Album Review: Phobocosm – Gateway (Dark Descent Records)
Montréal’s Phobocosm return with ‘Gateway’, an eldritch death metal opus that seals one chapter while unveiling the next. It will be released on November 28th, 2025, via Dark Descent Records.
Album Reviews 2025
Album Review: EF – Give Me Beauty… or Give Me Death! (20th Anniversary) (Pelagic Records)
European post-rock EF band will release the 20th anniversary of ‘Give Me Beauty… or Give Me Death!’ on 28th November 2025. A re-recorded and reimagined version of their now classic debut album.
Album Review: Bloodbound – Field of Swords (Napalm Records)
Raise your swords up high: Bloodbound march forward with ‘Field of Swords’, out November 21st via Napalm Records.
Album Review: Mage – Hymns for the Afterlife (Self Released)
Celebrating fifteen years of existence, Mage, the groovy, stoner, doom metal band, are back with their fifth studio album, ‘Hymns for the Afterlife’.
Album Review: The Pretty Wild – zero.point.genesis (Sumerian Records)
The Pretty Wild, the genre-bending, boundary-breaking powerhouse will release their highly anticipated debut album ‘zero.point.genesis’, on 21st November 2025, via Sumerian Records.
Album Review: Second Cities – Secrets (Self Released)
Second Cities don’t just make songs — they create stories and the latest chapter is a big one. The Birmingham alternative rock band are releasing their highly anticipated debut album, ‘Secrets’ on November 21st, 2025. Every show, every track, every story they tell is part of one mission: to make sure the forgotten know they are seen, heard, and never alone.
Album Review: Seven Blood – Life Is Just A Phase (Self Released)
German-based alternative outfit Seven Blood will release their debut album ‘Life Is Just a Phase’ on November 21st, 2025.
Album Review: Civil Service – DARK /// (A Cheery Wave / Ripcord Records)
DARK /// is the brand-new album from Manchester-based instrumental rock collective Civil Service, out November 21st via A Cheery Wave Records and Ripcord Records.