The Ocean – Solaris
The Ocean – Solaris Pelagic Records 9,0/10,0 Brief: The end of The Ocean’s 2023 album Holocene concludes with a bleak vision of a dystopian landscape on Earth, depleted and uninhabitable. The only option…
As The World Dies
SOURCE – What can you tell us about Nebula, your second and most recent studio album? How do you feel about the songwriting and recording process for this set of material? Scott Fairfax…
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Employed To Serve – Fallen Star
Employed To Serve – Fallen Star Spinefarm Records 9,0/10,0 Brief: Employed To Serve exemplifies heavy metal as more than just music—it’s a way of life. Rising from their roots as local scene stalwarts…
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Cabal
SOURCE – We’re about two weeks away from your highly anticipated album Everything Rots being released. What are you and the rest of Cabal feeling as the countdown gets shorter? Andreas Paarup (Vocals)…
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Avulsed – Phoenix Cryptobiosis
Avulsed – Phoenix Cryptobiosis Xtreem Music 9,0/10,0 Brief: The release of the latest album by the Spanish death metal band Avulsed marks a notable return after a significant hiatus since their last full-length…
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Architects – The Sky, The Earth & All Between
Architects – The Sky, The Earth & All Between Epitaph Records 8,0/10,0 Brief: British metalcore giants Architects announce their awaited new studio album, ‘The Sky, The Earth & All Between.’ This will be…
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Arch Enemy – Blood Dynasty
Arch Enemy – Blood Dynasty Century Media Records 3,0/10,0 Brief: Legends of pure fucking metal for nearly 30 years, Arch Enemy are a certifiably formidable force. Founded by Swedish guitar hero Michael Amott…
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Nightfall
SOURCE – What will be your strongest memory from the Darkness Forever Over Brazil Tour 2024? Efthimis Karadimas (Vocals) – The people! You are all so passionate about music. It’s wonderful. We’re looking…
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Bleeding Through – Nine
Bleeding Through – Nine Sharp Tone Records 8,5/10,0 Brief: After 25 years, eight albums, and countless gigs, Bleeding Through persists as a tried-and-true outlier in heavy music and culture. The Southern California stalwarts…
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Dawn of Ouroboros
SOURCE – Your new album Bioluminescence comes out in a couple of days! What do you think of the album now that it’s done and ready to go out to the Dawn of…
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Jinjer – Duél
Jinjer – Duél Napalm Records 2,0/10,0 Brief: Leading modern metal juggernauts JINJER return with their eagerly awaited fifth studio album, Duél. Known for their unique progressive groove metal sound that is impossible to…
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Mantar – Post Apocalyptic Depression
Mantar – Post Apocalyptic Depression Metal Blade Records 6,0/10,0 Brief: Recorded in a live setting at Black Bear Studios, Gainesville – Florida by Ryan Williams, Mantar’s 2022 LP, Pain Is Forever and This…
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Lacuna Coil – Sleepless Empire
Lacuna Coil – Sleepless Empire Century Media Records 5,0/10,0 Brief: Sleepless Empire is the tenth studio album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil through Century Media Records. It follows their 2019 album,…
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Sacrifice
SOURCE – Volume Six is the latest Sacrifice record. How did the songwriting and recording sessions go for this set of material? Where do you see the balance between meeting the expectations of…
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VUKOVI – MY GOD HAS GOT A GUN
VUKOVI – MY GOD HAS GOT A GUN SharpTone Records 9,0/10,0 Brief: Vukovi (stylised as VUKOVI) is a Scottish rock band from Kilwinning, North Ayrshire – Scotland, where legends whisper through ancient stones,…
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Harakiri For The Sky – Scorched Earth
Harakiri For The Sky – Scorched Earth AOP Records 9,0/10,0 Brief: Despair, loss, love, and existential struggles have always been the foundation of HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY’s distinctive sound. Since their formation in…
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Sergeant Thunderhoof
SOURCE – Congratulations on your new album, The Ghost of Badon Hill. I feel this might be your best record yet. What are your thoughts on that statement? Dan Flitcroft (Vocals) – That’s…
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Purified in Blood
SOURCE – Your last album release was Flight of a Dying Sun in 2012, and now you’re back with your new album Primal Pulse Thunder. What was the reason for the gap between…
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The Halo Effect – March Of The Unheard
The Halo Effect – March Of The Unheard Nuclear Blast Records 7,0/10,0 Brief: Founded by Niclas Engelin in 2019 after his departure from In Flames, THE HALO EFFECT may have begun as five…
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PATRIARKH – Prophet Ilja
PATRIARKH – Prophet Ilja Napalm Records 8,5/10,0 Brief: Five years after the release of their critically acclaimed album, Hospodi, Polish black metal icons PATRIARKH (former Batushka) return with new concept album ПРОРОК ИЛИЯ…
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Sara
SOURCE – Let’s start with the order: Sara’s 10th full-length album, Hallava, will be released on January 17, 2025. What would you like to share about its overall production? Joa Korhonen (Vocals, Guitar)…
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Avatarium – Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead
Avatarium – Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead AFM Records 7,5/10,0 Brief: Masters of melancholic heavy metal since 2013, Avatarium are a unique and formidable musical force. Originally formed as an…
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Wyatt E. – zamāru ultu qereb ziqquratu Part 1
Wyatt E. – zamāru ultu qereb ziqquratu Part 1 Heavy Psych Sounds 9,0/10,0 Brief: After two years in the making, Wyatt E. seals their long-awaited return in 2025 with the highly anticipated narrative…
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THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2024
Paralandra – The Body Electric Legend Recordings Rifforia – Axeorcism Metalville Records Nightmare – Encrypted AFM Records Cainites – Revenant Scarlet Records Vomit Forth – Terrified Of God Century Media Records VLTIMAS –…
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The Old Dead Tree
SOURCE – Second Thoughts is the fourth and latest studio album by The Old Dead Tree. How do you feel about the songwriting and recording sessions that were developed with this set of…
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