4 ★ Coming off 2023's Crooked Mirror , Poland's own PANDEMIC are back to dish out a second serving of molten-hot steel. Phantoms ups the...

4 ★ A side project of MESSERSCHMITT mainman Maik Jegszenties, DEADLY MAGIC debut with this nice little EP! A mix of power, speed, and...

3 ★ After their 2023 album, Storming the Walls , was met with fairly positive fanfare, Greece's mighty TRIUMPHER have returned with their...

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

4 ★ When we first started Metal Militia, I remember seeing this crop up in the list of promos we’d be receiving, and everything from the...

★★★★★ Back when I was a naïve, wee metal warrior, I could not for the life of me understand the hype around MANILLA ROAD. The epic...

★★★ It’s been 8 years since the last ATTACKER album – Sins of the World (which I think is fantastic) – and after all this time, The God...

★★★ RAVAGE is one of those bands that seem really awesome on paper, but are less awesome upon execution. It’s not even that they’re poor...

★★★★ 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,...

★★★ Initially intrigued by the badass fantasy art, I gave this one a listen – optimistic, but still having some doubts and in the end, I...

★★★ After many, many years since their cult classic debut in 1985, we see a revamped Scavenger – and this time, they deliver the goods....

★★★★ 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...

★★★★ FIFTY years after their debut album Rocka Rolla in 1974, I would not expect Judas Priest – my favorite band of all time – to release...

★★★★ While not totally thrilled with Brendan Radigan’s work with Sumerlands in 2022 or the debut EP he released with SAVAGE OATH last...

Undoubtedly one of the most criminally unsung players in all of Dutch metal, PROUD EXISTENCE released their one and only magnum opus in...

★★★★ Having garnered international appeal with their Iron Maiden-esque twin axe attack, TRAVELER have release their long-awaited third...