Review by Rick Eaglestone Flykt – Sinister Strain Record Label: Hammerheart Records Year: 2026 Rating: 7/10 Seven years is a long time to hold your tongue. Since Charnel Heart announced Flykt to the Swedish Bl…

Review by Transmontanus Kalmansurma – Sysimaa (EP) Record Label: Independent Year: 2026 Rating: 7/10 Finland has long possessed a unique relationship with darkness, and Kalmansurma appear intent on continuing t…

Review by Jeger Autrest – Burning Embers, Forgotten Wolves Record Label: Northern Silence Productions Year: 2025 Rating: 8.5/10 What is the return on life’s eager investment? Never what you would think. For eac…

Thrash has enjoyed a solid year thus far…Whether your poison has included the head-spinning technical fireworks of Cryptic Shift, the sprightly horns-up gallop of Kreator’s inspired latest, lean, mean dea…

Sometimes a new band starts up and chooses a godawful name—like Illwind. I’m not just referring to associations with flatulence either—though that certainly doesn’t help. It’s just a difficult name to research,…