Release Reviews

Superheist - Ghosts of the Social Dead (Dinner For Wolves)
Nu metal, poo metal...
Vader - The Empire (Nuclear Blast Records)
No ballads here...
Départe - Failure, Subside (Season of Mist)
Some great post-extreme metal is emanating from Tassie.
Hashshashin - nihsahshsaH (Art As Catharsis Records)
Dreamy Middle Eastern Spiced Prog...
Deathcult - Beasts of Faith (Invictus Productions)
Will these old school death merchants take us to class or flunk out?
Opeth - Sorceress (Nuclear Blast)
Surrender, as Opeth’s Sorceress lures you in…
Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason (Nuclear Blast Records)
No-one else is the 'Shug...
Epica - The Holographic Principle (Nuclear Blast Records)
Epica deliver a magnified volume of their iconic glorious symphonic metal style in The Holographic Principle.
Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience (Metalblade Records)
Allegaeon have put themselves in the running for album of the year with their latest gift to humanity, Proponent for Sentience.
Osaka Punch - Death Monster Super Squad (Birds Robe/MGM)
Brisbane’s masters of eclectic progressive funk-rock-metal Osaka Punch unleash the madness that is Death Monster Super Squad. Funky, heavy, sleazy and downright fun, this seven-track EP is packs serious punch and totally worth its weight in gold.