Category: Metal

Fantasy Doom King Volume Records Release Date – September 19th 2025 Review By Smudge Smith Castle Rat are a new name to me. They are led by the Rat Queen otherwise known as Riley Pinkerton and her mission is to expand and defend her realm from those who would seek to destroy [more…]

Stoner Ripple Music Review By Smudge Smith Release Date – August 8th 2025 I have said this before – I consider myself extremely lucky to be doing this reviewing thing and I’m feeling extra lucky this month. I was first introduced to Borracho – which means drunk in Spanish – from their [more…]

Punk Metal Pit Records Review By Smudge Smith Release date – July 25th 2025 Lock up your daughter’s – lock up your wife – lock up your pets because GWAR are back and they’re looking for Gor-Gor a three-ton Tyrannosaurus Rex which was the pet of former singer Oderus Urungus. The pet [more…]

REVIEWER – GRAEME WRIGHT Fury have been around since 2010 and have had more than a few changes to their line-up over the years. Their last album ‘Born To Sin’ was excellent, and I had high hopes for this one after after hearing the first single and title track ‘Interceptor’, which was [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Burning Witches are a power / metal quintet from Brugg, Aargau, Switzerland who were founded by rhythm guitarist Romana Kalkuhl in 2015. Romana was originally shredding with Atlas & Axis but always had a yearning to form an all female rock band, although they are from Switzerland there [more…]

Review By Ian Walker There’s heavy, and then there’s Low Demon—the kind of record that doesn’t just pummel the senses but swallows them whole. STOMACH, the Chicago-based trio born of nihilistic fury and sonic extremity, return with their second LP and take sludge metal to a new nadir of pure, unrelenting filth. [more…]

Power Metal Napalm Records Release Date – July 4th 2025 Warkings return after three years. They’ve been on a crusade to spread the word of power metal around the world and here are the stories of that crusade. They have brought back plunder, riches and new friends such as Dominum and Subway [more…]

Power Metal Reigning Phoenix Music Release Date – September 5th 2025 Review Smudge German Power Metal legends Primal Fear return after some wholesale changes last year. Out went guitarists Tom Naumann and Alex Beyrodt, touring bassist Alex Janssen and drummer Michael Ehre, which basically left singer Ralf Scheepers. Guitarist Magnus Karlsson who [more…]

Review By Ian Walker After a seven-year hiatus, 16Volt returns from the static with More Of Less, a thunderous statement of intent released via Metropolis Records on July 25th, 2025. This is not just a comeback album—it’s a rebooted surge of industrial defiance, a record that blends rage, reflection, and reinvention. Eric [more…]

Review By Ian Walker Out 11 July via Mascot Records, Calva Louise’s new album is a genre-defying, multidimensional sonic odyssey. Calva Louise have never been a band content with the ordinary, and on their latest release, Edge of the Abyss, they don’t just push boundaries — they demolish them. The British-based trio [more…]

By Ian Walker Poison the Preacher  aren’t just another band looking to make noise—they’re here to ignite a movement. With their debut album Vs The World released on May 23, 2025 via Seek and Strike Records, the Bogotá-based quartet crash through genre walls with both fists swinging. It’s a mission statement drenched [more…]

Review By Ian Walker In a world where genre lines blur and geographical borders dissolve in the digital ether, it’s bands like Mission Jupiter that remind us of rock’s power to both transcend and transform. Hailing from Minsk, Belarus, this alternative metal collective has flown just under the radar—until now. With their [more…]