90’s Britpop survivors channel the best of the 60’s in their latest, eclectic album

Over the last few years Jersey band 88 Bunkface have gained a reputation as one of the hardest working acts on the Channel Islands scene with more gigs than you can shake a stick at and some pushin…

“Loving you is fatal.” The Midnight – SyndicateOctober 3rd, 2025Synthwave / SynthpopUltra RecordsLos Angeles, California, USA The Midnight are one of those groups who I have often…

“Mom’s comin’ round to put it back the way it ought to be.” Tool – AenimaSeptember 17th, 1996Progressive Metal / Alternative Metal / Hard RockZoo Entertainment / Volca…

With “III,” released on August 29, 2025 via Kozmik Artifactz, Danish Dark Heavy Rock band GRUSOM further refine and solidify their identity, delivering an album deeply rooted in the Heavy Rock traditi...

Over the last few years Jersey band 88 Bunkface have gained a reputation as one of the hardest working acts on the Channel Islands scene with more gigs than you can shake a stick at and some pushin…

“One must face the permanence of pain.” Despised Icon – Shadow WorkOctober 31st, 2025DeathcoreNuclear Blast RecordsMontreal, Quebec, Canada I’ll be the first to admit that I…

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From the very first notes of “Panorama,” Hällas assert their position at the forefront of contemporary Progressive Rock. With this fourth studio album, the Swedish quintet—fresh from their first Latin...

Secret Love is a good title for Dry Cleaning’s third studio album. After all, secrets are generally kept inside and, although the group’s sound instrumentally on their latest release is largely mea…

“There is no God to save you now.” Testament – Para BellumOctober 10th, 2025Thrash Metal / Death MetalNuclear Blast RecordsBerkeley, California, USA American thrash metal legends …

In today’s Doom landscape—too often caught between sterile revivalism and overproduced modern excess—Ritual Arcana stands out as a debut of remarkable cohesion, maturity, and intent. This is not merel...

“When I open my wrists as I lie in the dirt, the ice in my veins will freeze the fucking world.” The Acacia Strain – You are Safe from God HereOctober 24th, 2025DeathcoreRise Reco…

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A new project from their long lasting musical connection, poet/vocalist Mohamed Tarek Moussa and producer/multi-instrumentalist Abdelrahman Shaat (aka Mi3raj) emerge with a new album, the intense ‘Callings Of The Owed’ نداءات الموعودين. It’s the pair’s debut for Ruptured Records, that perennial portal which sources the most vital sounds from the Swana region for experimental music afficionados. Previously Shaat and Moussa had worked as Ramaad, an elusive electronica meets spoken word combo, which in true underground spirit first streamed a wave of forward-thinking tracks via Soundcloud around 2011.

Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not turns 20 this week. To celebrate this milestone we took another...

The overall seventeenth, self-titled album marks the beginning of the end for Megadeth. Dave Mustaine deserves credit. That part isn't up for debate.

“Mysteries Of Rebirth,” the sophomore full-length by New York Occult Doom project Saint Omen, is a work that departs from mere genre exercise and enters a dimension of ritualistic intent and sonic gra...