Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 13th March 2026 I’ll be honest, I’d kind of fallen off with New Wave of American Heavy Metal legends Lamb of God a number of years ago, and it was o…

Sandy reviews Street Tombs ‘Existence Is Corruption’ – as old-school as they come, but with a modern ferocity and execution

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 21st August 2026 Originally published here: The inexorable march of New Mexico’s Street Tombs upon the death metal underground has been relentless, with t…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 24th April 2026 After 2024’s ‘The Way of Ancients’ made a surprising dash to our top 30 in the Album of the Year poll, I was looking forward t…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 1st May 2026 The fifth record from California’s progressive black metallers Ashen Horde comes on the heels of 2023’s excellent ‘Antimony&#8217…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 6th August 1996 Dying fucking Fetus, a band who you really hope no one in your family asks you about when you’re wearing their shirts, are one of death m…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 21st February 2025 With all the excitement about the new Wayfarer record coming out, I searched my inbox to see if I was lucky enough to get a promo (I wasn&#82…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 3rd August 1996 The self titled debut of Norwegian progressive black metallers Borknagar thirty years ago signalled somewhat of a changing of the guard for how…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 12th June 2026 Rising originally from the ashes of Asphyx, and then continuing in between Asphyx reunions etc in the past few years, Dutch black/doom/death meta…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: August 1996 One of the most underappreciated bands, in my mind, from the Florida death metal scene in the mid to late 90s was Monstrosity, probably most famous…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 1st August 1996 Swedish kings of misery and gloom Katatonia started off back in 1993 a bit more death metal focused with ‘Dance of December Souls’,…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: July 1986 Continuing with our thesis that 1986 was the key year for thrash records, we have another instalment of ‘Albums I Found on that Teutonic Thrash…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 1st May 2026 The second record from Poland’s Meresin promises to be a big step up from their 2021 debut ‘Black Messiah’, taking that album&#82…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 26th July 1986 Crossover thrash was a genre that, much like hardcore in general, I came to much later in life than I should have and I have spent less time wit…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 25th July 2006 Metal albums have proven, time and time again, that magic can rise from the ashes of tragedy and so it was in 2006 with Canadian technical thras…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 19th June 2026 If you wanted me to guess where Japan-inspired horror black metal duo Saidan were from, I’d have guessed a thousand places before Nashville…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 13th July 1996 Who sounds like Nevermore then? Even today, Seattle’s power prog titans have few imitators and for good reason; born of power metal legend…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 26th June 2026 I’m not going to lie here, if I come across a death metal record about dinosaurs, you’ve peaked my fucking interest immediately. Swis…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 22nd July 2026 The debut record from Southampton’s industrial newcomers Sunswarm is called ‘Those Who Do Not Build Must Burn’, and it is out n…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 11th July 2006 2006 was such a strange year for fans of Strapping Young Lad. Seeing them come off the incredible ‘Alien’ record and seeing them rea…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 29th May 2026 Originally published: I’m not quite ready to induct Godthrymm fully into the Yorkshire Doom Hall of Fame (which is not a thing, but really s…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 4th July 1986 In a landmark year for thrash, some would say THE year for thrash as a genre, it would seem that even the less famous bands were putting out thei…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 24th July 2026 Progressive death metallers Sallow Moth have created a fascinating science fiction world for their twisted and dissonant death metal over the pas…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 3rd July 1996 1996 would be a bit of a final swansong for death metal’s most successive early period, but it did not go out with a whimper and instead wo…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 26th June 2006 One of the UK underground’s most missed bands and a creative juggernaut at their peak, hardcore London maniacs Sikth are a band you’…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 26th June 2026 I missed the well regarded ‘Shrines of Absurdity’ debut from New York death metal titans Thætas back in 2020 because, well, the world…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 18th August 2026 The second EP from Shrewsbury-based death/doom band Drowning Hour, ‘The Pain of Loss’, is definitely channelling some Opeth ‘…

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