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Gatecreeper – Dark Superstition (Nuclear Blast)

Newsflash, Death Metal is cool again guys! Bands like 200 Stab Wounds, Frozen Soul, Fuming Mouth and Celestial Sanctuary appear to be paving some sort of new way. Towing a line between the modern and extremely popular Hardcore scene and… Continue Reading →

Bat – Under The Crooked Claw (Nuclear Blast)

I was meant to see Bat back in 2020. They were on a bill in London with Napalm Death, Rotten Sound and EyHateGod.  I decided not to go in the end. I was due to see all the bands later… Continue Reading →

Korpiklaani – Rankarumpu (Nuclear Blast)

Back in the mists of time, in March 2008, I got sent an album to review, from a band I knew of, but didn’t know very much about at the time. I’m not even sure exactly where I was writing… Continue Reading →

My Dying Bride – A Mortal Binding (Nuclear Blast)

34 years and 15 albums on, and I’m still enjoying these guys as much as when I first heard them 30 years ago. The 7 songs complete the just shy of an hour-long album, and are exactly what you’d expect,… Continue Reading →

Aborted – Vault Of Horrors (Nuclear Blast)

Perhaps one of the bigger faces of modern Death Metal are Aborted. From their destructive debut The Purity Of Perversion to their classic Goremageddon and beyond, they have proven their worth time and time again. They’re a band who also… Continue Reading →

Exhorder – Defectum Omnium (Nuclear Blast)

It’s only been 5 years since their last offering, so nearly 6 times shorter than the last wait we had to endure. But sadly this time Vinnie LaBella isn’t returning, so it’s just Kyle Thomas from the original line up… Continue Reading →

Suicidal Angels – Profane Prayer (Nuclear Blast)

Greece, a land with a rich history of culture is rightfully seen as a place fruitful in the creation of many fine metal and alternative bands, and thrash metal is no stranger at that. Despite being more acquainted with the… Continue Reading →

Ministry – Hopiumforthemasses (Nuclear Blast)

Yeehaw rednecks beware, cantankerous moral crusader Al Jourgensen and his bunch of rebellious wranglers are back and nobody is safe from a tongue-lashing. Mind you after 16 albums and a storied career of over four decades we wouldn’t really accept… Continue Reading →

Amaranthe – The Catalyst (Nuclear Blast)

Amaranthe are a band that set the trend rather than follow in their Modern Metal genre and are surely the best known band to employ a female vocalist alongside two male vocalists, one harsh, one clean sung. They are a… Continue Reading →

Lucifer – Lucifer V (Nuclear Blast)

First review of the year for me, and well, I think 2024 is going to have to work impossibly hard to produce enough albums to force this belter out of my best of the year list. Why is that, I… Continue Reading →

Dimmu Borgir – Inspiratio Profanus (Nuclear Blast)

It’s been over half a decade since Dimmu Borgir have released an album and I’m not counting the release of a live recording from 25 years ago. and while I initially thought this would be a rerecording of all the… Continue Reading →

Suffocation – Hymns from the Apocrypha (Nuclear Blast)

Suffocation are back with their latest opus, ‘Hymns From The Apocrypha’, and a collection of nine absolutely battering tracks on which to feast. From the moment the title track kicks in it is brutally evident that the sole purpose and… Continue Reading →

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