At times frantic, others serene. Malevich makes a cacophony of anger and beauty seem stunningly easy.

Gary Davidson caught up with the four members of post-metal band Dimscûa to chat through the crazy events of their ‘viral’ day thanks to a glowing review on a Two Promoters One Pod episode only two weeks after the release of the debut.

Abrasive, beautiful, emotional, manic, heavy and calm. Requiem is one of the finest summations of the boundless possibilities of avant-garde.

If you like your sludge noisy yet expansive then Row of Ashes really is the band for you. Tide Into Ruin is fantastic.

Rich and powerful atmospheric post-metal which really deserves to be heard. This could be one of the best in 2025.

Sorrows has claws, it holds on and follows you around, reappearing in your mind when least expected. Debut album of the year? I’d put money on it.

Embodiment of Death is a wonderful doom laden atmospheric post-metal album from end to end, and on repeat.

The droning, doomed post-rock of Eimuria doesn’t demand the listeners attention but it most certainly deserves it. Quite possibly my favourite of the year so far.

For the last 20 years France has produced some of the finest post-metal around. With Soma, BÅKÜ do a tremendous job of continuing that legacy with an astoundingly powerful debut album.

Tagli/Talee oozes a screamo creativity, passion and energy that really deserves attention.

Kodok is a true expansion and a beautiful execution of the, mainly, instrumental genre.

Over the six tracks the band never goes wrong and K L P S has put a real marker down in the Swedish post-metal sound.

Four long months ago Gary Davidson caught up with Fraser and Jack of UK blackened post-hardcore trio Still. We went deep on the roots of the band, the progress to the second album, A Theft, and our collective love of Joe Clayton.

The UK’s finest purveyors of sludged up post-metal return with another extraordinary album which manages to step up from a previous point of perfection.

Post-metal that is atmospheric enough to relax to but also heavy enough to headbang to. The songs, sounds and textures are flawless.

If I have to wait another four or five years for the next Hidden Mothers album, I will be absolutely delighted if it is as varied, vibrant and flawless as the debut.

This is a miserably beautiful piece of work which puts the band high in the ranks of the finest blackened post-hardcore available today.

Codespeaker put the metal into post-metal and create a unique sound for a phenomenal second album.

Instrumental metal has a world of possibilities and if you allow yourself, then Ghosts of Glaciers will take you there and then some.

This single track 40 minute album needs to be consumed whole and when done so it shows off some of the finest post-black metal to be released this year.

Eunoia is full of the beauty, energy and passion that only envy can produce.