Metal Reviews

Album review. Beth Blade & The Beautiful Disasters - Mythos, Confession, Tragedies & Love (Disaster Records). They deserve to be the flag wavers of NWOCR. Words: @brian_boyle_72 @beth_blade @bbatbdofficial

Supersonic Blues Machine, Voodoo Nation (Provogue / Mascot) Album Review. If blues/rock is your thing, Voodoo Nation will have you grinning like a Cheshire cat.@supersonicbluesmachine @provogue_records @krisbarrasband @kingsolomonhicks @joshsmithguitarzan @sonny_landreth_official @ericgalesband @officialjoelouiswalker @anapopovicmusic @kirkfletchermusic @cwgstarr

Album review. Begrime Exemious. Rotting In The Aftermath. Crank up the volume and brace for aural impact, leaving a trail of apocalyptic devastation.@begrimeexemious @darkdescentrecords

Album review. Spektrvm – Blood For Heaven (Sliptrick Records). Release Date: 8 July 2022. Words: @hutchie224Blood for Heaven is a solid debut and one that is well worth exploring, especially if you are a fan of hard rock and Metal with a melodic edge. @spektrvm.official @sliptrickrecords

Protector - Excessive Outburst Of Depravity (High Roller Records). Album Review.You can't keep a good thrasher down, they say, something that goes doubly for Thrash Metal veterans Protector. @protectorofdeath666 @highrollerrecordsofficial

Album review. Conjurer – Páthos (Nuclear Blast). Release Date: 1 July 2022. UK Quartet demonstrate the future of Heavy Metal is safe in their hands, says Paul Hutchings@conjureruk @hutchie224 @nuclearblastrecords

Album Review. Ian Danter - Rule Of Three. All in all a highly recommended album. The blood, sweat and tears involved have given a result that is all good with nothing bad or ugly.Review by @liz_medhurst. @talkdants

Album review. Porcupine Tree – Closure / Continuation (Music For Nations / Sony). Should Wilson, Barbieri and Harrison have let sleeping progs lie? @porcupinetreeofficial Review: Robert Adams.

The train on platform 666 to South Dakota is about to leave. All aboard the Devil's Train.It's out today, so go get it, or Lucifer will not be best pleased. @devils.train @dan_baune @rockofangelsrecords

Album review - Khold – Svartsyn (Soulseller). Norwegian Black Metal outfit Khold finally returns after eight years with a follow-up to the icily superb Til Endes.@kholdofficial @soulsellerrecords

Album review. Coheed And Cambria release their tenth album Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind pick ups where 2018s Vaxis I: The Unheavenly Creatures left off.@roadrunnerrecords @coheed

Iconic - Second Skin. A great ensemble of talent and tunes featuring Michael Sweet, Joel Hoekstra, Marco Mendoza, Tommy Aldridge and Nathan James.@iconicofficialmusic @michaelsweetstryper @joelhoekstra13 @marcomendozaofficial #TommyAldridge @thenathanjames @brian_boyle_72

Seriously underrated, there is an enormous skill, technical mastery and experimentation involved in their work.@exocrine_official @uniqueleaderrecords #TechnicalDeathMetal

Infanteria release Patriarch (Independent Release) on 17 June 2022.An album that gets better on every listen, and if you enjoy Thrash Metal with a bit more to it, then this is an album for you. @infanteriametal

Album review: Stillborn - Cultura de la Muerte (Godz Ov War Productions). Release Date: 10 June 2022. This is an engagingly brutal assault on the senses.@godz_ov_war_productions #Stillborn

Soulfly – The Soul Remains Insane. There is enough here to demonstrate why the Brazilian icon remains an important member of the Metal hierarchy almost 40 years since he started making his own form of extreme music. @thesoulflytribe @bmguk

Album Review - GWAR - The New Dark Ages. If you love GWAR, this will be a welcome addition to the collection and will heighten the anticipation of the forthcoming UK shows. @gwar

Crobot - Feel This album review. (Mascot Records / Mascot Label Group). Pottsville rockers Robot deliver what, for me, is the best album so far this year.@crobotband @mascotlabelgroup