Powering through its recent dramas, RADAR Festival returns with a more diverse lineup than ever, with a first day sporting Carpenter Brut, Zeal & Ardor, As December Falls, GHØSTKID, Lake Malice and more.
Tag: black metal
2025 sees Outbreak return bigger, better, broader and more brutal than ever, headed up by Knocked Loose at their genre-defining best, with more from Deafheaven, Foxing, Speed, Drug Church, Loathe and more.
Behemoth’s newest step at spearheading black-metal arrives here, on an album that’s condensed, intense, messy, and altogether engaging.
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.
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.