2025 was a year of changing moments for me. Most noticeably, I became a dad. Life-changing moments. And obviously, I’m going to fewer gigs for the foreseeable future and, of course, less time for music digging. ​ Rakkan kindly asked me for some takeaways from this year, but as you can imagine, I haven’t listened to a lot of new music and gone to many gigs, so instead I am writing about what I am looking for in 2026, and 10 bands I am looking forward to listening to new music or seeing on...

anasazi, which means 'ancient enemies' in the Navajo tongue and is an homage to X-Files with an episode of the same name, hails from...

Date : 07 Sep 2023 Venue : The Lower Third, London, UK I didn't know what to expect with this gig. I've heard about the band from...

Pure Wrath hails from Indonesia. It's the one-man black metal band of Januaryo "Ryo" Hardy. According to his Metal Archives page, he has...

Hiraes originates from Lower Saxony, Germany. The four musicians had previously played together in the melodic death metal band Dawn of...

Gorod is a technical (progressive) death metal band from Bordeaux, France, with a 25-year history. They initially started as Gorgasm but...

Heriot slid into my rotation earlier this year with their new single, Demure . I then discovered their raging cover of Machine Head's...