Galaxy – Runaway Men (Shaded Moon Entertainment)
Sumptuous prog metal from a half-forgotten name...
Thrall – Schisms (Impure Sounds/Brilliant Emperor)
A welcome, and long-awaited, return...
Def Leppard – Diamond Star Halos (Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury)
Good, but not great...
Strangeways – Native Sons (HNE Recordings Reissue)
The greatest British AOR album ever? Our man Strickmann certainly thinks so...
Carnivore – Carnivore (Dissonance Reissue)
Legendary Brooklyn crossoverists get the reissue treatment...
Dampf – The Arrival (Gramophone Records)
An intriguing return to metal from one of Eurodance's favourite sons...
Jorn – Over The Horizon Radar (Frontiers Music)
Good stuff from one of heavy rock's great voices...
Above & Below – Suffer Decay Alone (Disorder Recordings)
Bleak, yet strangely empowering industrial musings from the US...
Sanz – Let Us Die (NoCut/SPV)
Classy darkwave from a former Groovenomist...
Sole Syndicate – Into The Flames (Scarlet Records)
Punchily melodic hard rock from Sweden...
Ribspreader – Crypt World (Xtreem Music)
The song remains the same for Rogga Johansson - not that you'll find us complaining about that...
The Eating Cave – Ingurgitate (Own Label)
Savage aural savagery at it's most savage...