Weekly Review Roundup: Monday 3rd November 2025 – Friday 7th November 2025
From intense and modern mathcore to potent arena rock, and epic melodeath, to no-nonsense death metal, eclectic alternative rock, and sinful black metal, we’ve reviewed some great releases this week, and here’s our weekly reminder of what was covered. All these releases are out now!
Pupil Slicer – Fleshwork (Prosthetic Records)
Not the Pupil Slicer of old, nor the Pupil Slicer of tomorrow, this is the Pupil Slicer of now, and they’ve never sounded as potent as they do here. It’s their most varied release to date, and with that has come a scaled back approach that allows their voices to come through in clearer and less hurried fashion. This will reach a whole new audience and allow them to find their own connection to the band, while those who have been along for the ride so far, will find their connection deepening.
Check out the full review here.
Analog Amara – Slowly Falling Apart (Self Released)
A word that can be used to define this release is ‘emotional’, and while it’s one of many, it’s fair to say that it’s probably the most prevalent. All because the musical combination, a potent blend of rock and pop given an anthemic injection, oozes heart and soul from the first track to the last. Analog Amara aren’t doing anything particularly fresh, but that’s ok because they deliver some really strong music that has obvious universal appeal.
Check out the full review here.
Omnium Gatherum – May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way (Century Media Records)
How do you celebrate such a momentous milestone? If you’re Omnium Gatherum you look at the length and breadth of your career (30 bloody years), taking everything that they’ve done to date, and putting it into one complete record. It is the complete Omnium Gatherum as they stand today, proudly looking back, but with feet facing forward. It might be a celebration, so to speak, of the band’s immense melodeath ways, but it’s not stuck in past.
Check out the full review here.
Centinex – With Guts and Glory (Black Lion Records)
Here, we get eight tracks of the heavy and brutal stuff, albeit with a penchant for thrashy, punky, and traditional metal flair. It just means we get death metal with some groove, and who the hell is going to complain about that? Especially when the core of this band remains rooted in the death side of things.
Check out the full review here.
Stellvris – Shatter & Bloom (Self Released)
What’s clear is that this band has real talent: powerful rhythm work, strong guitar and bass tones, and a remarkably versatile vocalist. They know how to use those strengths intelligently, and the crisp production ensures every detail shines through. The result is a modern, ambitious, and fiercely engaging release from a band that looks set to achieve huge things.
Check out the full review here.
Caskets – The Only Heaven You’ll Know (SharpTone Records)
Fast becoming one of the most dependable bands in the alternative and post-hardcore scene, Caskets hit a new level of anthemic honesty with this record, and in doing so, challenge the listener in unexpected ways. Not only is this liable to be their most relatable release, but there’s a strong argument that it’s their most complete sounding. Delivering potent track after track filled with melody-charged metal and rock, it’s the sound of a band on a creative tear, for better or worse, and connecting to their listeners on a much more emotional level, even though not every track is a hit, personally.
Check out the full review here.
Ildaruni – Divinum Sanguinem (Black Lion Records)
Not only more intense, but delivered with more aggression and ferocity, and even though melody still plays an important part, the blackened fire is what sits front and centre.
Check out the full review here.
