Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 8th August 2006 It seems fitting that as I write this in 2026 that we are seeing the rebirth of California’s technical deathcore legends All Shall Perish…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 17th April 2026 The next instalment of my ‘oh shit, how far behind am I on Transcending Obscurity releases this year’ leads me to Mexican black meta…

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 8th August 2006 Agalloch are a band who I can honestly say completely changed my outlook on just what metal music could be in 2006, when I first heard their in…

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 3rd April 2026 Formed as a solo side project from former Stortregn vocalist and guitarist Romain Negro, Apolaustic look to channel the Swiss masters of melodic …

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 30th January 2026 I was sadly unfamiliar with British stoner/sludge/metalcore heroes Urne until January of this year, when everyone and their mother was raving …

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 17th April 2026 Dutch anarchist black metal project Drang have just released their debut album back in April, and were kind enough to get in touch to let me hav…

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…