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Amethyst - Throw Down the Gauntlet (2024)
4 ★ After releasing their EP, Rock Knights , at the tail end of 2022, Switzerland's own AMETHYST garnered some deserved success,...
Metal Militia
Sep 27, 20242 min read


Sabïre - Jätt (2024)
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...
Will Nachand
Sep 8, 20241 min read


Elle Tea - The Past From Which I Ran (2024)
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...
Will Nachand
Sep 8, 20241 min read


Freeways - Dark Sky Sanctuary (2024)
4 ★ For quite a while, this would not have been a band I would’ve included in any sort of metal-related discussion. However, it’s with...
Will Nachand
Sep 7, 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


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


Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project (2024)
★★★ I was not sure what to expect from this album. Dickinson’s solo career has had a few ups and downs with varying levels of consistency...
Will Nachand
May 9, 20241 min read
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