Album review: Zephyra “Fall. Rise. Conquer.”
Sweden’s Zephyra serves up a mix of melodic and brutal metal on a new album which also gives us a couple of songs in Swedish and a brave Metallica cover.
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Record Reviews
Album review: Inculter “Fatal Visions”
Norwegian band Inculter gives us a classic-sounding 1980s thrash metal assault on their terrific new studio album.
Read MoreAlbum review: Tronos “Celestial Mechanics”
In Tronos, three of our absolute favourite people in the music industry – Shane Embury, Russ Russell and Dirk Verbeuren – offer us something very different and splendidly gorgeous. The result is atmospheric epicness!
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Album review: Entombed “Clandestine Live”
Reunited Swedish death metal pioneers Entombed’s live version of its 1991 “Clandestine” album is nothing short of a brutal masterpiece.
Read MoreAlbum review: Suzi Quatro “No Control”
Suzi Quatro is back with a new studio album filled with grown-up rock’n’roll with plenty of blues and some glam rock hints. 46 years after her album debut, she is still in control of her career.
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Album review: Mötley Crüe “The Dirt – Soundtrack”
Mötley Crüe gives us a fantastic collection of old songs on this new movie soundtrack. But the new material falls short of expectations.
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Album review: Disrated “Celestial Abhorrence”
The arrival of Disrated’s “Celestial Abhorrence” gives us another great extreme metal debut album by a Swedish band.
Read MoreSingle review: Stagman “Ser ni eldarna?”
Former Easy Action, Shotgun Messiah and Zan Clan frontman Bosse Stagman (aka Zinny Zan), continues his singer-songwriter career with new single “Ser ni eldarna?”.
Read MoreAlbum review: Astrophobos “Malice of Antiquity”
Sweden’s Astrophobos gives us great melodic black metal in the Nordic tradition on the new album “Malice of Antiquity”.
Read MoreAlbum review: Velvet Insane “Velvet Insane”
Following a couple of EPs and global touring, Sweden’s Velvet Insane is finally set to release its debut full-length studio album.
Read MoreAlbum review: Delain “Hunter’s Moon”
Two and a half years after the release of the album ”Moonbathers”, Dutch symphonic metal band gives us a special release featuring new studio tracks as well as live material.
Read MoreAlbum review: Candlemass “The Door to Doom”
Swedish doom masters Candlemass have reunited with original singer Johan Längqvist to create a fabulous new album that by far beats expectations.
Read MoreAlbum review: Skraeckoedlan “Eorþe”
Swedish rockers Skraeckoedlan are back with their third album. It’s a wonderful mix of fuzz, stoner and progressive rock. One of Sweden’s best bands right now.
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