ÅRABROT: Of Darkness and Light
ÅRABROTOf Darkness and Light
PELAGIC
9/10
NEON PUNK METAL: For iconic duos such as Årabrot, how they have created music for the past 10 albums is what...
DORO: Conqueress – Forever Strong and Proud
DOROConqueress – Forever Strong and Proud
NUCLEAR BLAST
9/10
QUEEN OF HEAVY METAL: Doro Pesch didn’t really need to release an album this good in 2023. The former...
CANNIBAL CORPSE: Chaos Horrific
CANNIBAL CORPSEChaos Horrific
METAL BLADE
9/10
DEATH METAL: Cannibal Corpse needs no introduction. The legendary death metal veterans have defined and dominated the genre for well over...
SVALBARD: The Weight of the Mask
SVALBARDThe Weight of the Mask
NUCLEAR BLAST
7/10
BLACKENED POST-HARDCORE: Someone once described Bristol’s Svalbard as “Envy with more English and less whispering.” Said description filled the...
BEARTOOTH: The Surface
BEARTOOTH The Surface
REDBULL
9/10
ANTHEM ROCK: Caleb Shomo is one of the most brilliant minds in metalcore. An artist who knows how to blend dark and aggressive...
DEATH DEALER UNION: Initiation
DEATH DEALER UNIONInitiation
NAPALM
8/10
MODERN POWER METAL: Death Dealer Union, led by enigmatic Infected Rain frontwoman Lena Scissorhands, presents a modern take on power metal, combining...
OF MICE & MEN: Tether
OF MICE & MEN Tether
SHARPTONE
9/10
ATMOSPHERIC METALCORE: Of all the metalcore bands that rose to prominence in the early 2000s, few have achieved the acclaim or...
LIONS AT THE GATE: The Excuses We Cannot Make
LIONS AT THE GATEThe Excuses We Cannot Make
9/10
ALT-METAL WITH A FAMILIAR VOICE: While three former members of Ill Niño (guitarists Diego Verduzco and Ahrue Luster,...
CINNAMON BABE: Fatherless
CINNAMON BABEFatherless
6/10
NÜ METAL: Before the internet gets itself in a tizzy, let’s get beyond the fact that any accusation thrown at this review for...
POLARIS: Fatalism
POLARIS Fatalism
SHARPTONE
9/10
METALCORE: Within the metal scene, the power of Australia’s talent has shown in particular with the talented band Polaris. Rising to international success, Polaris...