From powerful gothic doom, to nostalgia laden metal, and profound experimentation, to potent post and blackgaze, modern core chaos, and harsh, but beautiful, heaviness. We’ve reviewed some great releases this week, and here’s our weekly reminder of what has been covered.
Ash Pines: The Motel is cheap, and it is short, but it is not satisfying at all, and ends in such abrupt fashion, it feels like a bit of a joke.
German purveyors of soaring post metal and blackgaze, Heretoir are back with their brand-new album ‘Solastalgia’, out September 19th, 2025 via AOP Records.
Part horror, part black comedy, and part drama, Mom is a baffling, but compelling watch. Coming from director Patrick Rand, who co-wrote the story with Kevin Watson, it stars Mark Thomas Miller and Jeanne Bates.
Mastiff have released their new single ‘Decimated Graves’. It is the second one from their forthcoming EP ‘For All the Dead Dreams’, out 24th October via Church Road Records.
Progressive metalcore disruptors Soulkeeper will release their highly anticipated new EP, ‘Join Us in Creating Excellence’, set for release on 19th September 2025 via Pure Noise Records.
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Brighton’s Industrial Post-Hardcore quartet Tribe Of Ghosts have released their brand-new single ‘FOREVER FALLING UPWARDS’. Available on all major streaming platforms and Bandcamp.
Gothic metal legends, Paradise Lost are back with their brand-new, and seventeenth album, ‘Ascension’, out on September 19th, 2025.
