Desaster - The Oath of an Iron Ritual (Metal Blade)
Genre: Thrash/Black Metal
Desaster may not have the legendary status of fellow German acts Kreator, De... Read More...
Italian symphonic death metallers Fleshgod Apocalypse are riding high in 2016 following the release of their fourth album King, and are in the midst of major to... Read More...
Beseech - My Darkness, Darkness (Despotz Records)
Genre: Gothic Metal/Rock
As the first Beseech album in 11 years, and one created by a revamped line-up, ... Read More...
It’s been a few years since Finnish metal heroes Turisas released any new material - but that didn’t stop them taking Hammerfest VIII by storm last month in Nor... Read More...
Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death (Extended Edition) (Century Media)
Genre: Thrash Metal
Eschewing the Bay Area sound for a rabid attack more in tune with ... Read More...
Artillery - Penalty By Perception (Metal Blade)
Genre: Thrash Metal
It’s not only stateside thrashers who can still kick out the jams into their fourth de... Read More...
Mortiis - The Great Deceiver (Omnipresence Productions)
Genre: Industrial Metal
The goblin mask may have gone, but Håvard Ellefsen - aka Mortiis - is stil... Read More...
Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä (Svart Records)
Genre: Black Metal
The various strains of ‘post-black metal’ have started to feel defined by their own musica... Read More...
Casket Robbery - Evolution of Evil (Mortal Music)
Genre: Death Metal
After a couple of spins, Evolution of Evil sounds like just another slab of nondescri... 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.