Xisuma's Musical Journey

Sabaton peaked my interest with two mighty world war one themed records, Great War and  The War To End All Wars . New and naive to their so...

  Despite the impressive talents of vocalist Alex Terrible, I've suffered the misfortune of writing off these masked menaces as another ...

  Having scraped the barrel of Nu Metal treasures from my youth, this recent surge of revivalist bands like  Tetrarch , Ocean Grove and  Na...

Round five and were back on form with the triumphant Metal Forth! Not their fourth, unless your counting "metal" in the record tit...

A blast from the past! This record I experienced mostly though my friends. Having devoured The Trees Are Dead And Dried Out , I recall not b...

Delightfully predictable and thus feverishly indulgent,  Tetrarch return armed with another dose of millennial teenage angst, tapping into ...

  Champions of last years musical discoveries , Labyrinthus Stellarum's exotic take on Atmospheric Black Metal runs its course, returnin...

  Without a whiff of precariousness, our beloved titans of Metal return stuck amidst illustrious stagnation. Completely predictable yet joyo...

  A few weeks on from discovering Crossover Thrash outfit Doomsday , a new record drops! In fact, Never Known Peace is their debut "ful...

Once highly anticipated, now sorely devoured, binging Tsunami Sea left me with a simple sentiment - these numbers could take many moons to f...

    Having recently unearthed a modern scowling scene of Groove laden Thrash, tinged in Death and Crossover, Doomsday stuck me as pick of th...

With foundations of extreme and cultural aesthetic resolute and intact, Saor embarks on this latest venture through the shackles of familiar...

  Here lies a classic from the early years of youthful Metal discovery that I fortuitously happened upon, a shadowy, venomous breed of dark,...

   Ears perked by Spotify's shuffle of heavy freshness, No Cure's brief 8 track, twenty minute EP I Hope I Die Here has been a curio...

  Now years deep into their triumphant resurgence, the legendary cop killing Body Count return with a fair helping of 90s styled Metal stin...

Having struck gold with Flip Phone Fantasy and Up In The Air Forever , could our Aussies from down under make it three for three? Oddworld ...

    On a somewhat predictable trajectory, yet no less exciting, Are You Afraid lands high octane metallic exuberance. Bolstered by punchy pr...

    Exploring the many charms of 90s Alternative Metal, Boston Manor returned armed with exquisite execution over originality. Sundiver is a...

  Leaning into their aggressive side, Cane Hill return with a refined amalgamation of the Nu Metal revival, drifting towards the extremes of...

With the ominous lurch of self titled significance, esteemed musician Ihsahn , formerly of Emperor notoriety, returns on ambitious footing....