The new album of French heavy/ speed metal legends ADX is actually their eleventh with new studio material, excluding two releases with re-recorded material. The band was formed 44 years ago in Paris and has soldiered on with new material with only two periods in the mid-Nineties and at the start of the new millennium..
WINTER IN EDEN – Never Untold (E.R.M)
You like metal? You like prog? You like a great female vocal melody riding the dragon of a full-tilt heavy rock band? Any or all of these, and odds-on you're going to like this. So, Never Untold is the fifth album release by Winter In Eden, the prog-metal outfit hailing from the north-east of England,..
Villagers of Ioannina City – Venceremos (Napalm Records)
Villagers of Ioannina City return with Venceremos - a heavy rock rebellion forged in fire, myth and resistance! The album comes out on Napalm Records on September 18 and it's a real development from Age of Aquarius, released as far back as 2020. Venceremos is bolder, more polished, more immersive , expanding the band’s sonic..
Anthrax – Cursum Perficio (Nuclear Blast)
Well, as sad as this is sometimes, our heroes from the Eighties are releasing new material at longer and longer intervals. Five, seven, eight years.... and in the case of New York thrashers Anthrax – it has taken more than ten long years to see the successor of the excellent For All Kings. Still, for..
HAKEN – In a Fever Dream EP (InsideOut Music)
UK progressive, alternative metal band HAKEN have thrown me a bit on this one! This EP, In a Fever Dream, was released digitally via InsideOut Music in July, and now physically as CD and vinyl, but also a deluxe digital edition "now featuring instrumental versions of all tracks" - so depending on your tastes make..
Haunt – Setting Course (Church Recordings)
Who would have thought that nine years after their inception, US trad metallers Haunt would be on the verge of their tenth full length album of new studio material? One of the most prolific bands in the business, the squad around band leader Trevor Church return with Setting Course, less than 15 months after their..
Stryper – Throne Of Thorns (Frontiers Music)
Cult Christian metal pioneers Stryper forge onward with their Eighteenth studio album, forty-three years after their formation in Orange County, California. Amazingly, almost the whole line-up of the band bar bass player Perry Richardson (joining in 2017) has remained the same since the beginning and is a testament to the strength of these guys’ musical..
Solace – Fading Falling Ruin (Magnetic Eye Records)
With apologies to all stargazers out there - Solace actually delivered their fifth studio album Fading Failing Ruin just after the summer solstice, and in time to celebrate the anniversary of their 30th year as a band (well... it's been a hectic summer!). All the heaviness, experience, and obvious maturity of their songwriting across three..
Nephila – Huldra (Majestic Mountain Records)
Some bands evolve gradually. Others disappear into the woods and emerge transformed. Sweden's Nephila have done the latter. The masked heavy rock collective are back with Huldra, their long-awaited second album, due out August 28 via Majestic Mountain Records. Inspired by the legend of the skogsrå, the mysterious forest spirit of Nordic folklore, Huldra is a darker, heavier, and more..
Mastodon – Marrow Deep (Loma Vista Recordings)
Atlanta’s sons Mastodon have traveled a long road since their inception in 2000 and a road hard and bumpy at that. One of the hardest emotional blows the band had to deal with was last year’s tragic death of original band member Brent Hinds and the fact he was already not part of the band..