• Death Metal Sweden Released 5th February, 2026 You have to hand it to Rogga Johansson and the amount of bands and projects he is connected with. The man has got more fingers in more pies than Sweeney Todd’s basement. I’m…

    paganizer- as mankind rots (album) review
  • Stoner/psychedelic Metal UK Released 30th January, 2026 The third album from the Oxford quartet offers something a bit more highbrow from their previous ventures. Coming from such an established university city, one may be mistaken that metal would be a…

    indica blues – universal heat death (album) review
  •   20th February, 2026Camden Town, London As the winter is dragging it’s damp heels, it came as a sweet relief to find The Dev pub toasty warm. We can imagine that temperatures will only rise tonight as we came to…

    struck a nerve (live) at the dev
  • A review by Gioia – Napierdalac launch into 2026 by revisiting their debut single, Feasting Upon the Corpse of the Lord. It feels less like a simple re-release and more like a deliberate sharpening of a track that clearly matters…

    NAPIERDALAC – Feasting Upon the Corpse of the Lord (Single Remade!) Review
  • Death Metal Japan Released 26th January, 2026  The Nagano City natives have made a bold choice for their second album, NOCTURNAL VISIONS. Where INVICTUS’ 2020 debut was a hammer to the face in brutal death metal with a dark, thrash…

    invictus-nocturnal visions (album) review
  •  Death/Groove Metal Poland Released 30th January, 2026  Ah, the mega highway that is “groove”. Where does one definitively put a finger on that term in terms of metal music?  It seems absolutely anywhere and everywhere, but things get blurry when defining it…

    banisher – metamorphosis (album) review
  •    Psychedelic/Stoner Rock New Zealand Released 30th January  2026  For a band coming from such a green and temperate island, they certainly have some desert dust in their boots.  The four piece hailing from the capital of Wellington have followed up…

    planet hunter – soothsayer (album) review
  • A Review by Gioia – Terramorta return with The Fading Lumina’s Embrace, a confident step into a more focused blend of black, death, and symphonic metal. The album is cinematic and atmospheric, balancing brutality with orchestral depth and a strong sense…

    TERRAMORTA – The Fading Lumina’s Embrace (Album) Review
  • Gothic Death Metal Netherlands Released 19th January, 2026 The Groningen quintet galvanise their gothic sound with album number 2. Although, technically this is SAD WHISPERINGS first proper album, it’s only a name change from The Bleeding (and the odd replacing…

    SAD WHISPERINGS – THE HERMIT (ALBUM) REVIEW
  • Death/Thrash MetalSwitzerland Released 16th January, 2026 on Testimony Records It must be a great and proud moment when you release an album. That hard slog writing, rehearsing and getting it down perfect for, not just the fans, but also an…

    Review – Total Annihilation – Mountains Of Madnesss