Music Reviews

Longevity is a quality that is often overlooked. However, when you are a blackened death metal band lining up your twelfth studio album, it can hardly be ignore. Belphegor have been plying their dark favours now for virtually three decades and have yet to waiver from their extreme blueprint. Now, in 2022, the Austrian hellraisers are back with one of their finest outings to date with 'The Devils'.

The Chats are every geezer's favourite modern day punk band. Despite being in their early 20s it feels as if they are veterans of the scene, and despite being only their second full length record, 'Get Fucked' tells tales of fast cars, rising cigarette prices, drinking, and being struck by lightning – what’s not to like?

Pale Waves are back with their follow-up to 2021's 'Who Am I?'. As one of the most talked about band's around right now we had high hopes for the band's third album, after four successful pre-album singles.

You would be forgiven for not realising that we have waited over six years for Municipal Waste’s seventh full length album. However, if you ever saw fit to doubt them then that is totally unforgivable. As true as the day is long, Municipal Waste are a band that are incapable of dropping a dud - and 'Electrified Brain' is no different.

Hot Milk are one of the hottest properties in alternative music. The band are seemingly destined for arenas, with their new release even being written with the big stage in mind. Will 'The King and Queen of Gasoline' bring the arena stages a step closer?

Deaf Havana are a band that have changed and grown with every release and have never shied away from making big alterations to their sound. The music has shape-shifted constantly throughout their career and has never suffered with even the slightest downturn in quality - 'The Present is a Foreign Land' is no different.

'They Fear Us' is a glow-up, a total triumph and one of the absolute highlights of 2022, and if people don’t get behind Ithaca now the way they have some others lately, they will be letting themselves down.

2022 has been a year full of ups in the music industry, with many bands returning from hiatus, stacked festival line-ups and a constant supply of music being released that satisfies the ears of anyone who presses play.  Clearly wanting in on a piece of the action, Vatican decided to drop their new album 'ULTRA' - here's what we thought of the band's latest release.

It’s undeniable that nobody loves touring more than The Faim, so what better way to release an album than in the midst of a UK, Europe and Australian tour. Several songs featured on their upcoming album 'Talk Talk' have been previewed during their live performances, leaving fans restlessly counting down the days until they can hear the album in full.

Conjurer are one of the UK’s best metal outfits that you may not have heard of. Their 2018 debut 'Mire' added a sound that the extreme metal scene has never heard before. Years of touring and perfecting their craft have passed, and 'Páthos' is the result. So, has it been worth the wait?