Parastatic are riding the crest of a wave of fantastic creativity with new album Concrete Reborn, and have laid out a claim for one of the albums of 2025.

Expect an artist and his band continuing to push his own boundaries and his fans expectations.

One of those albums that is like a breath of fresh air, giving its awesome form of power to be explored across the heavens.

What on the surface plays only as a subdued languid set of jazzy compositions turns out to be a more deep musical delight.

This is a stunning and wondrously enchanting album, what a talent Nell Smith possessed.

From Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, to Odenwald, the highlights on this bad boy will make you want to start a wish list, right about…. now!

Shards of molten guitar feedback streak across the surface, casting flints of aggressive riffs cascading into the abyss of rock and roll.

Death Hilarious finds Pigs firing on all cylinders, cranking out the huge riffs and pile driver rhythms in a haze of noise and distortion. Still seriously fun.

Reunion of Broken Parts is something else entirely, it is its own thing, and I absolutely love it.

Strangeland just might be that, strange, but is at the same time an intoxicating and endearing listen and a great debut.

This isn’t just a jazz album; this is an album that’ll really keep you coming back for more to see what you’ve been missing.

This pedigree serves to create music which is truly an innovative and creative peak in all their musical histories combined.

Stygian Waves is as challenging as their debut release, giving listeners more stories that are awaiting them for weeks, months, and the years to come.

Trappes turns her compositions into a set of nightly visions that do turn from dreams into nightmares and back, with some quite intriguing results.

It’s almost like going through your old scrapbook, going back to the performances in what Page and the Crowes have accomplished at the Greek.

Ruby Red holds you captive, revealing an intensely emotional soundtrack that always feels too short, no matter how many times you absorb it.

Saapato’s concept here works, with all the collaborators blending in as he envisioned it.

On their fourth album Snapped Ankles are more themselves than ever, doubling down on their core idea of dance as a powerful therapy against harsh reality

Another welcoming return for the duo to come up with another follow-up five years after living in the pandemic lock down. But a great way for Randy and Marco to come out with a blaze of awesome power.

Pulling in all the best bits from their previous albums and adding inventive dynamics, Deafheaven have created a masterpiece that is without question, a modern classic.

Let’s just say things are getting hotter each time the trio are unleashing the powers of metal in their bloodstreams when it comes to arpeggiated textures, heavy riffs, structured alliances, and unexpected time changes.