Category: Review

Review: “Unholy Retribution” by Violator

The roots of Brazilian Thrash Metal quartet Violator go back to a 2002 demo titled “Killer Instinct“, the band finally reaching their third full length album with this new burnt offering “Unholy Retribution” some twenty three years later. In between times the band have offered up some sixteen records with various splits, EPs and live

Review: “Harbinger” by Electrocutioner

It is written that the cryptic writings of New York Old School Thrash trio Electrocutioner are the product of decades of underground sensibility, based on a formula of riff-first construction, harsh and abrasive tendencies and a love of the kind of synths found in John Carpenter movie soundtracks. Few who heard their critically acclaimed 2023

Review: “Degeneration Chamber” by Condition Critical

Presenting their Thrash Metal with side orders of violence, gore and medical malpractice has long been the stock in trade for New Jersey Thrash crew Condition Critical. They return with their third album “Degeneration Chamber“, nine long years after their last taped confession in 2016’s the well received “Extermination Plan“ and with time comes change. In

Review: “Rotting Flesh” by Burial Extraction

The past couple of years could be described as nothing short of prolific for Burial Extraction as the Death Metal project hailing from Dallas Texas have released an album in 2023’s “A Shadow of Things to Come“, an EP in 2024’s “Expelled” and now in 2025 a second EP in “Rotting Flesh“. A fruitful collaboration

Review: “A Beginning” by Dreams Of Gray

The vocalist and guitarist of the well respected Abolisher between 1995-2007, Luis Rivera returned as the mastermind of Dreams Of Gray in 2022 and shared the projects debut EP “The World After“ a year later. An artist with a scientific mind as a Family Medicine Physician by trade, his insights into existential grief, how the living cope

Review: “IO” by ten56.

“We wanted to keep exploring the heavy industrial sound that we found on ‘Downer’, but introduce a more structured approach. With our first releases, we were just wanting to make the noisiest, most shocking stuff we could. And on this record, we’ve definitely taken a step back on a couple of songs to allow us

Review: “Random.Access.Misery” by Mélancolia

“We are bringing a fresh sound to an otherwise stale scene, you will not hear what we are doing from anyone else. We are setting the trend as we set the bar for modern heavy music. Love us or hate us, you will f**king remember us.” ~ Mélancolia 

Review: “Deadwired” by Bodyweb

“We still wanted it to sound very human. It had to be well produced but not cold and lifeless. We didn’t use a click track. All guitars were real amps with microphones. We tried to make everything as real and raw as possible, we recorded using all the same gear we use when playing live

Review: “Death Is The Hammer” by Necrokinesis

The story goes that following the breakup of previous project Stereo Nasty after a six year run in 2019, multi instrumentalist and vocalist Adrian Foley needed a creative outlet. Taking the path less travelled he created Necrokinesis to explore his love of the golden eras of Thrash and Death Metal, taking the opportunity to use