Category: Metal Is Good and Stuff

  • A review that acts as a part two from The previous review done by Metal Is Good And Stuff that you can read here. Melodic Death Metal Sweden/USA Released 13th February, 2026 Rogga Johansson barely stops for breath before teaming…

    eye of purgatory- darkborne (album) review
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • After reviewing Black Talons long awaited 2nd album (HERE) Mat caught up with Rory for a chat about all things Scenes Of Agony Hot on the heels of listening to (and enjoying) BLACK TALON’s upcoming second full length, SCENES OF…

    Interview – Rory – Black Talon