HATESolarflesh Napalm (2013)Rating: 8.5/10 You can always trust the old school death metal bands to bring the genre kicking and growling into the 21st century, and with 23 years experience behind them Polish death metallers Hate have released one hell of a record in Solarflesh. Despite this being their eighth album, Hate have bubbled nastily […]

ENFORCERDeath By Fire Nuclear Blast (2013)Rating: 8/10 Death By Fire is the third opus by Swedish metaller’s Enforcer, who are carving out a fine career with their New Wave Of British Heavy Metal-style yearnings. With old school metal back in a big way, bands like Enforcer aren’t just keeping the home fires burning, but by […]

RAVEN LORDDescent To The Underworld Mausoleum (2013)Rating: 7.5/10 It’s time to wake up fellow metalheads, arise and take notice. Time to dust off that old studded leather jacket, slip on those ripped up denim jeans and go forth into the world, united and reinvigorated, with a new battle-cry burning in your heart, courtesy of Raven […]

INSANITY ALERTSecond Opinion EP Slaughterhouse (2013)Rating: 5.5/10 Insanity Alert, as you may have guessed from their moniker, are a thrash act who dabbles with hardcore and punk. Second Opinion is the Austrian band’s debut opus, a six-track affair that hurtles through the room like a whirlwind, which is literally over in just ten minutes! These […]