A multi-paced, infernal journey through hellish war imagery and shell-shocked atmospherics. Thick slabs of commanding doom and death metal paint a blackened but melodic palette. It’s a ferocious and factious release that is equally sonically satisfying and permeates deeply like good metal should. – By Dave ‘Shell-Shocked’ Guzda

It is a majestic triumph of melody and contrasting tonalities. The album showcases a more refined and focused example of SubRosa’s enchanting blend of aural darkness and light. – By Dave Guzda

The layers of emotion, fragility and aggression will make you appreciate what an exceptional, unique and deeply gratifying release this is. ‘Love’ is an alluring album, seducing you with both delicate and stinging sound. – By Dave Allan Guzda

Incredible melodies, deep lavish atmospherics and magical layers of sound that blend to hit the senses just right. By Dave Guzda

An unrelenting and unforgiving assault of apocalyptic, ugly, neurotic, *glorious* noise rock aggression . By Dave Guzda

A welcome journey with adventurous melody, rich creativity and varied sonic palette. Nostalgia is the most balanced, most immersive and most rewarding release from Ovum yet. If you enjoy instrumental post-rock/post-metal or metal, then please give this a listen. By Dave Guzda

Voivod remains in top form. That incredibly innovative, pounding and progressive, monstrous metal form that has enthralled fans for decades. – By Dave Allan Guzda

Dreamy and melodic, ‘Notturno’ is another solid release by Australasia which focuses on a post-rock/electronica blend of captivating sonic atmospheres inspired by the enigmatic aura of the Night. By Dave Guzda

Chrome Over Brass is an all consuming blast of energetic, focused instrumental music. The songs are succinct and satisfying. – By David Allan Guzda

The quality of ‘People, when you see the smoke, do not think it is the fields they’re burning’ reveals itself after multiple listens. It may seem complex and overwhelming at first, but it’s an album that is well worth investing your time into. The stunning atmospheres are unparalleled at conjuring vivid and bleak places in your mind. The album is profoundly moving and unquestionably stands out as a singular creation. It is simultaneously chilling, brash, mesmerising and majestic. – By Dave Allan Guzda

Massive and thoroughly consuming – ‘III’ is a captivating release with melodic heavy riffs, thunderous and evocative drums and colossal musical odysseys. The musicianship by Jelle and Roel is solid. The songs achieve the sought after balance of loud and soft. It spawns a haunting and unsettling concussive energy. It is doom. It is metal. Behold the power of the riff! – By Dave Allan Guzda

A compelling balance of vibrant atmospheres and harmonic post-rock. By Dave Guzda

This album is intricate, emotional, uplifting, horrific, crushing, cathartic and just erupts with riff after riff of colourful and evocative metal. ‘The Moon Lit Our Path’ is something special. – By Dave Allan Guzda

A gloomy instrumental ride through a black forest of stunning, dark and doomy atmospheric magic. – Dave Allan Guzda

Bewitching fun. it is eminently listenable, with some fantastic instrumental sections and charming vocal melodies. By Dave Allan Guzda

‘Revisionist’ is a gritty, gripping and wholly immersive album that is enjoyable in its entirety. – By Dave Allan Guzda

‘Sentience’ is a forceful, highly charismatic exploration of jazz spirited, progressive instrumental metal delivered with clever arrangement and engaging atmospherics. Vermilion’s album is inspiring stuff: elaborate, harmonic, often captivating… remarkable for a début full length release. – By Dave Allan Guzda

Bold, rapturous melody meld with enterprising, creative composition. This is a fantastic album of post-rock/metal/instrumental/atmospheric/progressive/drone/ambient… delightfully experimental… music. By Dave Allan Guzda

Noveller traverses alluring and expansive soundscapes with a deluge of emotive and colourful guitar. The album is a collection of individual trips to distant celestial spaces with long waves of droning guitar washing against subtle tides of rising and falling sounds. Is there a “theatrical alien surf” sub-genre? By Dave Guzda

Animism fuses traditional and modern music with a remarkable creative finesse that rivals some of the leaders in alternative music. The star of this album is the diverse sounds Tagaq creates with her throat singing. The energy, the vocal patterns, the diverse and eclectic harmonies, moans, growls, groans, yells, noises, beats… It’s simply an awesome showcase of what the human voice is capable of. By Dave Allan Guzda

Awesome oscillated experimental cacophony (say that 5x fast :P). By Dave Guzda