Gungire – Incitement (Self-Released)
Still continuing to fire on all cylinders after releasing two EPs back towards the end of 2023, 'Japan's angriest band' Gungire is back for another 5-song EP in 2024. The same combination of groovy,...
Sunburst – Unleash the Manifesto
Progressive metal has always been a benchmark genre for musicians and listeners who strive to push the parameters of songwriting, instrumentation, and creativity. Greek quartet Sunburst maintain a healthy balance between intricate riffs and...
Kissin’ Dynamite – Back With a Bang (Napalm Records)
Purveyors in the stadium rock realm, German artists Kissin’ Dynamite continually excel at the art of catchy songwriting designed to get people on their feet. Literally growing up as teenagers together through this band,...
Against Evil – Give ‘Em Hell (Doc Gator Records)
Classic, traditional metal with high octane riffs, a steady supply of hooks, and those undeniable shout it out loud choruses continue to be the parallel elements that keep a band like Against Evil striving...
Wormed – Omegon (Season of Mist)
Wormed has always been a band that's not for everyone. Not even in the extreme metal community. Their sound is one that's purposely alien. There's nothing that quite sounds like Wormed. Its with that...
Visions of Atlantis – Pirates II: Armada (Napalm)
Visions of Atlantis seemed to finally lock in a solid line-up with the release of Wanderers, and over the course of Wanderers and Pirates they seemed to be looking for that quinessential Visions of...
Aposento – No Safe Haven (Xtreem Music)
A familiar tale of an underground band resurrecting themselves to give a second shot at establishing themselves – that’s what you have for Spain’s Aposento. They started in 1990 – releasing two demos and...
Orden Ogan – The Order of Fear (Reigning Phoenix Music)
The alignment of melodic power metal with tremendous choirs has paid significant dividends for German unit Orden Ogan. Pulling from a host of influences inside (and outside) the heavy realms, they’ve captured a large...
Necronomicon Ex Mortis – Game Over
Professing a mutual love for death metal, thrash, and B-Grade horror movies, Necronomicon Ex Mortis consists as a five-piece outfit with members spread across various parts of North America. Their third EP release You...
Dragdown – Dominate (Self-Released)
Formed in 2016 and having released a full-length and two prior EPs as well as a number of singles as well, it was only through a random YouTube recommendation that Dragdown came into this...
Foreign Hands – What’s Left Unsaid (Sharptone)
Foreign Hands have been catching some attention with their smaller releases over the last few years, and What's Left Unsaid marks their first full-length album. With a sound that beckons back to the early...
Kryptos – Decimator (AFM Records)
The execution of traditional heavy metal with thrash, power, or speed inflections may be a niche market compared to the 1980s, but there’s still plenty of quality musicians capable of filling that category even...
Orden Ogan – Fear Is In Order
When it comes to bombastic melodic power metal chock full of mammoth vocal harmonies and energetic hook-laden riffs throughout their records, look no further than Orden Ogan as one of the premiere acts in...
Kittie – Fire (Sumerian)
Initially put onto the (nu) metal map 25 years ago with their debut effort, Spit, it didn't take long for the band to shift and mutate into more aggressive, more purely metallic waters with...
Crystal Viper – The Silver Key (Listenable Records)
Red line continuity appears to be a requirement in the discography of Crystal Viper – as their new studio record The Silver Key illustrates. The lyrical themes draw from the cosmic horror output of...