Record Reviews

Old-school Swedish grindcore: Axis of Despair gives us nothing fancy, but plenty of great head-cleaning grindcore.

AcoD gives us angry yet melodic death metal at breakneck speed on new EP.

Xandria gives us splendid and epic symphonic metal on its seventh album, “Theater of Dimensions”.

Brazilian thrash metal band Mutilator’s classic “Immortal Force” album from 1987 has been reissued by Greyhaze Records. In short: It’s a historical and influential masterpiece. Buy it.

North Carolina’s Undrask battles its way to the front of the newbie pack with its debut concept album.

Glam metal veteran Zinny Zan returns with a singer-songwriter solo album.

A new split album featuring Swedish bands Resonance Cascade and Järnbörd gives us splendid earsplitting crust punk and grindcore.

Swiss rockers Krokus return with a bluesy covers album filled with rock classics.

On new single “Roadtrip”, Swedish rockers The Gloria Days strip it down with acoustic guitars and an old-school drum machine.

Greek guitar god Gus G is back with a with a catchy, fast and melodic Firewind album.

Alien frontman Jim Jidhed is back with a new solo album full of radio-friendly quality AOR songs.

Grafvitnir is back with a its fourth riff-heavy studio album with haunted, possessed and pissed-off vocals.