Tag: metal

  • 10th of July, 2026 Metal Is Good & Stuff once again struggled the summer bars of London to see US alt-metal stalwarts, MUSHROOMHEAD play live, with London thrash workhorses HELGRIND offering surprise support… If there is one take away from…

    caught live- mushroomhead, helgrind @ o2, islington
  • Death Metal USA Released 17th of July, 2026 The supergroup made of performers of a veritable who’s who of classic death metal honour the earliest offerings of the late, great statesman, Mr Chuck Schuldiner himself. TRIBUTE. In the metal world,…

    left to die- initium mortis (album) review
  • NWOTHM/Speed Metal France Released 10th of July, 2026 Apart from the elephant (or more metaphorically, the whale) in the room, French metal doesn’t get to come by me that much. Even though the wealth of artists from across the Channel…

    iron slaught- metallic torments (album) review
  • Deathcore UK Releasing 7th August, 2026 The lovely people at DC SOUND ATTACK sent me a preview copy of the new EP by Midland’s maniacs SUFFER, and it would be remiss of me not to share some thoughts… In the…

    suffer (uk)- soul from flesh (ep) review
  • With STRUCK/DOWN, REAPER & THEM BLOODY KIDS 24th July, 2026 (WITH HUGE APOLGIES FOR THE POOR PHOTOGRAPHY. A PROPER CAMERA IS BEING SOURCED FOR FUTURE ENDEAVOURS) Considering that we are in the middle of festival season, it is still a…

    caught live- imperium @ the black heart, camden
  •   with THE SLAUGHTERING, GRAVELESS & CARIAD Camden, London 11th July, 2026. Let’s hear it for the summer months. It seems that gigs come at you from every direction, when the truth of the matter is, you just want to…

    caught live- Symbyote @ the dev
  • 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…

    nunslaughter- satanic chaos legions (album) review
  • 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…

    imperium- imperium (album) review
  • 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…

    ethereal rot- ethereal rot (album) review