At the end of the day, this record is bone crushing and brutal and so satisfying because of it; let it lay waste to your senses and become your favourite metal record of 2016. – By Sam Robinson

It will be difficult to return to anything other than this for a good neck breaking and beer swigging in the coming years- Kvelertak have for sure outdone themselves. – By Sam Robinson

Ancst are able to channel their powerful ethos into these tracks, with a visceral and battering musical experience as a result. – By Sam Robinson

This is a stand out record of this year, but more importantly of metal as a whole. – By Sam Robinson

An experience more than anything, one I think many people within the metal listening sphere will find a lot to enjoy. A record worth your time and a record that will sit boldly among Gilead Media’s already unique collection of releases. – By Sam Robinson

Within the mass of interest that their music triggers, Sam Robinson has managed to whittle it down to ask drummer and programmer Lee Burford about their upcoming live shows, influences, future endeavours and the incredible sonic monsters The Body have forged.

‘Abuse to Suffer’ flew by me on first listen, as I think it will for most, but multiple listens reveals this band’s continuing ability to write crushing yet articulated grindcore tracks that are as chaotic as they are formulated within the track listing. – By Sam Robinson

This album is an opus in modern metal and an example of a band at a never ending peak. Where ever The Body decides to venture sonically in the future, I feel a majority of those who hold their music to a high regard will look back on ‘No One Deserves Happiness’ as a defining moment. – By Sam Robinson

Death Index have produced a punk record that shows influence where it should yet provides diversity that is usually missed on modern records like this. A fuzzed out, noise soaked punk gem that satisfies time and time again. – By Sam Robinson

The Lion’s Daughter are a band on the path to contributing a refreshing take on the underground of heavy music. This latest record may not be their full capacity yet, but it is a solid release nonetheless. – By Sam Robinson

Lycus have set themselves on a path and transcended their previous work, ‘Chasms’ is an impressive record that will isolate, transport and destroy just as doom metal should. – By Sam Robinson

This project is no exception in regards to quality for this band, and I’m sure to enjoy this as a standalone for a long time yet. If it catches your fancy, then you should be delving into the maze of splits and releases in their back catalogue, you won’t be disappointed. – By Sam Robinson

‘Sick With Bloom’, in sound and substance, is natural and pure in every way. It feels born out of the rotting leaves and earth at the foot of a dense forest, untouched and ancient. – By Sam Robinson

By no means are Of Spire & Throne trying to reinvent the genre, but ‘Sanctum of the Light’ is a testament to a band who has the potential to rise to great prominence within it. This album is an incredible dose of extreme, death tinged doom metal that is more than worth your time to explore its cavernous chasms and darkest dimensions. – By Sam Robinson

I find it hard to find the weak point with this project, maybe it’s due to the almost constant impenetrable walls of noise that give the record its overall aesthetic, or if it’s actually because the album is unbelievable. – By Sam Robinson

You can’t help but commend the band amongst the white noise of newer U.S. hardcore acts. I always find myself returning to their previous releases for an overdose of well executed hardcore that sticks to its roots. ‘Show Your Greed’ is no exception, a barrage from front to back that solidifies Axis as band who will inevitably grow to establish themselves in a flooded scene. – By Sam Robinson

A 13 track flow of punchy, thick and textured tracks with real noticeably noisy overtones, along with the consistency in the song structures. By Sam Robinson

I appreciate the fact that Grave Pleasures is a new band so they may want to shake off the previous bands attributes and create something new, but I feel that the sound they produce on this album is a slightly lacklustre version of what Beastmilk was. – By Sam Robinson

Whether its the dense and warm production or the heavy guitar work it doesn’t matter, Heat Dust embrace the post-punk genre, play it well and make it their own. – By Sam Robinson

If Christian Hede Madsen continues to wear his stoner rock/country influences on his sleeve, then this project will have a lot of potential in the way of a full-length. – By Sam Robinson

This is a shining example of a metal and industrial fused record, one that successfully fuels the undeniable fact that the artists behind Corrections House still stand as the most creative and influential individuals in the genre. – By Sam Robinson