• Heavy Metal  Canada Releasing 6th of June, 2026 Considering the herculean effort the band put into the NWOTHM article a little while back, it’s only fair that I share with you all some insight into the latest album from IRON…

    iron kingdom shadows and dust (album) review
  • Thrash Metal  Uk Released 15th of May, 2026 Where does one begin..?I think we need to give this some context before diving into the latest album from the least likely of heroes from Harrogate. Let’s be honest. I’m going to…

    acid reign- daze of the week (album) review
  • Heavy Metal  UK Released 1st of May, 2026 It is with no hesitation or doubt that VENOM are among the most influential bands in extreme metal. Although it is through no effort of the Newcastle legends themselves, theirs is a…

    venom- into oblivion (album) review
  • HALBERD, SLAVE STEEL, FALL OF SATURN, AGGRO, DAY 40, OATH, TALES OF PERDITION, SLAUGHTER THEORY at THE IMPERIAL PALACE OF BIG RED, LONDON 24th of May, 2026 Metal Is Good & Stuff suffered the UK May heatwave to see eight…

    caught live- the big red bank holiday massacre
  • Thrash Metal  UK Releasing 29th of May 2026 The Manchester mosh merchants maintain momentum mixing maladies with melodies. As a race, us humans are a delicate breed. If not for what we invent, we are doomed in our own fragility.…

    beyond salvation- the final nail (album) preview
  • Melodic Death Metal Sweden Released 24th of April, 2026 This is one of the most difficult reviews to write for what it represents, yet also one of the easiest for what it contains.AT THE GATES are one of an extremely…

    at the gates-the ghost of a future dead (album) review
  • Thrash Metal UK Released 22nd of May, 2026 It’s been nearly a year since London’s lords of loud released the album CHESS WITH THE REAPER, and it feels much sooner. Such is the HALBERD sound, there is a timeless quality…

    halberd- attention please!- (ep) review
  • A review by Gioia – Divinator is a metal band from Derby that recently released a new EP called Celestial Death that brings us an aggressive, raw death metal sound with some groove and hardcore influence. Wither, the first song,…

    DIVINATOR – Celestial Death (EP) Review
  • Technical Death Metal Canada Released 10th of April, 2026 The Vancouver vandals violently vent volume V. The British Columbian quintet made a bold quest completing this brutalistic consolidated compilation. After four albums under the wing of Season of Mist records,…

    archspire- too fast to die (album) review
  • Thrash/Heavy Metal USA Released 10th of April, 2026 There are many a band from the 1980s that have maintained a cult following yet not quite breaking into the “big leagues”, but very few control a level of reverence and respect…

    metal church- dead to rights (album) review