The material here is manna from bass weight heaven, and the thought of these tracks being played out on a massive rig, is a very tantalising thought indeed.

Tense, chill factors, and electronic-orchestrations, Jo’s new album is set with a mesmerising set of unknown worlds that she has unfolded to bring 2025 to a standstill.

As with the topics this debut album addresses, the music is harsh and uncompromising. Huge suffocating walls of industrial noise and incredible operatic vocals make for a vital perspective on escaping control and ultimately finding peace.

A Flying Fish it is one of the most wackiest, stirring, avant-rock, and an animated rock opera that’s brought to life.

You would do well to check this album out, particularly if you are of the mind to hear some excellent technical death metal.

That a new generation of bands is now rediscovering and reinterpreting for their own is a beautiful thing, and for us who were there first time around it’s like the last 40 years never existed.

Intense, classical, and post-apocalyptic, Lifeblood fills the heaviness into the void of unknown parallel universes that pushes listeners into opened doors to see what chances you will take and how you will change your own timeline. And the result, it is up to you that figures out what to do next.

In a way, Of Becoming presents what Vanbur have already achieved musically elsewhere, but also gives a sense of what could be expected from the duo from now on.

One of the hardest working metallic hardcore bands in the UK add to their flawless catalogue with this intensive and immense EP.

In terms of atmospherics and sonic experimentation, this album is a startling and inventive collaboration from two creative forces.

Retracing Our Steps represents an incredible chapter combining the wonders and mystery behind The Pineapple Thief’s music.

Blake manages to conjure that ethereal atmosphere that can be connected to all things dealing with magic, whether you see light or dark things through it, making this album reach its goal.

Hope Scars is an incredible triumph and another sensational UK post-metal debut album.

I feel like I might not be playing it loud enough to get the full impact of the thumping beats but it clearly points to greater things to come.

No wonder it took Zucker six years not only to come up with music like this but to make it actually work, and yes, it surely does.

You got yourself this awesome power that is waiting for you, landing on your lap by turning up this mo-fo at its maximum.

It all flows in a truly natural way, sounding like something ECM’s Manfred Eischer would pay anything to have recorded for his label.

Yes, they are incredible musicians, this is not the way to start off their first album out for this year.

The effect is some imaginative and utterly fresh music, with Barbier coming up with one of the better musical surprises this year.

The box set is a perfect introduction to the wonders and madness that is Split Enz if you’re very new to the band’s music.

Believe me, once you open the door to Moss’ territory, it’ll be a roller-coaster ride, you’ll never forget.