Record Reviews

Very promising extreme metal from London. Cult Burial is heading deeper down the underground on its new EP.

Former Accept frontman David Reece is not stuck in the past on his great new album.

Udo Dirkschneider is still the same old Udo on the new U.D.O. album.

Hellhound consists of dedicated Japanese metalheads on a mission.

Extreme metal band Aborted’s new album continues an excellent and sinister musical journey deep into the abyss.

Stockholm-based black metal band Hladomrak returns with a new album full of splendid chaos and darkness.

Lars Eng is back with a new The Lightbringer of Sweden single. “Free the Angels” is European power metal at its best.

Atmospheric black metal from the wild forests of the State of Washington.

Unpolished Singaporean basement metal on the debut album by Veterans.

Arcane Existence is a symphonic extreme metal band from California now releasing its second album.

The Japanese metalcore band marks its first decade with a new EP.

Excellent Swedish Viking metal is served up on Thyrfing’s eighth studio album.

Swedish rock trio KajHolst has better songs than most bands. The new EP is flawless and should elevate this band to a much bigger stage.