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

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...

3 ★ Seeing as BLOOD INCANTATION are a pack of Colorado's own, we've gotta support our boys. That being said, their new album, Absolute...

4 ★ Coming off their mixed but promising demo, After Winter Comes War , from 2021, Norway's own ABHORRATION have returned with a...

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...

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