Face Yourself are one of my biggest discoveries of 2025. Even though the band has been going longer than that, they have only just landed on my radar. In a time where Deathcore or whatever label we are giving it this week is considered old hat, Face Yourself have found a way to bring something…
It’s not always easy being an Opeth fan. They are one of the most challenging and diverse bands in heavy music. You never not what they will put out from one album to next which as a fan is extremely exciting, but even with that in mind, I don’t think anyone could have predicted what…
A prolonged absence is always a hard thing to come back from, regardless of the reasons behind it. A full decade has passed since Job For A Cowboy released an album, so returning after that length of time and trying to follow up an album like Sun Eater was always going to be a challenge….
It seems mental to think that in the grand scheme of things Carnifex are now considered veterans of the Death Metal scene. 18 years into doing this and yet people still act like they only popped up recently. When you listen to their latest album Necromanteum, you can here that vintage running throughout. Somewhat erroneously…
As Cannibal Corpse celebrate their 35th anniversary it becomes harder to keep coming up with new ways to hype this band up. Every time they drop a new album its really easy to say “it sounds just like a Cannibal Corpse album and be done with it” but a band of this calibre and with…
Things haven’t always been easy for Suicide Silence. One of Death Metal’s fastest rising young bands, that have become plagued by many setbacks that would have killed most bands, yet somehow they continue to rise, in spite of those hurdles. Remember…You Must Die is their 7th studio album and the follow up to 2020’s Become…
BLOODBATH are one of the most legendary bands in the history of death metal. Featuring an eye watering array of collective talent in their ranks, they have slashed their way through the scene with gruesome precision for over two decades now. Survival Of The Sickest is their sixth studio album and the follow up to…
After just two years (yes, it’s really only been that long) since their 2020 release Alphaville, IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT are back. The unique death metal/jazz fusion three-piece reached new heights both musically and thematically last time out so expectations for a follow up were incredibly lofty. Spirit Of Ecstasy chooses to lean further into the unbound…
The opening throes of Schizophrenia’s debut album Recollections Of The Insane are buzzing with screeching feedback and pick-scrapes that resemble revving car engines in the build-up to a drag race. It’s not long before the band have their foot to the floor. We’re off… and we aren’t stopping. 2020’s Voices EP introduced us to Schizophrenia…
Though it comes wrapped in a tapestry blanket of grand Greek mythology, Venom Prison’s Erebos quickly unveils its darkness whilst saving some of its greatest treasures for repeated listens. A large portion of its runtime is made up of the sheer force we’ve come to expect from one of the most exciting bands on the…
For over 30 years Cannibal Corpse have been innovators of violence. Delivering some of the most brutal and grotesque music that has ever been committed to tape. I imagine if you’re reading this you didn’t do so to get a history lesson, so let’s just say that every time they drop a new album, it…
When you think of black metal chances are The Beatles don’t come to mind.
