New York hardcore legends Agnostic Front return with their thirteenth studio album, Echoes In Eternity, and if you're expecting these veterans to mellow with age or compromise their sound, you clearly haven't been paying attention for the past forty-five years.

When life goes full on bat shit crazy you need to find something to match that energy the almost bring everything to an evil kil, fortunately the Swedish maddened maestros Avatar are bringing their circus back into town armed with their latest album – Don’t Go Into The Forest, and of course they are dropping it on Halloween 

There are some bands that manages to balance their overall breathtaking experience and translate to both the studio and in a live setting, but Conjurer manage this effortlessly and now they return with a new album (Just in time for me seeing them at this year’s Damnation) with Unself - A more personal voyage of discovery unfurling for vocalist/guitarist Dani Nightingale.

Steve Morse Band’s Triangulation is a genre-defying, soul-stirring instrumental odyssey.  Nine tracks of pure musical telepathy, where slap bass grooves, rhythmic wizardry, and fretboard fireworks converge in a masterclass of style-less mastery.

Back in the 1970’s, Sweet - alongside bands such as Slade, Mud and T. Rex - were constantly on the ‘Top Of The Pops’ weekly TV show in the UK. At the time, the Sweets almost androgynous image was textbook ‘glam’ rock and they backed it up with simple catchy tunes.

How in the hell has it taken until 2025 for a tribute album for Bad Company to appear? With a band that was so underrated it is no surprise I suppose but it is finally here, and it has some big hitters doffing their cap as well as original members joining in on the fun.

There's a particular moment early in Max Cavalera's career trajectory where everything crystallizes—where the raw fury and indigenous rhythmic sensibilities that have always lurked beneath the surface of his compositions suddenly burst through with undeniable purpose.

One of the best and biggest hard rock bands of all time, Scorpions have been an unrelenting force and 'From The First Sting' is a suitably career spanning tribute to their sixty year reign.

The phenomena that is progressive guitar based music has on many occasions produced bands and discographies that are criminally underrated and under the radar as far as the general music listening public, and more surprisingly rock music afficionados, are concerned. 

Now here's a funny thing about getting older – you start to appreciate things differently. When I was younger, discovering metal, it was all about the rawness and the aggression. Soaring vocals and epic tales just seemed like background noise to the percussion and guitar work.

Album number three for the stupidly talented Wolfgang Van Halen. The only shock of this release is that it is not titled three. I do not like the finality of the title "The End" but enough of the nonsense, let us dive right into the mind of a musical genius.

Ash have come a very long since singer/guitarist Tim Wheeler and bass player Mark Hamilton played together in an Iron Maiden covers band, recruiting drummer Rick McMurray as they formed the band that have scored numerous huge selling albums and singles.

There's something uniquely visceral about Biohazard that sets them apart in the sprawling landscape of heavy music.

Does Doro ever sleep? as we see yet another release from the German metal queen. `Warriors Of The Sea’ follows hot on the heels of her 2024 EP release where she sang a duet with Rob Halford. This time we are treated to five new studio tracks and five live tracks lifted from here 20024/25 tour.

Better Days is a lesson in how to erase a decade in a blink of an eye. It is like being transported back to the early 2000s, full of hope, carefree and when music was pure fun.

I have to admit this is a new one on me, even though this collective is going 10 years now having first came into being in 2015.