2014 Releases

Just seconds into The Plague Within, Bradford miserablists Paradise Lost’s fourteenthth studio full lengther, you know you’ve been given a very special record.

Well, it’s summertime here in Australia yet again. For most people it means that they have the opportunity to soak up the sun and start living easy.

If it wasn’t for bands like Zero Down, I’d probably have given up on heavy metal years ago.

Cleverly titled to mock the Capital City of their native abode, American noise activists Jucifer have come up trumps with this ninth outbreak of sonic assault and battery.

Ohio classic rockers Buffalo Killers aren’t the usual MaF fodder it has to be said, but they do cook up a mighty fine racket on this little EP so why not bring the

Released amidst the twin adversities of founding member Malcolm Young’s dementia diagnosis and drummer Phil Rudd’s extraordinary run in with the law and subsequent

There are some albums out there that make the life of a reviewer living hell. Not because they are particularly bad, but because they represent something of a personal Everest for the reviewer.

I’ve always quite enjoyed Greek black metal. It’s got a unique flavour to it that makes it quite distinct.

Whilst the word ‘supergroup’ is bandied around so much these days it has sadly ceased to have much meaning, you could, no word of a lie, apply it with a straight face when describing The Ge

The first in a trilogy of EPs that will eventually form the debut album of Danish metallists Forever Still, Scars is the perfect introduction to the band, explaining exact