UK thrash pioneers Onslaught return with a retrospective selection of re-recordings and covers on Origins of Aggression. Four decades on from their debut album—and recently signing a long-term record deal—Onslaught have put together this release in what will hopefully lead into a new studio album in the near future. Consisting of 22 tracks, Origins of … Continue reading Album Review: Onslaught – Origins of Aggression
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Album Review: Cancer – Inverted World
UK death metal legends Cancer return with their highly anticipated follow-up to 2018’s Shadow Gripped—the brutal and uncompromising Inverted World. Brooding, groove-laden opener "Enter the Gates" is a refreshing, no-nonsense creation that welcomes the band into the listener's psyche with a wave of blast beats and swirling riffs, with follow-up, bassline-dominant "Until They Died" providing … Continue reading Album Review: Cancer – Inverted World
Album Review: Wednesday 13 – Mid Death Crisis
Master of the Macabre Wednesday 13 returns with more gore-drenched glam on latest offering Mid Death Crisis. Opening intro segment "There's No Such Thing as Monsters" sets the tone perfectly with a visceral yet woeful narrative—a blood-soaked homage to a '70s slasher—before erupting into a horror-fuelled rock show with the follow-up track "Decease and Desist." … Continue reading Album Review: Wednesday 13 – Mid Death Crisis
Album Review: Avantasia – Here Be Dragons
Once again bringing spellbinding choirs and theatrical symphonic metal elements, the multi-talented mastermind Tobias Sammet returns under the guise of Avantasia with his 10th studio album, Here Be Dragons. The theatrical presentation begins with the uplifting opener, "Creepshow," before sweeping into the album’s title track, "Here Be Dragons," which features the first of eight guest … Continue reading Album Review: Avantasia – Here Be Dragons
Album Review: Abduction – Existentialismus
Following their explosive 2022 album, Black Blood, Abduction have returned with arguably their most emotionally complex and personal recording to date—Existentialismus. While black metal can often pigeonhole itself, trying to claw back the raw spirit of its earliest iterations, there are bands at the forefront that skilfully balance nostalgia while evolving into something more complex … Continue reading Album Review: Abduction – Existentialismus
Live Review: Papa Roach / Wage War / Alyx Holcombe – Motorpoint Arena Nottingham (8th February 2025)
Widely revered nu metal titans Papa Roach return for a trio of dates to celebrate two and half decades of their debut album Infest. Kicking off proceedings was the DJ that has joined Papa Roach for this leg of UK dates. Radio 1's Alyx Holcombe had the crowd swaying and singing with the likes of Korn, … Continue reading Live Review: Papa Roach / Wage War / Alyx Holcombe – Motorpoint Arena Nottingham (8th February 2025)