Album Review: Obsoletion - Debut album blends blackened hardcore punk and Metal with dystopian, Orwell-inspired themes. Bleak, powerful and an absolute winner. Words: Jools Green @obsoletion.cult @sentientruin

Gig Review: 10 Plagues - Atom Smasher - Reduced To Ruins - The Junction, Plymouth - 28 September 2024. Three bands, three great sets, a great evening of Metal. Words: Jools Green Photography: @keithconlinphotography @thejunctionplym @10plagues @atomsmashermetal @reducedtoruins

German Melodic Death Metal outfit Battlesword returns with their fifth studio full-length (XX​)​V - Of Tales And Tragedies. This is a landmark release as it also marks their twenty-fifth anniversary, hence the...

Thomas Eriksen celebrates 20 years of Mork with the release of Syv, a powerful seventh album blending brutal riffs, melancholy, and progressive elements. Words: Jools Green @mork.official @peacevillerecords

Suicide Records releases In The Loving Memory Of You, a 16-track album benefiting Suicide Zero, raising awareness and funds for suicide prevention. Words: Jools Green @suicide_records @suicidezero

Serotonin. Motiv, a dark, avant-garde Black Metal album. Dive into seven thought-provoking tracks exploring disturbing themes with powerful, unique soundscapes. Words: Jools Green @serotoninblackmetal

Ellende. Todbringerin reinterprets their 2016 album with refined production and new vitality. This ambient Post-Black Metal release is both haunting and captivating. Words: Jools Green @ellende.official @aop.records

Carnivore Diprosopus release Rise Of The Insurrection. Eleven years in the making, this album delivers relentless brutality in true Colombian Death Metal style. Words: Jools Green @carnivore_diprosopus @comatose_music

Album Review: Fulci's new album Duck Face Killings pays homage to Lucio Fulci's horror classic The New York Ripper with brutal Death Metal tracks. A must listen. Words: Jools Green @fulcicult @20buckspinlabel

Album Review: Svartelder returns with Trenches delivering a dark, atmospheric masterpiece. Experience the evolved Black Metal sound of this Norwegian trio. Words: Jools Green @svartelder @soulsellerrecords

Album Review: Werewolves fifth album, Die For Us. Released on 19 July 2024, this Brutal Death Metal trio delivers an unyielding barrage of intense tracks. Words: Jools Green @werewolves_band_official

Album Review: Horned Almighty returns with Contagion Zero, their seventh album, out on July 5, 2024. Experience intense black metal with Satanic themes and powerful melodies. Words: Jools Green @hornedalmighty @soulsellerrecords

Album Review: A Reckoning, the fourth atmospheric Black Metal album by Arx Atrata, offering seven haunting tracks of existential reflection. Words: Jools Green @arxatrata

Gig Review: Electrifying Metal at The Junction, Plymouth with Crypta, War Shepherd, and Unburier. Three powerhouse performances in three well-received sets. Words: Jools Green @keithconlinphotography @warshepherd @unburier @cryptadeath @thejunctionplym