Blues brother (and occasional jazz junkie) John Burrows is back to cast his eye over his top titles of 2025. Pour yourself a neat Bourbon, tune down the lights... Read More...
Venger — Times Of Legends (Silver Lining Music)
Saxon ‘new boy’ Doug Scarratt requires no introduction to true devotees of trad metal as one of th... Read More...
Comic horror straight from the void.
Tales of long-forgotten battlefields.
And reflections of a world tearing itself apart.
The best black metal album... Read More...
From progressive epics to Southern jams, thrash slammers to doom odysseys, this year delivered a host of awe-inspiring records. Jaws hit the floor as legends r... Read More...
Country music’s never been easier to digest… and more difficult to define. As the genre continues to stretch its creative boundaries, Rushonrock editor Simon R... Read More...
Carcass. Bolt Thrower. Entombed. Atheist. None of them featured in our Best Death Metal Albums of 2025 round-up, but their legacies certainly did…
Death met... Read More...
The sweet sound of AOR-infused, pop-metal styled, Sunset Strip-soaked, radio friendly rock is never far away from editor Simon Rushworth’s turntable. Here’s hi... Read More...
Thrash metal’s veterans are in no mood to slow down. And neither are the hungry upstarts who want to make their own marks on the scene.
This year, we had th... Read More...
Denim and leather brought us all together this year, as retro-clad upstarts and veteran riff-slingers showed that classic heavy metal will never die.
But wh... Read More...
1349 – Winter Mass (Season Of Mist)
To truly experience the aural annihilation of 1349, you need to let the hellfire singe your skin, stare into Ravn’s eyes... Read More...