Behemoth: Opvs Contra Natvram (2022) I enjoyed Behemoth’s last studio album, 2018’s ‘I Loved You At Your Darkest’, but did not exactly warrant it as essential, while I was also not exactly […]

South for Winter: Something In The Stars (2023) single I don’t think I will ever get used to just how much amazing music there is out there for people willing to look and forego popular radio stations. Last y […]

Abby Christo: Note To Self (2023) single Abby Christo first came to prominence when, in 2015, she appeared on X- Factor NZ as part of duo Mae Valley who has significant success with their debut […]

Neil Young / Crazy Horse: Barn (2021) At the end of 2021, Neil Young released his latest album with Crazy Horse, an alliance which goes all the way back to their debut album in 1969. Today, […]

Mel Parsons: Slow Burn (2022) Mel Parsons has built a strong reputation since the release of her debut album in 2009, and here she is back with her fifth which debuted at #3 in the […]

Matt Joe Gow: Between Tonight & Tomorrow (2023) It has been a few years now since I first came across Matt Joe Gow, a proud Dunedin son who now lives in Melbourne. Since then, I have reviewed all three […]

Blindfolded and Led to the Woods: Methlehem (2023) 2023 promises to be an incredible year for New Zealand metal and rock, and one album everyone is looking forward to is the forthcoming Rejecting […]

Living State: Black White Man (2023) single A few years ago I was at Dead Witch when someone came up to and introduced themselves as Lex, and that he was bassist in a band called Living State and […]

The Wax Birds: Yellowhammer (2023) Although I work in Auckland on North Island (New Zealand’s largest city), I call home a small farm close to a township called Oxford on South Island, a […]

Armored Saint: March of the Saint (1984) Even though Armored Saint have now been in existence for more than 40 years, and I have of course been aware of the name (primarily due to John Bush, who […]

Armored Saint: Delirious Nomad (1985) 1985 saw the band follow up their debut with the same line-up, although Phil Sandoval left during the recording and only played on a few tracks. The logo […]

Armored Saint: Raising Fear (1987) 1987 saw the band back with their third album, by now solidly a quartet (although Sandoval would return later). The first three albums are normally seen […]

Insomnium: Shadows of the Dying Sun (2014) Finnish band Insomnium are often described as melodic death metal, yet they also bring in atmospheric elements of black metal and so many other elements […]

Suicide Silence: You Can't Stop Me (2014) Released in 2014, Suicide Silence’s fourth album ‘You Can’t Stop Me” was the first without original lead vocalist Mitch Lucker who was killed in a motob […]

Dimmu Borgir: Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (Remixed & Remastered) (2022) Can it really be more than 20 years since One of Norway’s most creative black metal bands released ‘Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia’? At the time they […]

Nazareth: Surviving the Law (2022) Nazareth are one of the longest-running and most important rock bands to ever come out of Scotland, and even if we discount the years that most of the […]