Record Reviews

Gutter Instinct gives us terrific blackened Swedish death metal from the dark side on their debut album.

Atala gives us doomy stoner rock from the Californian desert.

Cloak is a new American metal band from Atlanta.

Terrific Swedish technical death metal band C.B. Murdoc is back with a great new album, “Here Be Dragons”.

Milanese rockers Lacuna Coil are back with their eighth studio album. “Delirium” is a terrific combination of great melodies, heavy guitars and the two great vocalists Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro.

On 13th May, Swedish rockers Imperial State Electric will release the first single from their forthcoming album.

Boston’s sinister death metal heroes Zealotry are back with their second album, “The Last Witness”, on Lavadome Productions.

British post-hardcore band Polar are back with a new album, “No Cure No Saviour”, and some great punky shout-along choruses.

TOLA gives us modern American altrock on its debut EP.

Brazil’s Doomsday Ceremony is back with its second full-length album “Black Heart”. It gives us a successful combination of melodic heavy metal and extreme metal.