GAUNTLET RULEAfter The Kill Fighter (2024)Rating: 6/10 Guitarist Rogga Johansson, alongside fellow journeymen Teddy Möller (vocals) and Peter Svensson (bass), is back in the Gauntlet Rule fold, two years after the Swedish band’s debut full-length outing The Plague Court. I have to confess that I’ve rarely been excited for a majority of Johansson’s projects and […]

MASSACRENecrolution Agonia (2024)Rating: 6.5/10 Massacre. What is there left to say? With the Florida band’s origins in the dusty confines of the mid-80s and an alleged classic debut album, From Beyond, in 1991, Massacre’s reputation and quality has somewhat eluded me over the decades. Eternally led by the fierce Kam Lee, Massacre may deserve its […]

CRYPTIC BROODNecrotic Flesh Bacteria War Anthem / Lycanthropic Chants (2024)Rating: 8/10 A great little piece of trashy artwork accompanies the third full-length studio album from Wolfsburg, Germany based Cryptic Brood. As expected, Necrotic Flesh Bacteria is another weird and wonderful journey into the twisted minds of a trio who fuses slabs of slime-coated doom and […]