Released by: Room312 Release Date: 24.10.25 Running Time: 52:24 Score: 8/10 Good afternoon. I have been looking at a larger house in a town at the upper end of the Calder Valley in a town whose name literally means Death and Murder. That town is Todmorden. It is a very large house that will actually allow me to have office space within it and will probably mean that you get to read more drivel from me. You fantastically lucky things! In other news, the weather is grim, a

Released by: Human Worth Release Date: 17.10.25 Running Time: 44:54 Score: 256,000,000,000/10 I am Dark Juan and Crow Cottage is in disarray. Not content with adopting a new Smellhound, Ivy the Traitorous (so named because she likes Mrs Dark Juan better than me, and I specifically wanted a bitch so she could be Daddy’s little Princess, and she has instead chosen Mrs Dark Juan and left me aggrieved, which hasn’t helped Dark Juan’s self-worth much) I currently have about half

Label: Delirium Release Date: October 13th, 2025 Have you ever heard Hatebreed’s Under The Knife EP? Then you know exactly what to expect from Enter The Den…, the debut EP from Long Island hardcore band, Lion’s Den. Drywall beware. As soon as it starts, you’re compelled to smash your enemies. Each riff calls for movement, every breakdown demands blood. All 4 songs on here are spin kick and crowdkill worthy. Riffs, snare, and breakdowns. All killer, no filler. Opening track, S

Label: Metal Blade Records Release Date: October 10th, 2025 Welcome to Oxnard, California. Welcome to crossover. Dead Heat is a metalheads’ best friend. They return with their 3rd full length album, Process of Elimination — a mighty fierce follow-up to 2021’s World At War. Here is a record with enough stomp to cave in the fuckin’ floor. World At War was a 10/10, force to be reckoned with. It was a filthy riffin’, two steppin’, stage-diving crossover masterpiece. It did such a

Label: Closed Casket Activities Release Date: October 10th, 2025 Hudson Valley, NY, Soul Blind is a group I was super hype on when I first heard them back in 2021 via their fantastic Third Chain EP. But when their first proper full-length, Feel It All Around, came out in 2022, it just didn’t connect with me. I haven’t really listened to them much since, but when I saw they had a new record coming out, I added it to my release list to listen to. As soon as I pressed play, I sm

Label: Lucifer Rising Records Release Date: May 9th 2025 Italian heavy metal band, Death SS released their 11th full length album, The Entity, earlier this year, and number 11 does not disappoint. I am so late to this record. I had no clue this came out back in May. It flew right over my head. To be honest, the fact I am just now listening to this in October, may have worked in the albums favor. Consider this review, and score seasonally biased. The album starts strong with t

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...