@Hammerfest VIII, Hafan Y Môr Holiday Park, Pwllheli, North Wales, March 11 2016
Traditional doom metal is best experienced in a dark basement venue, lit by ... Read More...
‘High energy stoner rock’ might be a contradiction in terms, but it perfectly encapsulates Druganaut’s riff-heavy, doom ‘n’ groove sound - one which they’ve tak... Read More...
Entombed A.D. - Dead Dawn (Century Media)
Genre: Death Metal
We’d waited seven years for the reinvented Entombed (tagged with an 'A.D.') to follow up 2007... Read More...
Slabdragger - Rise of the Dawncrusher (Holy Roar Records)
Genre: Doom/Sludge Metal
Worried that doom/sludge scene is running out of ideas and crucially, t... Read More...
Cult of Luna/The Old Wind - Råångest (Pelagic Records)
Genre: Post Metal
Pairing Swedish titans Cult of Luna with their less-established compatriots The O... Read More...
The Resistance - Coup De Grace (earMUSIC)
Genre: Death Metal
Featuring current and former members of In Flames, The Haunted and Grave, The Resistance boas... Read More...
Product of Hate - Buried In Violence (Napalm Records)
Genre: Metal
Wisonsin’s Product of Hate seem to have missed the NWOAHM surge by around ten years, an... Read More...
Septagon - Deadhead Syndicate (Cruz del Sur Music)
Genre: Thrash/Speed Metal
When Septagon are firing on all cylinders, they’re a formidable proposition. ... Read More...
Obscura - Akróasis (Relapse)
Genre: Death Metal
Technical, proggy death metal may have germinated under Florida’s sunshine, but European acts like Spawn o... Read More...
Exumer - The Raging Tides (Metal Blade)
Genre: Thrash Metal
German metallers Exumer may not have reached the same level as the teutonic thrash triumvirate... Read More...
Rich is a veteran of the heavy music scene and is widely considered one of the leading experts on doom, death and everything extreme. Rushonrock's deputy editor fulfilled the same role for HRH Mag and continues to forge a reputation as one of the UK's most informed and incisive metal writers.
