Record Reviews

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.

Great new solo album by Nazareth’s vocalist.

Excellent Swedish black metal on the debut album by Häxkapell.

Warfare serves up a full English metal-punk breakfast filled with raw energy and attitude on a new compilation which features plenty of deep cuts.

Lucifer drags us back to the graveyard for another sinister night of 70s hard rock dancing.

A proper career-spanning 4 LP compilation of some of Motörhead’s best songs.