LYR – Dark Sky Reservation: Album Review
3rd outing for arty gathering LYR – far more exciting under artificial lighting – and other earworm gems.
Këkht Aräkh – Morning Star: Album Review
Operating as Këkht Aräkh, Dmitry Marchenko has assembled a body of work that sits at an uncomfortable and entirely productive crossroads: black metal stripped of the genre’s more theatrical posturing and refitted with something rawer and more personal.
Robin Trower – Live! – 50th Anniversary Edition: Album Review
That 1975 landmark Stockholm show in all its full-length glory! Chrysalis Records and Robin Trower celebrate the 50th anniversary of a great live album by revealing the same concert in its full magnificence.
Owl In The Sun – Into The Winter’s Night: Album Review
Fourth album from Bath-based Owl In The Sun takes a soothing journey away from the dark times and into the warmth and fizz of a French Café.
Jah Wobble & Jon Klein – Automated Paradise: Album Review
Wobble and Klein reconvene for a noise and melody manifesto of post punk precision.
Winterfylleth – The Unyielding Season: Album Review
Winterfylleth are back with The Unyielding Season; album number nine, full of more soaring and epic black metal but this time, a harder edge.
Hellripper – Coronach: Album Review
Hellripper return with Coronach; another blistering collection of speed metal rooted on Scottish folklore and heritage.
Joe Hicks – Before It Gets Dark: Album Review
Third album from Newbury-based singer-songwriter Joe Hicks. Before It Gets Dark is a cathartic set of songs, written as Joe came to terms with breakup and the death of his father.
Robertson – Robertson: Album Review
A dose of Californian sunshine – all way from Aberdeen. Our old friend Kevin Robertson is back and his new band is ready to jangle…
Antrisch – Expedition III: Album Review
Bavarian black metallers Antrisch live up to their namesake in this eerie and haunting exploration of the adventures of the conquistador Lope de Aguirre.
Tårfödd – Mörker täcker livets ljus: Album Review
Simon Lindgren, the artist behind Tårfödd, returns with a sixth full-length album; Mörker täcker livets ljus.
Wildernesses – Growth: Album Review
London quartet Wildernesses arrive with Growth, a debut that hits with rare emotional heft – nine tracks of shimmering post-gaze that pull no punches on grief, memory, and the sheer graft of keeping yourself upright.
The Long Ryders – High Noon Hymns: Album Review
Ryding ever on, the sunset seems as far away as ever for Griffin and his gang of Long Ryders with this enjoyable twist and twang.
Blodwyn Pig – The Recordings 1969-1974: Box Set Review
That was Blodwyn Pig. The Mick Abrahams legacy gets another polish with a collection of Pig recordings.
Temora – Demo: Review
Spawned in 2025 in the shadows of Budweis, Czechia’s Temora vomit forth a rotten blend of old-school death and decaying new wave filth.