Category: Review

Review: “Slave Machine” by Nervosa

As we reach the sweet sixteenth year in the existence of Brazilian Death Thrash overloads Nervosa it seems like a great time for them to give us their sixth studio album “Slave Machine“. Once again produced by Martin Furia (Sisters of Suffocation, Howler, Chemicide) of German legends Destruction, the band seeking once more to bridge the

Review: “Exhumation Evilean” by Evilean

Brutally exhumed in MMXXVI in Sydney Australia, Evilean are a band who pay homage to the 90’s Death Metal sound while delivering lyrical narratives from a female perspective. Reversing the flow of traditional power dynamics, embracing chaos, annihilation and retribution in unflinching fashion, it is written on ancient scrolls that their purpose is to evoke

Review: “Crown Of Flies” by Relic

Recorded at Belle City Sound in Racine Wisconsin in November 2025 with Produced by Chris Wisco (Novembers Doom, Morbid Saint, Casket Robbery) before being mixed and mastered by Billy Diamond, the first taped confession from Milwaukee Blackened Death Metal quartet Relic is called “Crown Of Flies“. It’s the work of a collection of veterans of the

Review: “NTRL” by Millhaven

After a decade of aggression in 2023 Belgian Melodic Death Metal act The Curse of Millhaven changed their name to Millhaven before unleashing album “Dualism” a year later. At the time, nothing else had changed however two years on original vocalist Jasper Lobelle has stepped down, the void filled by former Corpse Mutilation  frontman Kevin

Review: “Merely Mortal” by ForeignWolf

“This EP is about the parts of being human we don’t always talk about. It looks at self-doubt, fear, emotional dependency, and the connections we struggle to let go of. We wanted to capture what it feels like to be trying to grow while still feeling fragile and imperfect.” ~ ForeignWolf

Review: “Deceit And Misery” by Iron Slug

Produced by long-term collaborator Jason Frye (Allfather, Jøtnarr, Erth Altr) a third record from Iron Slug finds them offering more in the way of Doom fuelled Sludge Metal across five mammoth tracks that represents thirty eight minutes of crushing heaviness. Adorned by artwork from Black Crow White (Death Island, Extinction A.D., Nuclear Desolation), the bands

Review: “Love Overdrive” by Total Maniac

The story goes that back in 2018 members of Nux Vomica, Deathammer and Raw Filth wanted to forge a sound that brought together their mutual love of 80’s Metal with Rock n’ Roll swagger and Punk grit, citing influences in the likes of Motörhead and Venom. A year later they released their first demo as Total Maniac and would go

Review: “Hate Reactor” by Divine Chaos

Having had the pleasure of witnessing United Kingdom 7 String Thrash machine Divine Chaos not once but twice as Rabidfest headliners it’s safe to say that we have a certain respect for the five piece. Their last album, 2020’s well received “The Way To Oblivion” is an absolute masterclass in devastating hooks and rhythmic intensity

Review: “Prophecies of Eternal Horror” by Highgate

Seven long years after they released a cover of the Darkthrone classic “The Hordes of Nebula” it seems the hills still have eyes for Florence Kentucky Blackened Sludge Doom trio Highgate. As a band they released their first three albums and a split, all of which muse on themes of apocalypse, nuclear war, drugs and

Review: “Make Them Pay” by Emergency Broadcast

A Vegan Straight-Edge Harcore quartet who were originally based in Istanbul Turkey before  relocating to London England in 2023, Emergency Broadcast have been around for the better part of fifteen years. They dropped their first single in January 2012 with “We Took Control” and taking a DIY or DIE approach they have never looked back,