Category: Review

Review: “RAD To The Bone” by RAD

Taking the original Crossover Skate Thrash sound pioneered by Suicidal Tendencies and building up its foundations with inspirations in classic 80’s Thrash and Hardcore are Brighton Natives RAD. For the past few years they’ve been burning the candle at both ends, playing shows not only in venues but also in skate parks while building their

Review: “May Misery Befall You” by Perpetual Paradox

London Technical Death Metal act Perpetual Paradox have been nothing short of prolific over the past six years so it comes as no surprise that thirteen months after they gave us their debut album “Deathwish“, they’re back once more. Their fifth studio record and fourth extended play is titled “May Misery Befall You” and represents

Review: “To No Avail” by Xenith

In search of a sound that balances a Melodic Death Metal soul with the bite and aggression of Thrash, Xenith began their journey down the left hand path in November 2023 in the city of Manchester. April 2025 saw the arrival of a self titled debut EP however its creation wasn’t without pain as bassist

Review: “Chasing the Wind” by Crucible of Hate

Celebrating a decade of destruction having emerged from their crypts in Lancaster Ohio in 2016, Death Groove powerhouse Crucible of Hate have followed 2023 album “The Unknown Path” with EP “Chasing the Wind“. Exploring the futility of resisting change, the inner turmoil of facing life’s difficult decisions, and other personal struggles, the new material was recorded,

Review: “Deeds of Horror” by Gorge

Where they found the time we’ll never know but it is written that multi instrumentalist and vocalist duo Edoardo Nicoloso (Fulci, Jorelia, TV-Crimes) and Roberto Sava (Jorelia) started new project Gorge in 2025. They did so with the desire to explore Death Metal in its most direct and uncompromising form, drawing inspiration from the raw energy

Review: “Beneath The Sun” by Narrow Path

Hailing from British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, Narrow Path are a Hardcore band for whom the dry hills, heat and dust of their home has become the setting for songs about longing, loss and the things we spend our lives chasing. A record about things that don’t last and the search for something that does “Beneath

Review: “Torn Pages” by Withered Petunia

A third record from Finnish Melodic Death Metal act Withered Petunia finds the band in uncharted territory, exploring the impact of drugs on both individuals and society over a pair of fresh conceptual cuts. Having formed in 2022, the quintet have established their sound with a self titled debut EP in January 2025 and a

Review: “Nuclear Summer” by Contention

“Modernity brings no enlightenment, only more refined methods of annihilation. Annihilation of the enemy. Annihilation of the self. Our leaders have shed their increasingly thin facades of humanity. The masses shamble through life in a drug and media fueled haze. They worship a machine that grinds them to dust and uses them for fuel. Cities

Review: “Shattered Reflection” by Dogtak

Originally formed in 2024 as the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Björn “B.C.” Condon (Northsphere, Arch Angel, Silence After Sunset), it is written upon ancient scrolls that after the release of debut EP “World On Fire” Dogtag became Dogtak with the arrival of bassist Sebastian “Basti” Doell Bass (Crimson Frost, Northsphere, Arch Angel), drummer Gero Samrey (Mainotower, Ridden

Review: “Won’t Be Disgraced” by God’s Hate

They say it pays to expect the unexpected but sometimes there is a sucker punch that you simply didn’t see coming. Having been on hiatus since July 2025 due to vocalist Brody King’s day job as a wrestler in AEW, seemingly from out of nowhere Metallic Hardcore crew God’s Hate appeared at Sound And Fury