Album Reviews

Babymetal – Metal Forth [Album Review]

Review: Dan Maynard Babymetal are back with Metal Forth, their fifth studio release — and it’s anything but business as usual. Now 15 years into a career that’s been anything but predictable, the Tokyo-born trio have carved […]

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SLOWCUT – Flesh [EP Review]

Review: Joshua Hobbins Magandjin/Brisbane post-metal collective SLOWCUT return with flesh, a two-track, 19-minute plunge into visceral grief, existential violence, and the brutal beauty of embodiment. Following the success of their 2023 debut In Death is Relief, flesh sees the quintet […]

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Propagandhi – At Peace [Album Review]

Review: JD Garrahy We’ve been gifted something amazing for the second quarter of 2025: a new album from Canadian punk outfit Propagandhi. And let me tell you—this is the Props I love. Politically driven, packed […]

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Ghost – ‘Skeletá [Album Review]

Review: Dan Maynard Swedish musical genius Tobias Forge is back, back with a new look….a very very new look. If you thought Cardinal Copia was out of the ordinary, Forge has taken the birth of a new Papa V Perpetua is almost like something out […]

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CROSSFACE – Self-Titled [Album Review]

Review: Joshua Hobbins Emerging from the depths of Queensland’s burgeoning heavy scene, CROSSFACE’s debut full-length is a filthy, cathartic dive into metallic hardcore, blending grind, sludge, and death-tinged chaos into a 23-minute exorcism. The record is relentless […]