Squidhammer Metal was formed in 2009 on a farm outside of Watertown, Wisconsin by vocalist Jake Hiller and guitarist Jake Schultz. Over the years there have been some line-up changes, but eventually the quartet […]

Since I interviewed Robert Berry (3, plus many others) earlier in the year, we have been in contact quite a lot, but it is always through Messenger. So when he asked me for my email address one day, I wondered who […]

At the very top left of the artwork can be seen the word “stereo”, and this combined with the feeling provided by the artwork itself makes one immediately think of the late Sixties/early Seventies, and as soon as […]

In some ways it is hard to believe that this is the work of an Icelandic trio in 2018, as opposed to a British quartet from the Seventies, but The Vintage Caravan are back with their fourth album and yet again […]

‘Visitant’, is the first new album from famed metal act Arsis in five years, and to show they mean business it was recorded, mixed and mastered at Audio Hammer Studio with producer Mark Lewis (Whitechapel, Dev […]

Polish trio Behemoth surely need no introduction, having been at the head of the black metal scene for well over 25 years. Given that bassist Orion is the new boy, and he has been there for 15 years, it is of no […]

It is incredible to think that punk/metal quintet Betontod have now been going for some 28 years, and here they are back with their ninth studio album. Undoubtedly it is going to be something that fans will be […]

It’s been six long years since Scott Hull and the boys had produced a full-length album, but at long last they are back, and it’s a goody. One thing that makes this stand out from their other releases is that at […]

This 2014 album was the second full release from the British metalcore act, following on from 2012’s ‘Gnosis’, and in the intervening time they had parted ways with singer Matt Rose who was replaced by Chris Barre […]

It took four years from ‘The Amanensis’ for Monuments to return with their third full-length album, by which time they had not only lost the services of long-term drummer Mike Malyan, but also his replacement Anu […]

To say this band has been through the wringer over the years is something of an understatement, but more than 30 years on from the debut album they are still going, and now they return with their ninth studio […]

Released in 2016, this six-song EP is not really the style of music I associate with MRR, but the more I played it the more I realised why Nick Katona had signed the band as although metalcore is the order of the […]

According to the record company this quartet are post-hardcore, while to me they come across as metalcore, which shows just how useless some of these labels are! What is not in doubt is that this is a band who are […]

Petri Lindström is the founder, bassist and creative force behind Progeland, whose debut release ‘Gate to Fulfilled Fantasies’ was released in 2014 to critical acclaim. He was also a member of Corvus Stone, and […]

As soon as this album starts, with a delicate and moving rendition of Sting’s “Fragile” (from his 1987 album ‘…Nothing Like The Sun’), one knows that this is going to be something quiet special indeed. Rachel is a […]

This the debut release from 22 year-old singer Rebecca Angel, who here collaborates with Grammy-winning Jason Miles, who has produced recordings of celebrity artists including Miles Davis, Grover Washington Jr., […]

I’ve played this album a few times now, and although I have tried really hard to get one name out of my head and expand upon it, I have failed. So, if you like Blink 182 then you’ll really enjoy this one. Yes, the […]

Taking down from the shelf my copy of 2005’s ‘?’ I can see that there have been a few changes in the band since their big-time breakthrough, with singer/bassist Chip Znuff being the only remaining member from […]

I was having an email conversation with David Brenner of Gridfailure last year, and he told me that his plans for 2018 included releasing ten (yes, ten) albums. I’m not sure quite how many he has achieved, but h […]

There are only four songs on this EP, with a total playing time of sixteen minutes, but there is enough here to demonstrate that this band from Brighton, Ontario, have a great going for them. They can be gentle […]