Category: Review
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Sludge Metal/Hardcore UK Released 3rd of July, 2026. The Manchester miscreants maintain momentum since mild moniker metamorphosis. It wasn’t very long since seeing NXMAD live and it was the day after this album came out. I didn’t get a chance…
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Death Metal USA Released 26th June, 2026 Where have I been all my life, under a rock?That’s not particularly true. I did, at one point, give their cracking 2011 album, Goat, a few spins way back in the day, but…
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Thrash Metal UK Releasing 17th July There is something truly gratifying following an underground band and seeing, in real time, their rise in fame.I’ve been into this stuff called metal since the 1980s and watched some of the biggest acts…
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A review by Gioia – Six years since their last release, following 2020’s Palingenesis, Embodiment officially return with their new EP: Cryptomorph. The opening track, “Jeopardy in Idolatry”, which I previously reviewed, sets the tone with a strong mix of…
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Technical Death Metal USA Releasing 17th July, 2026. If you happen to be a metal band from the Maine/New Hampshire area of the USA, you need to be aware of two things… First, know that you are within the trifecta…
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Thrash Metal USA Released 12th of July The Maryland mechanics of mutogenic metal mete out more maniacal music. Call it fate, providence, or just blind luck but earlier in June, I saw Voivod play a stellar set in London’s Camden…
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Heavy Metal UK Released 2nd of June, 2026 The Watford Warriors return with a riotous return to rock’s roots while rewriting rules. Traditional metal never went away. It slunk back into the recesses of metal at large while the…
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A review by Gioia – London thrash metal group Day 40 return with PHENOMENON, their long awaited second full length album, and the result is a relentless display of speed, aggression, and melody that proves the band has lost none…
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A review by Gioia – Collapse The Sky is a metalcore band from Norfolk, and they’ve just released their new single, Welcome | Death, alongside a dark, synth-inspired video that perfectly matches the atmosphere of the track. The intro immediately…
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Death/Groove metal USA Released 8th of May, 2026 I’m not sure that I should review this, JUNGLE ROT’s twelfth studio album. Ever since I first heard their 2015 album, Order Shall Prevail, it’s been a jolly little jaunt through their…
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