Release Reviews

Where’s a big label to release these Aussies?? The world must know the destructive power of Shrapnel!
You have to be in the right mood to listen to Astriaal. And if you are, then this release - especially with close attention and repeat listens - is damn good.
What the hell is this? It seems like Geddy Lee encountered some old NWOBHM band and decided to make a jam. What is the result? Fenriz of Darkthrone seems to have loved it!
To paraphrase someone very famous - they've been a long time coming but they're here at last...
In War and Pieces is another proof (if the band ever needed any) that Sodom is one of the most loyal bands in metal history!
The third in a trilogy of exceedingly superb records, 7 Sinners continue Helloween’s galactic return to form.
Dudes put on your kilts! Grave Digger is back to Scotland!
Abrahadabra is another worthy string to Dimmu Borgir’s ever burgeoning bow and with the sidestep that was In Sorte Diaboli, can be considered as the next musical step after Deathcult Armageddon. There is a great maturity in the songwriting, and they have managed to make use of the Orchestra. No doubt they will have learned many things in the process - and I, for one, eagerly anticipate what they will do next time.
Three years since their last collaboration, Jorn and Russell are back in the saddle with a marvelous new effort.
Italy's finest take a whistlestop tour around Middle Earth, or somewhere.