PREDATORUnsafe Space Fighter (2025)Rating: 7/10 Way back in 1986 a relatively unknown band named Predator released their debut full-length album Easy Prey. It would turn out to be the only thing the California-based outfit would release during that period, but it certainly made its mark as a cult opus, mainly due to the cover and […]

NITECult Of The Serpent Sun Season Of Mist (2025)Rating: 7/10 Nite’s sophomore album Voices Of The Kronian Moon was, in my opinion, one of the best releases of 2022 so I’m glad to see that the Californian cult has re-emerged from their basement. Cult Of The Serpent Sun once again fuses, and successfully too, a […]

ACETONELeft To Rot EP Self-released (2025)Rating: 7/10 “Terror, torture, fear… Terror, torture, pain… Terror, torture, death!…” and repeat and repeat. And so Canadian death metal mob Acetone announces itself to the metal world with their debut EP, Left To Rot; five tracks of unapologetic no frills death metal that plods and scurries without a care […]

WARBRINGERWrath And Ruin Napalm (2025)Rating: 5.5/10 US metallers Warbringer, who originally formed back in 2004 (rather bizarrely as Onslaught) were one of the best thrash acts to emerge during the resurgence of the genre. Wrath And Ruin is the seventh full-length album from the quintet and as expected it’s another bombardment that’ll send audiences reeling. […]

DEPRAVERNecrocryptic Obliteration Iron Fortress (2025)Rating: 7.5/10 Some scary unseen force has been causing menacing rumbles beneath the streets of California, but now the cause has an identity – Depraver. After a batch of EPs and a split with Vrenth, Depraver unleashes a hellish full-length album that stains the clouds with a toxic, black hue. For […]

TRENCH FOOTCavernous Necrophagy EP Iron Fortress / Cavernous / Macho (2025)Rating: 8/10 A lot of extreme metal acts around are the creation of a sole member who records everything their self. Case in point is Liverpool, England-based one man band Trench Foot, who was created by vocalist / lead guitarist Joe Bradley in 2021. However, […]

WHIPSTRIKERCry Of Extinction Hells Headbangers (2025)Rating: 6/10 When this Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-based act emerged as a one man band in 2010 with debut album Crude Rock N’ Roll there was something refreshing about the brand of rusty speed metal. However, since then I’ve somewhat lost track of Whipstriker’s output. Involved in an obscene amount […]

ANGEL FURYMajic Eyes EP Self-released (2025)Rating: 6.5/10 It’s a shame this is just an EP because this Los Angeles. California-based band really knows how to rock. I heard their self-titled debut demo in 2023 and hoped somewhat that Angel Fury might come back with a full-length, but instead the female-fronted act teases us with four […]

SADISTSomething To Pierce Agonia (2025)Rating: 5/10 My interest in this Italian band stems from their 1993 debut album Against The Light, but due to the onset of the mid-90s my interest evaporated rather rapidly. It’s strange then that a few decades later that Sadist are treading the groove metal boards somewhat with this, their tenth […]

DRAGON SKULLChaos Fire Vengeance Eat Metal (2025)Rating: 7/10 Just to make sure you are still listening, Greece unleashes another slice of traditional heavy metal in the form of Dragon Skull. This combo from Athens did more than okay in 2022 by releasing a self-titled EP, and Chaos Fire Vengeance should go some way for the […]