Pure Reason Revolution have once again opened the door to somewhere unfamiliar. All you have to do is step through it. Just don’t expect to come back completely sane.

Rather than celebrating nostalgia, Group Chat looks firmly toward the future, proving that great musicians never stop exploring.

It’s a balls-out, out-of-this-world powerhouse of a record. Wasteland isn’t simply a great album; it’s the kind of album that demands repeat listens.

The trio has arrived with something heavy, strange, psychedelic, and unapologetically their own. Now I’m left wondering just how far down the cosmic rabbit hole they’ll take us next.

As the professional and seasoned chefs always say, it is always the simple things that are hardest to make right, and Henry O Henry sure makes them right here.

Yet another incredible collection of finely written songs crafted together with rich instrumentation and wondrous detail.

This album feels like a horror movie playing inside your head, with every song opening another door into a darker room.

It is smooth and sophisticated and you can add a few other eptithets there, or simply say it just works the way all involved intended, whether you agree about that supergroup tag or not. And you definitely should.

Anthrax sound as fired up as ever and Cursum Perficio is a riot of riffs and majestic melodies.

With Empyrean, Raphael Weinroth-Browne has created an experience that refuses to sit comfortably inside a single genre.

This is grindcore taken right back to its punk roots – confrontational, irreverent and with a skipload of go-down-swinging gusto crammed into its miniscule runtime. Perfect for when you need an aural kick in the head to start off your day or get you through that next Teams call.

Absolutely glorious homemade pop music. Get on the bus with this new record, let a little light into your dark, cold, world.

This is an album to be savoured alone, probably with the lights out, and played very loud to feel its true impact.

They continue to push forward without forgetting where they came from, and Let’s THRAK Again is another example of that balance.

A Sinner’s Child feels like the closing chapter of the Idag era, a final page in that particular book before Witchcraft turns the page toward whatever lies ahead.

Zeitgeist on the Run is an unpredictable journey filled with unexpected twists, sinister overtones, and wonderful dynamics.

Prepare yourself to embark on the strange, synth-heavy landscapes the band has unleashed in 2026, filled with geometric patterns, cosmic textures, psychedelic grooves, and a sense of otherworldly exploration.

Wars of Spirit // Wards of Light is a beguiling and richly rewarding listen which traverses a multitude of genres.

Head bang until the crack of dawn, because there’s more where that came from. Sweat’s In Dreams is the album to be on the lookout for.

Here’s hoping there are many more lost recordings waiting in the vaults for another volume, because Yeah Man, It’s Bloody Heavy!! has proven that the underground history of heavy rock still has plenty of stories left to tell.

Chat Pile successfully expand their sound while still keeping it ugly and bludgeoning.