Label: Streets Of Hate Release Date: September 4th 2025 A month ago, Grael, hardcore/metalcore band from Long Island, New York dropped their first EP, World Without End. There are riffs here that Slayer wish they put on their records and breakdowns that will make you break your own neck, or someone else’s nose. There’s a rabid feeling laced in the music that is sure to infect any listener and any audience member.  At only 18 minutes, this EP shreds through you, with ripping g

Label: Baby Chico Records x End Meaningless Noise  Release Date: October 3rd, 2025 What a fucking disgusting mess this is. Long Island, NY 3-piece grind outfit Fermented Mess set out pulverize audiences into puddles, and after this release, I’d say watch where you’re stepping. Their self titled debut EP is 9 songs, and 8 minutes of bone crushing and two stepping grind that will stick with you much longer than its runtime.  You don’t need to think much, just press play. There

Released by: Metal Blade Records Release Date: 19.09.25 Running Time: 50:15 Score: 1,000,000,000/10   Crow Cottage is currently a plague...

Released by: Drone Alone Release Date: 26.09.25 Running Time: 45:02 Score: 8/10   It is a grim day at Crow Cottage. The wind is howling...

Hailing from Houston, Orodrim’s lineage can be traced back to Austin, Texas when in 2017 Oromë began unearthing the atmospheres, and...

I first crossed paths with Scatter the Tribe in late 2022 when I photographed them before any music had been released. Watching them grow...

Released by: Tartarus Records/ Sweatlung Release Date: 29.08.25 Running Time: 45:34 Score: Decillion/10   There are times in my life when...

Released by: Out of Line Release Date: 05.09.25 Running Time: 32:00 Score: 9/10   Good evening, you very naughty people! Dark Juan here,...

Released by: Cruel Nature Records Release Date: 12.09.25 Score: Graham’s Number/10   I have just been through Hell. It is called IKEA. It...

Here is another one for all the thrash lovers out there. After their album "False Idols" in October '23, the lads from Long Island, New...

Released by: Earache Records Release Date: 11.07.25 Running Time: 56:24 Review by Dark Juan Score: 927,158,234,291,799.4/10   It is fair...

Self Released Release Date: 04.07.25 Running Time: 27:51 Review by Dark Juan Score: 241,934,892,858/10   It is well known that Dark Juan...

Released by: Heavy Psych Sounds Release Date: 27.06.25 Running Time: 38:27 Review by Dark Juan Score: 567,324,197/10   Bet you thought...

Self-Released Release Date: 23.05.25 Running Time: 17:16 Review by Dark Juan Score: 9/10   Now, it is well known that Dark Juan is a...

Well well well. How many times do you see a band releasing more than one album in less than 12 months...few, very few. But that's exactly...

Self-Released Release Date: 13.06.25 Running Time: 13:17 Review by Dark Juan Score: 9/10   I am still in the grip of verbal diarrhoea. I...

Released by: New Heavy Sounds Release Date: 30.05.25 Running Time: 41:02 Review by Dark Juan Score: 793,420,910/10   Good afternoon, dear...

Released by: Heavy Psych Sounds Release Date: 09.05.25 Running Time: 41:36 Review by Dark Juan Score: 8/10   It’s been a while, hasn’t...

Italian melodic black metal band Margantha will release their debut EP Blood Moon Sacrifice on June 27, 2025 via Rockshots Records. The...

This has been a long time coming. And I don't mean just this review (the album was released on 20th March). Quite literally, the last...