Album Reviews

German electronicore sextet Electric Callboy never fails to get you dancing and moshing at the same time. And on their sixth effort ‘Tekkno’, it’s no different – as they once again blend brutal metalcore riffs with bouncy EDM synths and rhythms. At times, it takes you right back to the …

Megadeth, the revolving door of musicians fronted by Metal legend Dave Mustaine release their long-awaited sixteenth studio album ‘The Sick, The Dying…And The Dead!’ on September 2nd. It’s been six long years since Megadeth dropped ‘Dystopia’ on us and the world seemed very different back then. Now with the world …

Album number twelve from Soulfly comes flying out of the traps with the turbo-charged opening track ‘Superstition’ and the first studio output to bear Max Cavalera’s name since Killer Be Killed’s 2020 opus ‘Reluctant Hero’ bursts loose with a furious shot of adrenaline-packed extreme metal. The trademark Cavalera tribal percussion …

Machine Head’s new album ‘ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN’ is something to behold. Their first concept album, it tells a powerful story through its lyrics, all while soundtracked by the dark, melodic power supplied by the instrumentation, a mixture that creates a veritable explosion when the album gets going. Unbelievably, despite …

H.E.A.T’s seventh album is exactly what it says on the tin, a Force Majeure of hard rock, that sits right up there with the best the 80s had to offer. It’s the first time that original frontman Kenny Leckremo has been back, after leaving in 2010, and the time away …

Bar the occasional one of their well-known songs, and a thorough listening of ‘Twilight of the Thunder God’, I am admittedly pretty new to Amon Amarth, but ‘The Great Heathen Army’ is one hell of a place to get thrown in. It starts big, loud and powerful, and stays that …

With plaudits for 2020’s ‘Atlantis’ still ringing in their ears, UK rockers Cats in Space have built on what they achieved with their first album with Damien Edwards handling lead vocal duties and raised the stakes considerably. ‘Atlantis’ is an incredible album and many Cats fans would be forgiven for …

Googling “definition of heavy” is akin to stumbling down a rabbit hole, climbing back out, and then after dusting yourself off, willingly diving back in again head first. What is fascinating is just how many of these numerous definitions could say in brackets “see the new Oceans of Slumber album …

Along with the sound of a guitar being plugged in and the feedback that ensues, there is perhaps no better way to begin a song than the drummer counting the band in with the sweet sound of sticks on a cymbal. It creates the perfect illusion of the band all …

The Cambridge dictionary lists “distill” in the verb form as: “to get or show only the most important part of something”. In layman’s terms; get rid of the mediocre and leave only the good stuff. For Verity White, and co-writer and husband Alex White, this meant a shift from a …