Reviews

Swedish melodic death metal with black metal influences. The new album is one of the best death metal releases of 2021.

Blue Mountain from Sweden plays pleasant melodic hard rock for grown-ups backed up by some familiar names from Madison and Angeline.

IBUKI serves up some tasty and high-energy Japanese power metal on her second solo album.

Fab Japanese artist Kiyoshi is back with a bass-happy sixth solo album. The combination of her fierce bass playing and her delicate voice is exquisite.

Astrophobos gives us accessible Swedish black metal on its new album.

Norwegian progressive folk-rock band Gåte offers us intense and mesmerising acoustic pagan folk music on its new album.

The new album from Sweden’s The Lurking Fear’s is relentless and unapologetic. This is classy freight-train death metal with flair. It’s fast, furious and mental.

Sweden’s death metal Vikings are back on the battlefield with a new terrific album.

Tiamat and Eclipse members unite in a new band overflowing with excellent 1980s heavy metal.

Canadian dissonant death metal trio serves up a decaying stew of smashing music.

The New York Dolls and Michael Monroe guitarist takes centre stage with his new solo album.

Finland’s Omnium Gatherum returns with a new line-up and an album filled with progressive and pop-influenced melodic death metal with a difference.