Category: Review

Review: “Eldhav” by Hämnd

Depicting the flow of a river of molten lava as it escapes from a magma chamber below the Earth’s surface before it hardens to become obsidian, the cover art of “Eldhav” is a classic piece of imagery. Rising from those smouldering embers that flow down the mountain that is the Swedish underground Metal scene having

Review: “The Fear” by Ashen Reach

Formed five years ago in Liverpool, Alternative Metal act Ashen Reach spent a year honing their sound before announcing their existence with debut album “Homecoming“. That record was so well received that it opened doors for festival appearances at the likes of Call of the Wild as well as support slots for Phil Campbell and

Review: “Act Of Malice” by Fracture Point

Armed for the apocalypse with lyrical themes of war, violence and mental health struggles along with influences from graphic novels, London based Fracture Point formed in 2018 using old school Thrash with Groove Metal and Hardcore. Announcing themselves to an unsuspecting world like a brick through a butchers shop window, their debut EP “Mind Affliction”

Review: “Death Is But A Door” by Alluvial

After an instrumental debut album “The Deep Longing for Annihilation” was released back in 2017 it didn’t feel like there would be much more on the horizon from Alluvial but as it turns out guitarist Wes Hauch had other ideas. A musician known for his roles in Black Crown Initiate and The Faceless as well has

Review: “Ruin” by Wounds

Five years after their debut EP “Light Eater” dredged up the ocean floor, Chicago natives Wounds have a debut album in the offering that threatens to split tectonic plates. Tracked and mixed by Paul Aluculesei (Outrun The Sunlight, Warforged, Through The Eyes Of The Dead) before being mastered by the band themselves, the record is one

Review: “Chasing Euphoria” by Lutharö

Produced by Lasse Lammert of LSD Studios (Alestorm, Gloryhammer, Svartsot), wrapped in striking cover art from Niklas Sundin (Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, Delain) and embellished by orchestral arrangements from Elliot Vernon (Alestorm), “Chasing Euphoria” brings to a close the first decade of the life of Canadian Melodic Metal band Lutharö. Formed in 2014, vocalist Krista

Review: “Drowning” by Indevth

“Nothing is permanent, there is only agony in the end” was the bleak tagline that accompanied the debut album “Cold” from Nu-Metalcore outfit Indevth back in 2021. The band had inked a deal with Famined Records for the release and issued no less than four pre-release singles as they created a blueprint for world domination

Review: “Earth Mover” by Callous Hands (3rd Anniversary)

Stepping into the DeLorean beside Doc Brown, we hit 85 miles per hour and heading back to review a record which took Coventry Groove Metal beasts Callous Hands to the New Blood stage at Bloodstock having finished as runners up in Metal 2 The Masses. Recorded with Neil Hudson (Phobetor, Disinherit, From Eden To Exile)

Review: “Still Offensive” by Neid

“This EP is a tribute to a musically prolific decade, the one that goes from 1990 to early 2000s, which in our humble opinion has been overlooked for a long time, unlike the acclaimed 80’s! We feel connected to the 90’s for many reasons, mostly because some of us took our first steps in that

Review: “Anomalia” by Agremorta

A blend of Alternative, Industrial and Progressive Metal, “Anomalia” is a concept record that combines an imaginative short story with sonic oblivion as the road to hell paved with good intention. It is the first creation of Agremorta, an outfit who compromise Macedonian multi instrumentalist Nikola Stanojkovski and American vocalist Christopher Cronce that came to