Category: Review

  • Review: Watcher “Mistress Of our Time”

    Review: Watcher “Mistress Of our Time”

    Release date:  25/09/2026 Label: Dying Victims Productions Dying Victims Productions presents “Mistress of Our Time”, the second full‑length from Sweden’s Watcher, available on CD and vinyl. Watcher began in 2023 as Viktor Gustafsson’s solo project, built around a clear fascination with traditional heavy metal and a desire to explore that style with focus and intent.…

  • Review: The Night Eternal “Cold Velvet”

    Review: The Night Eternal “Cold Velvet”

    Release date: 21st August 2026 Label: Metal Blade Records The Night Eternal return with “Cold Velvet”, their Metal Blade debut arriving on the 21st of August 2026, a record that pushes their melancholic heavy metal into sharper, darker focus. Formed in 2018, the band have built a strong reputation through “Moonlit Cross” and “Fatale”, plus…

  • Review: Crimson Steel “Show No fear”

    Review: Crimson Steel “Show No fear”

    Release date: Out Now Label: Heaven and Hell Records Formed in 2022 in Raleigh, North Carolina, CRIMSON STEEL presents itself as a traditional heavy metal band deeply influenced by the genre’s most revered names, from Judas Priest to Iron Maiden and Queensrÿche. Their mission is clear: to emulate that legacy without straying too far from…

  • Review: Ironflame “World To Conquer

    Review: Ironflame “World To Conquer

    RELEASE DATE: 14th of August 2026 LABEL: High Roller Records Since the 1980s, Cleveland has always been a fertile breeding ground for great heavy metal music. Ohio-based Andrew Della Cagna continues this tradition in true style. Over the past years, the multi-instrumentalist has been active in more than half a dozen bands, among them Brimstone…

  • Review: Pénitent – “Te Veut Ivre”

    Review: Pénitent – “Te Veut Ivre”

    Release date: 22.05.2026 Label: Gates Of Hell Records Formed in Marseille in late 2022, Pénitent are a French quartet seeking to fuse heavy metal, hard rock, and progressive rock under a liturgical and decadent aesthetic. Inspired by the ancient confraternities of penitents from France, Italy, and Spain, the band performs entirely in French, blending darkness,…