Category: Metal

Review by glen parkes Paleface Swiss close out 2025 with a clenched fist and a cracked heart, delivering The Wilted EP – a release that captures a band running on fumes, staring down burnout, and refusing to break. After a year that saw them bulldoze stages across Europe, the US, and Australia—with [more…]

Wisconsin Death Trip (25th Anniversary Corrosive Edition) Label: Otsego Entertainment Release Date: 12 December 2025 Review done by Glen Static-X’s debut Wisconsin Death Trip is one of the most recognisable industrial metal albums of the late ’90s, and this new 25th Anniversary Corrosive Edition brings it back with more detail, power and [more…]

THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL REVIEWER – GRAEME WRIGHT I’m an agnostic, and people always ask me why I love Stryper so much even though I’m not a Christian. Well, to be honest, I love Black Metal and Death Metal as well, but I don’t spend my Sunday evenings burning down churches [more…]

Skull And Crossbones – ‘Time’ Power Metal Massacre Records Release Date – November 14th, 2025 Review By Smudge Smith Screaming out of Germany come Skull And Crossbones with their sophomore effort. Having not heard the debut, I cannot comment, but I will be getting hold of it asap. Born out of loads [more…]

N.Y.C – ‘Built To Destroy’ Hard Rock Adrenalizing Media Network Release Date – November 14th 2025 Review By Smudge Smith Well, here’s a thing and a very welcome surprise. Tommy Bolan the axeman that did Warlock’s legendary ‘Triumph And Agony’ has roped in a couple of mates, basically Metal Church’s awesome rhythm [more…]

Metal Independent Release Release Date – November 14th, 2025 Review By Smudge Smith It was Saturday, 1st June 2025, in a tent in Lincoln that I first witnessed Eld Varg. The tent housed one of the bars at the Call of the Wild festival. I was thirsty, so I had a pint [more…]

Review by Glen Parkes for Jace Media Music With Forgotten Reveries, French progressive power metal outfit Darktribe deliver an album that is as intelligent as it is immersive — a swirling, multi-dimensional journey through the human condition. Known for their fusion of melodic precision, technical prowess, and lyrical depth, the band have [more…]

New Metal Sumerian Records 21st,Release Date – November 21st 2025 Review By Smudge Smith I can’t relate much to The Pretty Wild. All I know is that sisters Jules and Jyl are the singers, and they really don’t have any boundaries when it comes to making music. They say that this, their [more…]