NAILS are brutal and relentless on hardcore comeback album EVERY BRIDGE BURNING
Nails have come out of mosh retirement to deliver another super condensed blast of grind-infected hardcore in Every Bridge Burning.
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PALLBEARER unleash epic doom metal with a distinctive sound on MIND BURNS ALIVE
Pallbearer’s fifth album Mind Burns Alive collects a wider range of touchstones and fashions them into a distinctive, affecting sound.
Finnish supergroup CROWNSHIFT combine metal’s finest for perfect storm of a debut album
Finnish supergroup Crownshift release their self-titled debut album, which blends the talents of four musicians previously of Nightwish, Children Of Bodom, Wintersun and myGRAIN.
MINISTRY pack climate change, white supremacy & more into apocalyptic new album
On Hopiumforthemasses, with its silly title and silly artwork, the topics for vivisection by Ministry include inaction on climate change, white supremacy and incel toxicity.
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS unleash relentless rock’n’roll on KINGS OF THE ASYLUM
Pontypridd original and onetime Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons unleash an energetic album with grit and relentless beats, Kings Of The Asylum.
SEEING THROUGH FIRE from RINGWORM: ferocious metallic hardcore
Dive into the ferocious intensity of Ringworm's Seeing Through Fire, a thrash metal-infused metallic hardcore album that demands attention.
CAVALERA revives SEPULTURA’s legacy: BESTIAL DEVASTATION/MORBID VISIONS revisited
Max and Iggor Cavalera, members of Sepultura, defy conventions as they re-record their iconic albums from their teenage years. Revisit the raw power and venomous riffs of Bestial Devastation and Morbid Visions.
Death metal mainstay IN FLAMES take things slow on album 14
As far as death metal goes Forgone, In Flames’ 14th album, is on the lighter side but the Swedish death metal rockers remain pleasant on the ear.
American metal standard-bearers LAMB OF GOD return with urgent, vitriolic OMENS
Filled with urgency usually reserved for bands with less miles on the clock, Omens keeps Lamb Of God fans on side.
MACHINE HEAD’s anime-infused new album falls short of ambitions
Øf Kingdøm And Crøwn aims high, but many tracks are generic and samey, and overall this album feels disjointed and jumpy.
Thrash metal champs MUNICIPAL WASTE still top of their game over 20 years in
With new album Electrified Brain, Municipal Waste have put together another collection of riffy headbangers that will keep circle pits rotating for a long time to come.
MALICIOUS INTENT continues Sheffield metallers MALEVOLENCE’s upward swing
Malicious Intent is a giant of an album and represents a massive step on the upward curve that Malevolence find themselves on.