[Review] Elder – Through Zero
In audio engineering, “Through Zero” describes the property of a signal crossing the zero point to invert its own phase. There is no more fitting metaphor to describe the artistic…
[Review] John Bassett – Simon Says EP
Twenty-three years is a long silence. And yet, when Irish guitarist and composer John Bassett finally chose to break it, he didn’t ease back gradually — he returned with a…
[Review] Tidal Wave – Volume Tree
Sweden has never been short of Heavy riff-dealers, but Tidal Wave have spent the better part of a decade carving out a lane that is unmistakably their own — rooted…
[Review] Agusa – Panacea
Agusa, Swedish Progressive Rock collective formed in 2013, releases “Panacea” on May 22, 2026 via Karisma Records — their fourth live album, a record that documents a powerful performance at…
[Review] Lufeh – Overwhelmed
“Overwhelmed,” the new sophomore from Brazilian-American collective Lufeh, is due May 29, 2026, and arrives as the natural evolution of a project active since 1993, built around the vision of…
[Review] Dutch Elm – Dutch Elm
Newcastle-based instrumental four-piece Dutch Elm proposes a sound that interweaves the Cinematic sweep of Post-Rock with the tension and technical precision of Math-Rock. Formed in 2016, the band has steadily…
[Review] Astral Magic – Into The Cosmos
Astral Magic is the project of Finnish multi-instrumentalist Santtu Laakso, and “Into the Cosmos” is the kind of record that does not ask for your attention — it simply takes…
[Review] Damask – Three Times Ten
Damask is an open music project born in 2025 in Tricity — the urban triangle of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Sopot, Poland — conceived by Weno Winter (also known from Sautrus)…
[Review] Pit Hag – Hervor EP
Lawrence, Kansas — LFK — does not appear on the standard map of Doom Metal. Pit Hag are in the process of changing that. Founded in 2015 by guitarist and…
[Review] Crown Lands – Apocalypse
With “Apocalypse,” released May 15, 2026 via InsideOut Music, Crown Lands deliver their third full-length studio album. Following their JUNO Award-winning 2020 debut, “Fearless” (2023), and the JUNO-nominated instrumental diptych…