Category: Review

Review: “Le champ des possibles” by Solitone

“We started this band more than 10 years ago, and during all this time we saw the world evolve. Even if the first Solitone EPs were already relatively political, today we reached a point where we think that from our privileged positions, we can no longer afford to stay evasive at best, silent at worst.

Review: “Horror Tales” by Bid Zogo

Haunting the halls of Milan for the past twenty five years, Bid Zogo are a Metal band who love nothing more than to hang around the graveyard at midnight, digging up corpses for fun. As it happens you might know them by the trail of the dead, former members including Richard Meiz (Lacuna Coil) and

Review: “Eradication Protocol” by I Am Mook

How I Am Mook are able to be as prolific as they are is a mystery that has got Jessica Fletcher stumped but Columbo is on the case. Breaking it down to the bare essentials, the Jacksonville North Carolina based Deathcore quartet gave us EP “Hollow Allegory” on 6th February and now return like a

Review: “I Felt Nothing” by If I Die Today

Describing themselves simply as four friends trying to play as hard and as loud as they can, Italian Post-Hardcore crew If I Die Today have been blazing a trail across skies over Europe and Russia over the past two decades, sharing stages with everyone from The Dillinger Escape Plan and Every Time I Die to

Review: “No Light Shall Remain” by Warthrash

“The songwriting process for this album had two key elements. First, the addition of myself on second guitar brought new ideas and textures to the band’s sound. Second, we wanted to stay true to our identity while pushing beyond what we had done on our previous EP. We didn’t rush the process at all. We

Review: “Led Into Oblivion” by Scordatura

“We started writing the music for ‘Led Into Oblivion’ in 2021 knowing what we wanted to refine from previous releases. This is definitely the most focused record we have done to date, we spent a long time arranging the music and lyrics to ensure it is concise and to the point, with any fat stripped

Review: “Demonetization” by Iron Reagan

“Very excited to release new music with the original Iron Reagan lineup. This is the first time we’ve released something with Paul since 2014 (Exhumed Split). This is some of our strongest/heaviest material we’ve done to date. Looking forward to getting back on the road with these guys and seeing everybody.” ~ Tony Foresta

Review: “Curse of the Black Mist” by Characith

Just five months after they released their first demo “Fairest She“, Polish Black Metal act Characith returned with a second burnt offering in “Curse of the Black Mist“. Citing influences from the 90’s second wave of Northern European Black Metal and in particular Dissection, Immortal and Marduk, the quartet who hail from the city of Poznań

Review: “Fairest She” by Characith

Musing on themes of Anti-Cosmic Satanism, Characith are a Polish Black Metal band hailing from the city of Poznań. Founded in 2025 by guitarist and vocalist Wojciech Majchrzak and guitarist Piotr Melcer, a pair known for their parts in Speed Metal merchants Bömbardiër and Death Thrash act Manhünt respectively. The evil duo were initially joined

Review: “Parasite Dream” by Prompts

For the past fourteen years Japanese purveyors of Heavy Progressive Melodic Groove Prompts have been establishing themselves as a force to be reckoned with, sharing stages with the likes of Kublai Khan, Parkway Drive, Crossfaith and Stray From The Path to name but a few. Having escaped from the Tokyo underground scene they made their