4.5 ★ Ever since CENTURY dropped their first demo, people saw their vision: melodic & anthemic heavy metal for the masses. In 2023, we...

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

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...

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...

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

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 ★ 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 ★ 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...

4 ★ BUS (short for Bus the Unknown Secretary) was formed in Greece back in 2011 as a stoner metal band and as was reflected in their past...

4 ★ If you’re familiar with blackened heavy metal, a certain Slovakian band by the name of Malokarpatan might come to mind. Take what...

4 ★ When BAT originally appeared as a side project of Municipal Waste under the helm of Ryan Waste, I knew they’d be both a good band and...

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...

★★★★★ 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...

★★★★★ Every once in a while, I decide to go on what I call “metal quests.” What these essentially are is me doing a deep dive into a...

★★★ 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...