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Morgul Blade - Heavy Metal Wraiths (2024)
★★★★ With a unique blend of heavy metal, power metal, and black metal, comes the second full-length from MORGUL BLADE. I was a pretty big...
Akira Nakamura
May 9, 20241 min read


Dolmen Gate - Gateways of Eternity (2024)
★★★★ After listening to their EP from last year, I was excited for this band and what they’d have to offer next. Well, lo and behold,...
Akira Nakamura
May 9, 20241 min read


Górgona - Górgona (2024)
★★★★ I’d known of these guys for a little bit, but never really gave them much attention since, to my knowledge, all they had out was a...
Antonio Muñoz
May 9, 20241 min read


Vulture - Sentinels (2024)
★★★ Having not been impressed by anything VULTURE have done since their 2017 album The Guillotine, I didn’t exactly have high hopes for a...
Will Nachand
May 9, 20241 min read


Tarot - Glimpse of the Dawn (2024)
★★★★★ I have been waiting for this release for what seems like ages, and man oh man, did TAROT deliver. I’m a massive fan of their 2016...
Tyler Rodriguez
May 9, 20241 min read


Castle Rat - Into the Realm (2024)
★★ I’ve tried for a long while to understand the appeal of this band. I’ve watched live footage, read reviews of their shows, and...
Akira Nakamura
May 9, 20241 min read


Acid Mammoth - Supersonic Megafauna Collision (2024)
★★★★ Slow, grimy, and dark – what more could you ask for from a stoner band? Well, Greek stoner/doom-metallers ACID MAMMOTH are here to...
Antonio Muñoz
May 9, 20241 min read


Pectora - Twilight Knights (2024)
★★★ Initially intrigued by the badass fantasy art, I gave this one a listen – optimistic, but still having some doubts and in the end, I...
Will Nachand
May 9, 20241 min read


Severe Overbite - Severe Overbite (2024)
★★ With all songs originally written in the 1980s, childhood friends Håkan Mårtensson and Jonas Öhlund would join forces in 2022 to begin...
Tyler Rodriguez
May 9, 20241 min read


Friends of Hell - God Damned You to Hell (2024)
★★ Back when FRIENDS OF HELL came on the scene a few years ago, they released a great record with a brilliant traditional metal sound....
Marc Janssens
May 9, 20241 min read
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Blood Offer - Into Evil Rites [EP] (2024)
★★★ Now, this little Italian death/thrash act has only been around since 2022, but in that time I would have expected them to write and...
Akira Nakamura
May 9, 20241 min read


Critical Defiance - The Search Won’t Fall... (2024)
★★★★★ If I were a gambling man, I think I’d bet on Chile being the single country that always delivers when it comes to metal. In the...
Antonio Muñoz
May 9, 20241 min read


Killer - Wall of Sound (1982)
Killer is one of those bands you rarely see mentioned despite their enormous impact on the European metal scene in the early 1980s....
Will Nachand
May 9, 20242 min read


Blood Money - Red, Raw and Bleeding! (1986)
Perhaps one of the most unsung bands when it comes to the chaotic speed/thrash storm, England’s very own BLOOD MONEY never quite got...
Will Nachand
May 9, 20242 min read


Toxikull - Under the Southern Light (2024)
★★★★ A release I was personally very excited for, TOXIKULL have returned to the heavy/speed stage – only this time with a noticeable...
Tyler Rodriguez
May 9, 20241 min read


Scavenger - Beyond the Bells (2024)
★★★ After many, many years since their cult classic debut in 1985, we see a revamped Scavenger – and this time, they deliver the goods....
Marc Janssens
May 9, 20241 min read


Stormhunter - Best Before: Death (2024)
★★★★ Their first release since 2014’s An Eye for an I, Stormhunter definitely had time to put in the proper effort in making a solid and...
Akira Nakamura
May 9, 20241 min read


Attic - Return of the Witchfinder (2024)
★★★★ Oh boy, was I excited for this one! In the frenzy of anticipated releases, I noticed Attic would be unleashing their third album,...
Akira Nakamura
May 9, 20241 min read


Aardvark - Tough Love (2024)
★★★ Arguably one of the more bizarre releases we tried to get our hands on, Aardvark’s Tough Love is 43 minutes of fun riffs, energetic...
Tyler Rodriguez
May 9, 20241 min read


Judas Priest - Invincible Shield (2024)
★★★★ FIFTY years after their debut album Rocka Rolla in 1974, I would not expect Judas Priest – my favorite band of all time – to release...
Will Nachand
May 9, 20241 min read
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