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Ravage - Spider on the World (2024)
★★★ 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...
Tyler Rodriguez
May 9, 20241 min read


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


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


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


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


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


Molten - Malicide (2024)
★★★★ With nearly three years since their last album, I was super pumped to check this out! A unique blend of traditional heavy metal with...
Antonio Muñoz
May 9, 20241 min read


Sentry - Sentry (2024)
★★ After the dissolution of legendary epic metallers Manilla Road following mastermind Mark “The Shark” Shelton’s death in 2018, fans...
Tyler Rodriguez
May 9, 20241 min read


Haunt - Dreamers (2024)
★★ First things first, I want to state that Trevor William Church is a very talented musician. That being said, his music is just… so...
Will Nachand
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


Savage Oath - Divine Battle (2024)
★★★★ While not totally thrilled with Brendan Radigan’s work with Sumerlands in 2022 or the debut EP he released with SAVAGE OATH last...
Tyler Rodriguez
May 8, 20241 min read
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