Album Reviews

20 years since the release of their debut album and 20 million worldwide sales later, Godsmack are an even stronger animal than before. The proof is in the grooves of When Legends Rise, their first studio outing in four years.
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Toundra is back with another token of progressive post-rock creativity. A must for fans of Ohgod and Russian Circles... But mostly of Toundra!
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Start your engines, ladies and gentlemen: nothing`s off limits for Welsh ragga rock / metal pioneers Skindred and their seventh album Big Tings! Roaring and pounding, big sounding, groovy as hell !!!
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Finland's most depressed band have returned, sending shivers down your spine and exploring new levels of intensity. A must-have for lovers of DSBM, blackgaze and atmospheric post-black metal!
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Heavy metal with its arms and legs into many more genres.
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‘Frightened’ is an altogether different beast from the satanic blackened death that Akercocke is known for, although not particularly more optimistic.
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Vargrav has crafted an outstanding debut and Netherstorm grips the sombre spirit of the winter.
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The new album certainly excels over its predecessors and proves that the youngsters of Skeletal Remains understand the core of death metal music.
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After a noisy instrumental interlude the music shifts towards a more shoegazy style that is not a million miles away from My Bloody Valentine or closer to home, Alcest, if you’d like.
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Their full length was four years in the making and marks a significant progress over their initial EP ‘ Gehenna’, which was a bold foray into a particularly bleak style of progressive rock that took its cues from both Pink Floyd as the classic wave bands from the eighties
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