In the first Review Round-Up of 2025, hardcore gets off to a shaky start thanks to new releases from Stick To Your Guns and Day By Day, though PATRIARKH kick off in much stronger form within black-metal.
Tag: black metal
A return to metal / synthwave alchemy finds Gost making a much-appreciated upswing, even if it’s not quite matching up to his best work that he’s chasing.
In this Review Round-Up, a just-alright offering from Royal Tusk may be up front, but there’s still good stuff to be found in punk from Noah And The Loners, emo from Big Hug, and folk-metal from Hand Of Kalliach.
In this Review Round-Up, a slew of metal releases might begin on an underwhelming note with Tenside, but certainly kicks into gear thanks to new ones from Lord Dying and Abhoria.
In this Review Round-Up, Svalbard continue to embrace scale and power in heavy music to phenomenal effect, alongside a pair of similarly massive-reaching releases from Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers and Air Drawn Dagger.
In this Review Round-Up, Kvelertak end up doing way more with their new album than either Conquer Divide, Mustard Plug or With Honor, all of whom end up with mid-range genre releases in metalcore, ska-punk and hardcore respectively.
For a black-metal album that won’t redefine the sound but delivers solidly on its pre-existing tenets, Nixil’s newest album has got you covered.
In this Review Round-Up, some pretty great breakthroughs land across the board, in super-melodic punk from Militarie Gun, pitch-black hardcore from Burner, and intelligent indie-punk from Toodles & The Hectic Pity.
Extreme metal ferocity and progressive grandeur are brought together once again by Ne Obliviscaris, for their best fusion of the two to date.
Armed with folk’s texture, punk’s ethics and black-metal’s intensity, Dawn Ray’d find ground to establish themselves among the most exciting names in metal.