Opening with a sound akin to SUNN O)))’s wonderful drone destruction, Abhorrent Expanse launch into their bizarre and tremendous avant-garde experimental death metal LP [...]
This is the Texas trio’s first LP of extreme metal precision since they released a fine three-song demo (Martial Chaos) back in 2018 and Trenchant’s new [...]
Realm – Endless War (1988) A technical thrash masterclass, Realm’s histrionic, kinetic and brain-scrambling debut still pummels the senses with its falsetto vocals and [...]
Welcomely formulaic while refreshingly vital, Rock Believer teaches you that what separates men from boys is that it ain’t over ‘til it’s over. But where's Mikkey Dee? [...]
The difficulty in reviewing this record is that as soon as one is on the self-satisfied cusp of blithely dismissing its worse elements, along slithers the Slash of old to offer you a bite of a different apple, something heavenly enough to disrobe you entirely. [...]
In late 2021, Aeons released one of the progressive metal albums of the year in the shape of the stunning and multifaceted, Consequences (we fuckin’ [...]
The Rods are a New York classic metal power trio that never got anywhere near the respect they were due in the 80’s. They weren’t flashy and their hair wasn’t big but [...]
Reviewing a Steve Vai album is not the sinecure it may feel like to listen to. It’s not as if your correspondent can blush, clumsily tripping all over his own colossal [...]
If you’re not overly familiar with Party Cannon‘s past work, you’ll at least have seen their jaunty, colourful, Toys ‘R’ Us style logo jumping out at you among [...]