AUTHOR & PUNISHER: Krüller
AUTHOR & PUNISHER Krüller
RELAPSE
10/10
DRONEGAZE: One of industrial music’s enduring visionaries, Author & Punisher (aka Tristan Shone) has spent nearly 20 years...
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...
CHRIS BAY: Chasing the Sun
CHRIS BAY
Chasing the Sun
STEAMHAMMER / SPV
7/10
HARD AOR: Chris Bay is best known as the mastermind behind melodic metal heroes, Freedom Call. Despite 20 years...
IMMERSE: The Weight That Holds Me Here
IMMERSE The Weight That Holds Me Here
8/10
MELODIC HARDCORE: Submerge yourself in the second full-length from UK based melodic hardcore outfit Immerse. Amassing a...
MONOLORD: No Comfort
MONOLORD No Comfort
RELAPSE
6/10
STONER DOOM: The feeling that trails in the wings after a spin of No Comfort is that someone is getting good and...
GIDEON: MORE POWER. MORE PAIN.
GIDEON MORE POWER. MORE PAIN.
EQUAL VISION
9/10
MELODIC METALCORE: Since 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL, band Gideon has always defied conventions within metalcore. Creating their own dissonant sound and...
LIK: Misanthropic Breed
LIK Misanthropic Breed
METAL BLADE
9/10
SWEDISH DEATH METAL: Stockholm’s Lik goes out of their way to prove they’re from Stockholm. The title of their...
HEILUNG: Futha
HEILUNG Futha
SEASON OF MIST
4/10
HOLISTIC
MUSICAL ART: Denmark’s
Heilung is part homage to the ancient Scandinavian Europe, part performance
art, part history lesson, part discovery of cave drawings...
VADER: Solitude in Madness
VADER Solitude in Madness
NUCLEAR BLAST
8/10
PICK A CARD, ANY CARD: Vader is one of those remarkably consistent bands, a Polish death metal...
MIDNIGHT: Rebirth By Blasphemy
MIDNIGHT Rebirth By Blasphemy
METAL BLADE
8/10
BLACKENED SPEED METAL: The one word that describes the Cleveland “one-man band” Midnight is “raw.” Formed in...