IMMOLATION Descent Nuclear Blast (2026) Rating: 8/10 That old school spidery logo just hasn’t seemed the same since New York death metal clan Immolation issued its debut full-length, Dawn Of Possession, way back in 1991. Even with the new album artwork, that logo seems subdued and almost out of place, but that’s just my nostalgic […]

METAL CHURCH Dead To Rights Rat Pak (2026) Rating: 7.5/10 I’m not going to bore you with the Metal Church history lesson like most reviews will probably resort to. Let’s just focus on this, the next chapter and one we should be thankful for as sole survivor and guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof assembles a new line-up […]

ELLE TEA Travelling Self-released (2026) Rating: 9/10 I’m still baffled as to how Italian rockers Elle Tea aren’t making bigger waves in the metal underground. Awash with stunning artwork from main man Leonardo Trevisan and nonchalantly swaggering with its vintage hard rock aesthetic, this new full-length record is the definition of a cult classic. If, […]

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Good God / Baad Man Nuclear Blast (2026) Rating: 8/10 In spite of starting out from Raleigh, North Carolina as a hardcore punky crossover thrash act, it could be argued that it was from 1991 through to 1996 that Corrosion Of Conformity were the best heavy rock band on the planet. Changing […]

NERVOSA Slave Machine Napalm (2026) Rating: 8/10 A new Nervosa album can only mean one thing – more spitting scathing thrash. With arguably their heaviest opus yet, the all-female mob brings their darkest slice of cover art to date. It seems a world away from the generic Ed Repka-styling of the 2014 debut album, Victim […]