Karmanjakah- Diamond Morning (Album Review) May 6, 2026

Diamond Morning
by Karmanjakah

Sweden has had a considerable amount of talent emerge in the progressive metal space over the past decade and a half, with some acts like Vildhjarta even creating their own sub-genres. Stockholm based Karmanjakah has been putting their own spin on things since their self-titled EP in 2016, but while...

Venom- Into Oblivion (Album Review) May 4, 2026

Into Oblivion
by Venom

Venoms legacy on metal is undeniable, but like many bands with a forty-five year plus history theyve had plenty of lineup shifts and offshoots. One of the first major shifts was brought about by Cronos departure following 1987s Calm Before the Storm, which resulted in a three-album run with Demoliti...

Spell- Wretched Heart (Album Review) May 1, 2026

Wretched Heart
by Spell

Canadian heavy metal band Spell has been one of the more exciting in the genre to follow over the past decade, as their sound has morphed from album to album in interesting ways. Whether it was jumping into 70s hard rock and prog for a bit to the more gothic leaning flourishes of 2022s Tragic Magic,...

Crobot- Supermoon (Album Review) April 29, 2026

Supermoon
by Crobot

Crobot has been one of the more consistent bands in the hard rock space over the past fifteen years. Where their earlier material had a noticeably bluesy swagger and even some funk elements, in more recent years things took on a darker tone and even a bit of a metallic slant. 2024s Obsidian represen...

OOIOO & Lightning Bolt- The Horizon Spirals / The Horizon Viral (Album Review) April 27, 2026

The Horizon Spirals / The Horizon Viral
by OOIOO & Lightning Bolt

One of the reasons I like split releases is because they often expose you to artists that you might not have come across previously or presents the bands in completely different ways compared to the rest of their discography. The former is the case for the recently released split between Japans OOIO...

The Prestige- Isthmos (Album Review) April 24, 2026

Isthmos
by The Prestige

When it comes to hardcore, France has had a lot of bands that have taken a noticeably darker tone and infused elements of post metal and sludge/doom into their material. One of the more prominent examples from the past decade and a half is Celeste, whose infusion of black metal and sludge with post ...

Failure- Location Lost (Album Review) April 23, 2026

Location Lost
by Failure

Failures reunion has been one of the most interesting in the alternative rock space. The groups original run in the early to mid-90s may not have been as widely popular as other artists from that time, but the quality of the material gave them increased notoriety in the years that followed. When the...

The Melvins with Napalm Death- Savage Imperial Death March (Album Review) April 20, 2026

Savage Imperial Death March
by The Melvins with Napalm Death

If youve explored any of the Melvins vast discography, youve likely come across one of their splits or collaborative releases. Not only has Buzz Osbourne and company released album after album with different lineups and concepts, but theyve brought in friends and tour mates over the years to shake t...

Mylingar- Út (Album Review) April 17, 2026

Út
by Mylingar

Mylingar has released some of the most twisted and nightmarish black and death metal out there, as their initial trilogy seemed to only get denser with each effort. Their initial trilogy came in rapid succession, as the first EP dropped in 2016 and then the following two albums came out only a year ...

Lividus- Scarabaeus (Album Review) April 15, 2026

Scarabaeus
by Lividus

Lividus material first caught my attention due to the involvement of vocalist Uta Plotkin, whose work in Witch Mountain in the early 2010s was some of my favorite in the doom space at the time thanks to her powerful voice that had a bluesier swagger to it but occasionally shifted to harsher tones. R...

Ordh- Blind in Abyssal Realms (Album Review) April 14, 2026

Blind in Abyssal Realms
by Ordh

Ordh may be a new band, but it has seasoned veterans in its ranks. Formed by two ex-members of progressive/sludge metal group Barishi along with the vocalist of Come to Grief and bassist of KiefCatcher, Ordh takes the progressive foundation of Barishi and heads into death metal territory on their de...

The Arrivals- Payload (Album Review) April 13, 2026

Payload
by The Arrivals

When bands return after a long absence, the results can vary wildly. Sometimes it sounds like the band had never left in the first place and new material has the same urgency and energy as their earlier days, but on the other end of the spectrum are albums that sound either phoned in or try to latch...

Metal Church- Dead To Rights (Album Review) April 9, 2026

Dead To Rights
by Metal Church

Metal Church is an institution within the heavy, power, and thrash metal genres, but compared to some of the others that formed in the early 80s their history has been a bit more fragmented. Not only have there been multiple break-ups and reunions, but the lineups have shifted often enough that ther...

Poison Ruïn- Hymns From The Hills (Album Review) April 3, 2026

Hymns From The Hills
by Poison Ruïn

Deathrock and its adjacent styles have seen a resurgence over the last decade or so, with a lot of musicians from the hardcore and metal spaces creating new projects that explored these elements. Philadelphias Poison Run has established themselves as one of the more exciting bands in the space over ...

deary- Birding (Album Review) April 3, 2026

Birding
by deary

Although they formed during the COVID lockdown in 2020, London based deary sounds like they could have come straight from the early 90s when dream pop and shoegaze were in some of their most formative stages. Their two prior EPs showcased a band that already had a mastery of the type of distortion l...

Knumears- Directions (Album Review) March 31, 2026

Directions
by knumears

Screamo never vanished from the musical landscape, but its gained a lot of additional popularity throughout the 2020s with newer bands offering their unique takes on the style alongside long-established acts. Knumears isnt brand new, as theyve been around since 2018 and started putting material out ...

ADULT. - Kissing Luck Goodbye (Album Review) March 27, 2026

Kissing Luck Goodbye
by ADULT.

When it comes to electronic music, ADULT. has been blazing their own path for close to thirty years. The husband-and-wife duo has taken elements of electroclash, techno, and synthpop and woven a healthy amount of punk and other aggressive/raw styles into their material. Their discography has shifted...

Black Label Society- Engines of Demolition (Album Review) March 26, 2026

Engines of Demolition
by Black Label Society

As they hurtle towards the thirty-year mark, Black Label Society remains a force to be reckoned with when it comes to heavy metal with some healthy doses of southern and blues rock flair. It has been awhile since the groups previous album Doom Crew Inc.back in 2021, as Zakk Wylde has kept himself bu...

Këkht Aräkh- Morning Star (Album Review) March 26, 2026

Morning Star
by Këkht Aräkh

Around the time his sophomore album Pale Swordsman released in 2021, Kkht Arkh experienced what I can best describe as a viral moment. Where most artists that have the same black metal aesthetic and rawer sound qualities stay purposefully underground and obscure, for a period of time it seemed like ...

The Twilight Sad- It's the Long Goodbye (Album Review) March 25, 2026

It's the Long Goodbye
by The Twilight Sad

Scotland has always had some incredible rock music to offer over the decades, and The Twilight Sad emerged as one of the bigger names in the mid-2000s and 2010s. With a sound that was oriented towards layers of distortion and synths, melancholic riffs and accent heavy singing, the group found a spac...
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