Mantar - Ode To The Flame (Nuclear Blast)
Genre: Extreme Metal
Sometimes a band like Mantar need to come along and take a rusty hatchet to genre straightj... Read More...
Broken Teeth HC - At Peace Amongst Chaos (Nuclear Blast)
Genre: Hardcore
Despite coming out of Manchester, you won’t see Broken Teeth HC rocking a Pretty ... Read More...
The Wretched End - In These Woods, From These Mountains (Indie Recordings)
Genre: Death/Black Metal
Ex-Emperor guitarist Samoth may not adorn as many maga... Read More...
Destruction - Under Attack (Nuclear Blast)
Genre: Thrash Metal
As one of the big four of Teutonic thrash, the pressure is always on Destruction to produce... Read More...
Oceans of Slumber - Winter (Century Media)
Genre: Progressive Metal
Every so often a band like Oceans of Slumber comes along and knocks you off your feet.... Read More...
Various Artists - Metal Massacre 14 (Metal Blade)
Genre: Heavy Metal
The original series of Metal Massacre compilations are now the stuff of legend, havin... Read More...
Sourvein - Aquatic Occult (Metal Blade)
Genre: Doom/Sludge Metal
Born from a bleak period in Sourvein founder T-Roy’s life, a chapter s... Read More...
Tides From Nebula - Safehaven (Long Branch Records/Mystic)
Genre: Post-Rock
Could this be a vintage year for post-rock? With breathtaking releases from th... Read More...
Discharge - End of Days (Nuclear Blast)
Genre: D-beat/Hardcore Punk
When you’ve invented a musical genre, influenced the likes of Metallica and spawned ge... Read More...
Cult Of Luna and Julie Christmas - Mariner (Indie Recordings)
Genre: Post Metal
Cult of Luna have always been able to infuse their music with a sense of h... 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.
