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 […]
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 […]
MEPHITIC CORPSESickness Attracts Sickness Extremely Rotten Productions / Headsplit / 625 Thrashcore (2025)Rating: 7/10 As you can probably tell from the band moniker, album title and cover, this is another rancid dollop of death metal. It’s been six years since this unhygienic clan bestowed upon us their filthy, scum-ridden 2019 demo Immense Thickening Vomit, and […]
STEEL MACHINEDeliverer Of Sin Self-released (2025)Rating: 6/10 After a number of demos and two EPs, Finnish trio Steel Machine finally pumps out a debut full-length album. With a line-up of Timo Takala (vocals/guitar), Sebastian Bergman (bass) and Juha Forsström (drums), the band hit the ground running with ‘Savage’, a high energy pacey rocker bristling with […]
