4 ★ Coming off their mixed but promising demo, After Winter Comes War , from 2021, Norway's own ABHORRATION have returned with a...

4 ★ After releasing their EP, Rock Knights , at the tail end of 2022, Switzerland's own AMETHYST garnered some deserved success,...

When it comes to Japanese heavy metal, there is one undisputed band considered to be the ultimate king – that band is LOUDNESS. Formed...

As the Cold War started to finally lose steam in the 1980s, bands would start playing into the whole “chaos and destruction” aspect of...

I absolutely love discovering bands like this. Being obscure while having some releases under your belt is one thing, but being obscure...

Formed in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1981, BLOKE would be one of the first (and best) South American bands to fly the flag for heavy...

4 ★ Out of all the promos I got to listen to, this was by far one of my favorites. A fairly new Italian band, DEMON SPELL burst out with...

5 ★ NEED I SAY IT AGAIN – CHILE REIGNS SUPREME. I first heard MAYHEMIC back in 2022 when their newly-released comp The Darkest Age came...

3.5 ★ India isn’t usually a country I think of when heavy metal is mentioned. Perhaps it’s because the Western world has been inundated...

4.5 ★ After bursting onto the Chilean scene back in 2008, CRUSHING BRAIN have been playing their own special brand of brutal thrash...

4.5 ★ Remember a few reviews back when I mentioned Vendel being one of two awesome Russian epic doom bands? Well, this is the other one,...

4.5 ★ After the much beloved Gates Ajar EP in 2018, fans of SABÏRE were expecting a debut full-length to drop fairly soon but after...

4 ★ If you’ve ever wondered what Voivod and Celtic Frost combined would sound like, well, here’s your opportunity to find out....

3.5 ★ As far as crossover goes, I’ll be the first to admit that it tends to be a large gray area for me. It was with this release,...

4 ★ Okay, listen – this one isn’t quite metal, but it’s close and it’s great so cut me some slack. Formed as a one-man solo project in...

4.5 ★ In short, this is the Cavalera brothers re-recording the classic Sepultura album Schizophrenia from 1987... plus one new song....

4 ★ Just when I thought we wouldn’t ever get a new SABBAT album, it appeared like a phantom in the night. The first album since 2011’s...

4 ★ So, you like Candlemass? Well, what if I told you there exists not one, but TWO great epic doom bands from Russia? (This isn’t...

4 ★ The third release from this oddball Finnish band, and also their best so far! First things first, I love the cover art. The green is...

4 ★ Once again – and I’ve said this countless times in the past – Chile delivers the goods. Whether it’s extreme metal, thrash, or trad...