In this Review Round-Up, great work comes from Lord Of The Lost finishing their album trilogy and Love Rarely delivering one of the breakthroughs of 2026…next to a total waste of time from From Ashes To New.
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In this Review Round-Up, strong black-metal-adjacent work comes courtesy of GAEREA and Hellripper, while Dry Socket are equally great in hardcore.
MØL’s hybrid of black-metal, post-metal and shoegaze continues to push and open its boundaries, with tremendously evocative results.
Born Of Osiris kick off 2026 by bringing a loaded metal bill to Manchester.
As always, there’s been a huge amount of music released this year, and we’ve scoured through it all to pick out the top 30 best albums of 2025.
In this Review Round-Up, Unprocessed and The Maple State both impress in their own ways, while Finger Eleven seem all the emptier by comparison.
A night of glorious insanity comes to Manchester, courtesy of Igorrr bringing some of the most off-the-wall metal out there.
This far into their career, The Acacia Strain’s worldview is no less pitch-black and nihilistic, and the accompanying music is no less uncompromising.
Igorrr’s approximation of metal continues to be like nothing and no one else—baffling and engrossing in equal measure.
In almost a decade since their last album, I See Stars’ electro-metalcore has undergone some serious refinement and maturation.