ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Universal Chaos’ by Rendezvous Point
Rendezvous Point, the Norwegian progressive metal quintet, has returned with their new album Universal Chaos. This follows on from the release of their debut album, Solar Storm, in 2015. The […]
Track Pack – 1st-6th April 2019
THIS WEEK: A slow week is headed up by a new track from Polyphia, as well as The Get Up Kids, Cursed Earth, Altered Sky and more
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Apple Of Discord’ by Ghost Iris
Once you’ve heard dissonance you’ve heard it all, right? Well, not necessarily. Dissonance can become overused and overly repetitive and ultimately boring. However, Ghost Iris have variety within their sound […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Penumbra’ by Khaidian
Penumbra is the debut album from London based Khaidian. This release is long over due for the metal quartet who originally formed back in 2010. Eight years of line up […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Lost Empyrean’ by Dirge
Around this point in the year, it’s often a lot easier for weirder or more unconventional bands to release music, typically because there’s less competition in terms of bigger releases […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Cease The Day’ by In The Woods…
Amid the sprawl of Norwegian black metal in the early ‘90s, replete with the murders and church burnings that would become the catalyst for waves of controversy and media frenzy, […]
Track Pack – 22nd-28th October 2018
THIS WEEK: The Menzingers follow up their exceptional last album, Gerard Way makes his long-awaited return for Halloween, and there’s new music from While She Sleeps, Architects, AFI, Can’t Swim, Deaf Havana, Glamour Of The Kill and more
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Loss’ by Pijn
It’s not really a great revelation to say that the concept of loss has inspired countless pieces of music and art over time, but it’s hard to think of a […]
Track Pack – 1st-7th October 2018
THIS WEEK: The brand new solo track from Halsey arrives, as well as new music from Architects, Papa Roach, Basement, Stand Atlantic, Can’t Swim, SHVPES, wars and more
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Sunshine Dust’ by Skyharbor
There can’t be a worse genre to review than tech-metal. Band and album quality notwithstanding, it’s become the genre that’s produced so much repetitious material throughout its spectrum of acts, […]
Track Pack – 27th August-2nd September 2018
THIS WEEK: Muse come out with a brand new song, as well as reviews of new tracks from Twenty One Pilots, Good Charlotte, The Wombats, Puppy, Laura Jane Grace, Single Mothers, Soulfly, Scarlxrd and more
EP REVIEW: ‘Geodesics’ by Masiro
With more and more bands turning to experimental styles of songwriting it’s not too surprising that genres including mathcore and progressive metal are gaining more prevalence in the metal world. […]
EP REVIEW: ‘Automata II’ by Between The Buried And Me
Perhaps it wasn’t such a great idea for Between The Buried And Me to release their latest album in two parts after all. You wouldn’t have gotten that impression from […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Herephemine’ by The Ever Living
Herephemine is the debut album from London based The Ever Living. This release follows up from the self-titled EP in 2016. With the post-metal genre taking centre stage with releases […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Episode II’ by Galactic Empire
Did anyone expect this? Did anyone want this? It’s not as though the first Galactic Empire album offered much more than the fleeting novelty of recognisable tracks from the Star […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘A Complex Of Cages’ by Barren Earth
Finnish progressive death metallers Barren Earth have returned with their fourth studio album, A Complex Of Cages. The combine influences from different genres to create some unique sounds, with melodic, […]
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