WANTON ATTACKBrinnande Jord No Remorse / Golden Core (2025)Rating: 7/10 Four years after their self-titled debut full-length offering, Swedish metalheads Wanton Attack come once again striding confidently across the pastures like a proud army of knights. With Brinnande Jord, members Niklas Holm (guitar and bass) and Micael Zetterberg (vocals and drums) have assembled another collection […]
CHRISTIAN MISTRESSChildren Of The Earth Cruz Del Sur Music (2025)Rating: 8/10 Returning to the fold three years ago after ceasing to exist in 2016, Christian Mistress finally dishes out a fourth full-length outing. Damn, these US rockers were on quite the roll from 2010 to 2015, releasing three strong albums, and then they just evaporated, […]
CAUSTIC PHLEGMPurulent Apocalypse Hells Headbangers (2025)Rating: 8.5/10 What a god awful gooey din this brain grinder makes, and yet with such clean, perverse melody beneath the layers of scum. Clearly inspired by the dregs of Carcass and other borderline grindcore slop, this vile debut is the brainchild of Chestcrush creator Evangelos Vasilakos, born in Greece […]
SINNER RAGEPowerstrike Dying Victims Productions (2025)Rating: 7/10 Spain’s Sinner Rage is the latest European act to tread the New Wave Of Traditional Metal boards with this, their debut full-length album. Hailing from the Basque Country, Sinner Rage consist of vocalist Aritz Martínez, guitarists Aritz Yarza and Jara Solís, bassist Dan Speedhammer (who clearly didn’t get […]
PISSGRAVEMalignant Worthlessness Profound Lore / Night Shroud (2025)Rating: 8/10 Pissgrave have been disturbing our minds since 2013, and the grubby ghouls from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are back to stain our carpets once again. If you know this grimy bunch then you’ll already be familiar with the sickly layers of smog they create. These sickos opt for […]
VILLAINDon’t Be A Hero Self-released (2025)Rating: 6.5/10 With their debut full-length album these Canadian rockers sure know how to start a leather waistcoat party! Tidy heavy metal is the name of the game here with ten brisk and beefy choice cuts that have that classic steely gallop which harkens back to the days of vintage […]
MACABRAEstaman Iron Fortress (2025)Rating: 8.5/10 With a kick in the lower regions to AI artwork, legendary death metal artist Dan Seagrave comes up trumps again with another algae-green cover for Macabra. A collaboration between vocalist Adrien Weber (Vociferian) and multi-instrumentalist Mark Riddick (Fetid Zombie), Macabra emerges from the slime to release their first full-length album […]
SABERLost In Flames RPM-ROAR (2025)Rating: 6/10 So here’s the sophomore full-length effort from a band who should have thought of a more original moniker. Anyway, this particular Saber hails from Los Angeles, California and they’ve been rockin’ since 2018. Four years ago Saber released their debut album Without Warning, a steady effort packed full of […]
SIDEWINDERMarch Of The Eternal Heretic EP Self-released (2025)Rating: 6.5/10 It’s good to see this Leeds, England-based bunch of aggressors back with a new EP. If you’re unfamiliar with these guys then I suggest you start at the beginning with the 2020 demo Ashes Of Reality followed by the 2023 debut full-length album War Tapes Vol. […]
PHRENELITHAshen Womb Me Saco Un Ojo / Dark Descent (2025)Rating: 8/10 There’s no better way to spend 40 minutes of your time than in the lower levels of volcanic miasma, otherwise known as the new Phrenelith album. Ashen Womb is the third full-length studio offering from the Danish combo, a clan which has every intention […]
