BONEJAMMERAnother Day In Paradise Wargame (2024)Rating: 8/10 Combining thrash metal and punk, these playful Danes unleash their debut full-length outing. Jakob Goul (vocals and guitar), Tobias Jakobsen (guitar and backing vocals), Mads Lau (bass and backing vocals) and Jacob Lau (drums) rip through a sordid heap of short songs that leave a lasting impression. I […]
MORBID SAINTSwallowed By Hell High Roller (2024)Rating: 8/10 After their cult classic debut album Spectrum Of Death in 1990, I never thought I’d see the day that these Wisconsin thrashers would succumb to generic cover art courtesy of Ed Repka. Anyway, Swallowed By Hell is the third full-length outing from the band and their first […]
SMOKING SNAKESDanger Zone Frontiers (2024)Rating: 8/10 I’m not sure if this Gothenburg, Sweden-based metal band is named after a Sabaton song or a military division of the Brazilian army? But whichever the case, this is a strong debut full-length of driving heavy rock. Vocalist Brett Martin comes across like a fusion of Black Lawless (W.A.S.P.) […]
FULL ASSAULTDying World Iron Shield (2024)Rating: 6/10 In spite of this new record being the third full-length release from this German trio, I assume they have other commitments because it’s been nearly seven years since the last album, 2017’s War Blooded. Since then, original members RobSess (vocals and bass) and Fränk The Tänk (guitar) have […]
HULDERVerses In Oath 20 Buck Spin (2024)Rating: 9/10 Three years after her mesmeric black metal debut full-length album Godslastering: Hymns Of A Forlorn Peasantry, Washington-based Belgium-born musician Hulder (aka Marliese Osborne) sweeps us up in another dark yet enchanting cloud. The clever part regarding the Hulder sound is its ability to be at once savage […]
NIGHT SLASHERNight Slasher Sliptrick (2024)Rating: 7.5/10 These Vilnius, Lithuania-based black thrashers are a new name on the block and they come adorned in black leather and studded belts and light their way with flaming torches. Starting out as Alcotopia in 2014, the quartet of Laurynas Karka (vocals), Juozapas Bočkus (guitar), Tomas Ivanovas (bass) and Dimitrijus […]
MEAN MISTREATERRazor Wire Self-release (2024)Rating: 8/10 Named after a Grand Funk Railroad song, or so I assume, this Austin, Texas-based heavy metal combo is another gem to keep the metal flames flickering. Fronted by Janiece Gonzalez, Mean Mistreater has a lot in common with acts like Savage Master due to their brand of sizzling rock […]
NECROWRETCHSwords Of Dajjal Season Of Mist Underground Activities (2024)Rating: 8.5/10 After a four year silence satanic metalheads Necrowretch returns with another dose of deadly black-death nastiness. Swords Of Dajjal is the fifth full-length outing from this band which introduced itself way back in 2008 via a four-song demo. With Swords Of Dajjal France’s Necrowretch remains […]
GRAYWITCHChildren Of Gods Sleaszy Rider (2024)Rating: 7/10 Even if you don’t like emphatic and triumphant contemporary metal, it’s still hard to ignore the epic booms of Thessaloniki, Greece-based Graywitch. Bordering on power metal, this act has been constructing heavy metal since forming in Nicosia, Cyprus during 2018 and this new outing comes three years after […]
EARTHENUnrelenting Self-released (2024)Rating: 6/10 Five songs, 40 minutes of music – I had a feeling this new Texan act was going to be doomy in nature. This San Antonio-based trio supply a lazy style of doom where bass and guitar nonchalantly trudge to the equally lackadaisical vocals which waft over proceedings like a steam from […]
