Weekly rundown February 16 – 2024

A week dominated by black- and doom metal, but not necessarily the kind that makes you want to crawl into a dark hole and hide from the world.

Weekly rundown February 09 – 2024

This week some of the core elements of what makes metal great today – brutality, aggression, thematic confidence, stylistic refinement and innovation – gets into a fight over which one is more essential.

Weekly rundown February 02 – 2024

The first week of February sees a battle being fought between life-hungry prog and bitter, shadow-dwelling black metal, bringing you some of the best of both worlds.

Weekly rundown January 26 – 2024

A beefy week to mark the end of January, where progressive and technical extreme metal leads the way. We’re in the thick of it now.

Weekly rundown January 19 – 2024

This week gets right in your face to let you know that January means business. Just, wow. Some excellent stuff heading your way.

Weekly rundown January 12 – 2024

Second release batch of the year is the week of EPs, apparently, with a pair of devastatingly heavy contenders leading the way.

Weekly rundown January 05 – 2024

Let’s start the year with whatever dares to creep out from under the crumpled heap of 2023.

Weekly rundown August 25 – 2023

A standout week for extreme metal, as we’ve got a plethora of stellar death-, black- and hash thrash metal released upon the world.

Weekly rundown August 18 – 2023

A bountiful week favoring more extreme or dark lean-ins to classic heavy metal.

Weekly rundown August 11 – 2023

Raw, inexhaustible aggression fuels the top outputs of this week, spearheading an assault that’s followed up with more heavy, yet slightly more complex, hitters.