Category: Metal

Symphonic Metal Rockshots Records Released – October 24th 2025 Review by Smudge Smith I was lucky enough to have caught Secret Rule at this year’s Masters Of Rock festival. I had limited knowledge of them, but they truly played a blinder, so I asked our esteemed editor if I could be sent [more…]

Review By Ian Walker When your surname is Van Halen, the expectations are colossal. Yet Wolfgang Van Halen has never been content to live in anyone’s shadow. Since launching Mammoth WVH in 2020, he’s built a career that honours his heritage while forging an identity that’s completely his own. With his third [more…]

Genre: MetalLabel: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease Date: October 17th, 2025 Review by Smudge Smith Battle Beast return with ‘Steelbound’, a powerhouse seventh album that cements their reputation as one of Europe’s finest modern metal acts. From razor-sharp riffs to disco-metal grooves, Noora Louhimo and company deliver another adrenaline-charged masterpiece. If there’s one band [more…]

Supernaughty – ‘Apocalypso’ Stoner Ripple Music Released – August 22nd 2025 Review By Smudge Smith Supernaughty are from Livorno, Italy, and have been around since 2014, and they have toured with the likes of High On Fire and Nebula. The band comprises Angelo Fagni (guitar/vocals), Filippo Del Bimbo (guitar), Luca Raffoni (bass) [more…]

Review By Glen Parkes There are few names in metal that carry the kind of raw, spiritual power that Max Cavalera’s does. From his early days igniting Sepultura’s furious rise, through the primal chaos of Nailbomb and the global awakening that was Soulfly’s debut, Cavalera has never lost his fire. Now, with [more…]

Testament – ‘Para Bellum’ Thrash Metal Nuclear Blast Records Release Date – October 10th 2025 Review By Smudge Smith Has it really been 5 years since Testament’s last album, ‘Titans Of Creation’? They went in a more progressive direction on ‘Titans of Creation’, but on this one they have gone more extreme [more…]

Thrash Metal Massacre Records Release Date – September 26th 2025 Review By Smudge Smith No, not THE Darkness! This is Darkness, the German old-school thrash mob who have been going for over forty years. They proudly carry the torch and decided to re-record some of their earliest songs which appeared on demos [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Fury are a Thrash / Metal band from Worcester, West Midlands, England who originally formed in 2010. The band have given us 16 Singles, 2 EP’s, 1 Live Album & 5 studio Albums which includes their blistering brand new offering Interceptor. The band are regular favourites on the [more…]

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…]