We've got a strong neoclassical presence this week, fronting mostly melodic approaches (and one quite the opposite), from Aephanemer, Burned In Effigy, Howling Giant, Outlaw and Primitive Man. There's more melodic stuff from the big names, but also crushing heaviness:  Aviana –  Void Avatar –  Don't Go In The Forest Chat Pile + Hayden Pedigo –  In the Earth Again Despised Icon –  Shadow Work King 810 –  Rustbelt Numetal 2 Smash Into Pieces – ARMAHEAVEN Spite –  New World Kill

Label: Personal Records/Gurgling Gore Release Date: October 31st, 2025 As soon as I started this album I smiled and thought to myself, “this is exactly what I want to be listening to right now”. Colorado Vampyric Death Metal band, Pedestal For Leviathan released their debut full length album, Enter: Vampyric Manifestation on Halloween 2025. Perfect release date for such a haunting sonic experience. What a great, refreshing death metal listen that offers more than just stinky

Label: Napalm Records Release Date: April 4th, 2025 The German Trio released their sophomore full length album earlier this year via Napalm Records. This was a highly anticipated release for their fans including myself, their debut album Wrecking Command was a total teutonic thrash mayhem and With the Old Breed takes it even up a notch. The album consists of 10 songs each more brutal than the last one and lasts 42 minutes. The overall songwriting of the album will tell you th

Released by: New Heavy Sounds Release Date: 07.11.25 Running Time: 40:19 Score: Infinity/10   I have been consumed by the urge to write, this is the third review I have written today and it appears that the words are a torrent of things within my head which have been bursting to get out and unleash themselves on you, the unsuspecting people who just waited to read stuff about music, but instead are forced to endure the verbal diarrhoea spewing forth from the majorly twisted p

Label: Youngblood Records Release Date: October 17th, 2025 Though there is a healthy scene of hardcore bands in the UK, it does seem that in this area of the world, straight edge has always been harder to come by. It makes sense though, this is a place where sharing pints with your mates is engrained in the culture. Nevertheless, there are still plenty of blokes Xing up in the UK. The members of Sheffield straight edge hardcore punk band Cannonball are some of them. Cannonbal

This week sees a rush of "just want to have fun" genre pleasers, with a bit of a solemn upset, with releases from  Scorching Tomb, Bonginator, Nine Treasures, Psychonaut and Hostilia. The same sort of struggle takes place among the elite, with the gloomy side winning:  The Acacia Strain –  You Are Safe From God Here Conjurer –  Unself Doro –  Warriors Of The Sea Downswing –  And Everything Was Dark Soulfly –  Chama TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Scorching Tomb – Ossuary Genre: Death me

Enragement is a death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2006. Their sound fuses brutality and technical precision. Across multiple releases, they have pushed the limits of extreme metal while keeping a clear sense of structure. I had just finished listening to their latest album, Extinguish All Existence , before getting the chance to interview their vocalist and guitarist, Atte Ojanne. Let’s start with Extinguish All Existence. What concept or vision pulled thi

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

He beats ass up on stage for several bands, and in the ring as Samhain. Following the October 13th 2025 release of Enter The Den…, the debut EP from one of his latest projects, Long Island hardcore band Lion’s Den, I caught up with primary songwriter, drummer, and producer, Remarkable Wrestling Champ Sam (no government name needed). As soon as I turned on Enter The Den…, I couldn’t help but go, “ahhh here’s Under The Knife”, was the conscious idea when starting this project t