Category: Metal

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Metal

Wolftooth – ‘Wizard’s Light’ Review

Heavy Metal Ripple Music Release Date – November 21st, 2025 Review By Smudge Smith It looks like Wolftooth are quite the deal. Having formed in 2017, they knocked out an EP which got them a label, and their second release hit number seven in the doom charts before their third album hit [more…]

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Live Reviews Metal

Disturbed bring The Sickness to London

Words by Dave Martin/Photos by Louise Phillips Disturbed have embarked on a 25th anniversary tour for their inaugural album, The Sickness. Accompanying them are thrash legends Megadeth, who recently announced their retirement next year.  The two groups take to the O2 stage with London being the penultimate leg of the European tour. [more…]

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Metal Singles

 THE LAST BASTION: Legion Of The Damned

Review By Smudge Smith A Thunderous Rally Cry from Newcastle’s New Gatekeepers In Legion Of The Damned, THE LAST BASTION delivers more than just a single; they deliver a battle cry. Hailing from Newcastle upon Tyne, this rising UK heavy metal force steps onto the stage with a confidence born of a [more…]

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Metal

Secret Rule – ‘X’ Album review

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…]

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Metal

Battle Beast – ‘Steelbound’: A Fiery Fusion of Power, Melody, and Unstoppable Energy

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…]

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Metal

Supernaughty – ‘Apocalypso’ Album Review

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…]

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Metal

SOULFLY – CHAMA: The Flame That Never Dies

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…]

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Metal

Testament – ‘Para Bellum’ Album Review

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…]

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Metal

Darkness – ‘Death Squad Chronicles’

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…]