195 metal CDs

Layover—Your Laughter Never Leaves EP (2018)

85%—If you give this EP some careful attention it will give you back a lot more than you initially expect. Dismiss it as just another disposable emo pop-punk release at your peril.

Heavy metal

Cove—A Conscious Motion EP (2018)

80%—This EP has integrity and personality and if that's any indication of the quality of music we should expect to hear from Cove in the future then British metal fans definitely have something good to look forward to.

Black

Vehement—Ashes (2017)

80%—There isn't anything particularly revolutionary about this album—Vehement play authentic, straight-up black metal but they do it well and with enough variation and ideas thrown into each song to keep me coming back.

Alternative

Screech Bats—Wish You Were Her (2018) EP

95%—This is a gorgeous EP. Five perfectly crafted pop-punk songs that balance melody with raw energy. This is a band that sounds fresh and relevant.

Black

King Leviathan—Paean Heretica (2017)

95%—This album is a journey. I feel both exhilarated and exhausted at the end of it. It is a dark, heavy, and brooding journey through themes of loss, abandonment, slavery and life beyond death.

Heavy metal

Goya—Kathmandu EP (2017)

98%—There is an honesty about this music that somehow makes it feel like it's been the soundtrack to my life that I've not heard until now.

Doom

Thuum—Through Smoke, Comes Fire EP (2018) PREVIEW

98%—Wow! This is a near-perfect debut EP: precision crafted doom/sludge metal from the deep south (of England). I want to hear more.

Black

VIDEO: Triptykon—Shatter

Triptykon, Thomas Gabriel’s musical home post-Celtic Frost is one powerful band. Shatter, from the Shatter EP, is an amazing slab of heavy, experimental metal very much in the vein of […]

Avant-garde

Martin Eric Ain (1967–2017) RIP

I felt so sad today learning of the untimely and sudden death yesterday of Martin Eric Ain, the former bassist of Celtic Frost and Hellhammer. He was only 50 years […]

Alternative

VIDEO: Thumpermonkey—”Tzizimime” from Electricity (2017)

I’m loving this new track from Thumpermonkey, “Tzizimime” taken from Electricity, […]

Alternative

PREVIEW: Klogr—Keystone (2017)

About KLOGR release their third studio album ‘Keystone’ (mixed by Grammy winning producer David Bottrill (Stone Sour, Muse, Rush, Tool and more) on Friday 6 October 2017 via Zeta Factory […]

Alternative

Klogr—Sleeping Through The Seasons (video)

Ahead of their forthcoming album Keystone which will be released on 6th October via Zeta Factory / PHD (review to follow shortly), Italian-American alternative rock/metal band Klogr have released a music […]

Experimental

PREVIEW: Haema—Insurrection EP (2017)

About Debut EP recorded at Initiate Audio & Media by Neil Hudson (Krysthla/Gutworm). Originally due for release in July 2017, but on 7 August Haema announced on their Facebook page […]

Heavy metal

PREVIEW: From Eden to Exile—Modern Disdain (2017)

Details Debut album produced by Neil Hudson (Krysthla/Gutworm) at Initiate […]

Alternative

PREVIEW: Death Blooms—Death Blooms EP (2017)

There is a vitality, a freshness and a sense of urgency about Death Blooms' music that I really like.

Death

Krysthla—The minor mystery of death (official music video)

UK death metal band Krysthla are preparing for the release […]

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