RAM – The Throne Within (Metal Blade)
Long before the likes of Visigoth, Traveler and Haunt were espousing the values of traditional heavy metal, RAM were f... Read More...
Thunder – The Greatest Hits (BMG)
First off, let’s address the obvious elephant in the room. There should have been more. So many more. This might be the ul... Read More...
Hive – Most Vicious Animal (Seeing Red Records/Crown and Thorn Ltd)
It’s shaping up to be one hell of a year for d-beat – perhaps the fractious political cl... Read More...
Devourment – Obscene Majesty (Relapse)
It’s been six long years since we last heard from Devourment. Six years in which even more bands inspired by the Texa... Read More...
Baest – Venenum (Century Media)
With 2018’s debut, Danse Macabre, Baest affirmed their status as a rising force in European death metal – and the Danes have... Read More...
Michael Schenker Fest – Revelation (Nuclear Blast)
In the past the ego would have landed - five times over in the case of this star-studded supergroup - and... Read More...
Entombed A.D. – Bowels of Earth (Century Media)
When frontman LG Petrov launched Entombed A.D. in 2014, the result – Back To The Front – was slightly lackl... Read More...
Kris Barras Band – Light It Up (Mascot)
‘What you see is what you get’ with Kris Barras. So says the bullish opener to this strident set. And it’s true. Tho... Read More...
Excuse - Prophets From The Occultic Cosmos (Shadow Kingdom)
The speed metal hordes may be massing again in North America, but it’s the ever-fertile nation o... Read More...
