburg’s melodic thrash contenders GODSNAKE return with a fierce statement of intent in new single “Lost & Forgotten”, the opening salvo from the forthcoming third album Inhale The Noise, due April 17th, 2026 via Massacre Records. From the first riff, the track hits with sharp precision and [more…]

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Metal

Review Skies Turn Black – Vreid

By Kirsty and Alastair Middlemist Having somehow eluded my radar for over two decades, Vreid arrive as a new discovery to me—which makes the fact that Skies Turn Black is their tenth studio album all the more remarkable. Formed in Norway and long established within the black metal scene, the band’s name [more…]

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Metal

Tailgunner – Midnight Blitz album review

ARTIST – TAILGUNNER ALBUM – MIDNIGHT BLITZ REVIEWER – GRAEME WRIGHT I reviewed the debut Tailgunner album ‘Guns For Hire’ back in 2023, and I was hugely positive about it. Old-school metal but with a modern “joie de vivre” and high-quality production, it ultimately ended up as one of my albums of [more…]

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Metal

Rozario – ‘Northern Crusaders’

Heavy Metal Pride And Joy Music Release Date – February 20th, 2026 Review By Smudge Smith Thanks to my partner in metal, Adrian Hextall, I have been subjected… er, I mean, introduced to all things power metal, and I have to say I am thoroughly enjoying the experience. It takes me back [more…]

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Metal

TOWER – Let there be dark review

By Lily O’Delia  If you’ve ever been at one of NYC-based metal band TOWER’s shows, you know the anticipation as they emerge on stage, feel the floor shake beneath you, and fall under their energetic spell. Their energy is raw and captivating. With the release of their latest album, Let There Be Dark, [more…]

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Metal

Album Review Hermano – ‘Clisson, France’

Stoner Ripple Music Released – February 6th 2026 Review By Smudge Smith Here’s the next step of the Hermano legacy. Having attached a couple of tracks from their now legendary appearance at Hellfest in 2016 on last years ‘When The Moon Was High’ Ripple Music have got their weed-soaked mitts on the [more…]

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Metal News

BLOODSTOCK’S WINTER GATHERING returns in December 2026

After an unforgettable debut last year, BLOODSTOCK’S WINTER GATHERING storms back this winter, bringing the spirit of the UK’s premier metal festival indoors once again for a full day of festive heaviness. Returning to take over KK’s Steelmill, Wolverhampton, on Saturday 5th December 2026, this one-day celebration promises towering riffs, intimate chaos, and all the community magic [more…]