I feel as though the strength of this album is that it displays a lot of potential and I don’t doubt that there’s great things to come from this guitar wizard. By Chad Murray

Night Thoughts is a thrill. It sounds fresh and vivid, exuberant and ambitious. And it just shows that sometimes cliches can be right – Suede, now firmly back and pulsing with life, have never sounded better. By Chris Long

Devil You Know have created a grilled perfectly slab of American metalcore that deserved far more attention than it received. – By Noah Scott

All in all, ‘The Unholy Oath’ is a must, especially If you like thrash, black metal, hard, fast, loud, and evil – or a combination of all of that. – By kara Chavez

‘Black Snow Desert’ is doom/sludge stretched out and refracted into infinity, an occasionally arresting set of studies in tone and weight that, while in need of some editing, announces the arrival of a band that those who enjoy life in the slow lane should take note of. – By Jamie Jones

Listening to the album is to be deeply immersed in an altered way of perceiving, as if giving you a glimpse of what it would be like to view yourself from an alien insect machine perspective, but without knowing its motives. A strange and intense experience. – By Owen Coggins

We may be a little late to the party here but, this is a fucking incredible album and I’m overjoyed to be reviewing it. By Chad Murray

This split is absolutely essential. Do yourself a favour, support Dry Cough, Vetala or Vendetta records and pick up a copy. Bang over imminent. – By Fraser Samson

All intense, all old-school, no triggers, no sweep picked leads. This seven track rager hits like a knuckle-duster to the stomach. – By Al Necro

Get this split, or hell is coming loose at your punk/metalhead neighbor’s stinkin’ basement jammin’ this! – By Al Necro

For my money, Hinterlandt have produced a really original record in Ensemble, which is really worth an hour of your time if you’re looking for a break from the self-imposed silo of your usual listening. By Stuart Benjamin

With solid song structures and an endless amount of pure riffs and groove Gygax have fashioned an album that should be enjoyed by all who love their music heavy, dirty and with a bit of a tale to tell. – By Justin Petrick

It is a very interesting, incident packed album, which reflects the styles of all parties concerned and does nothing to diminish their stellar reputations. Perhaps though they were all too pumped up by their own talents and vast potential and got just a bit too excited. If it’s profundity was as obvious as its musical excellence, we would be talking about a future classic. – By Chris Ball

There are some great tracks on this record, but it doesn’t seem to work well as a whole. Some of the tracks feel rushed and the mood changes too fast. This may be a symptom of a band brimming with ideas, which may bode well for the future as they develop and mature. – By Jody Dunstan

‘Das Ende Aller Lügen’ is a confident and sharp exercise in exceptional melodic death metal. – By Andrew Rawlinson

Ultimately, ‘Fever Daydream’ delivers. It’s a superb collection of songs, and it really offers something for everyone (as long as you like 80’s style synth-pop). The Black Queen may have crafted one of the best dream-pop albums of modern times. Highly recommended. – By Alex Crellin

Ondt Blod writes catchy hooks and don’t play a song longer than they need to. ‘Finnmark’ doesn’t break new ground, but the band is angry and they’re happy about it. Get in, punch someone in the face, and get out. Just don’t forget to smile along the way. – By Jeremiah Nelson

Compass & Knife have risen far above the sum of their influences, and delivered a very fine instrumental rock album that made its way comfortably into this writer’s overall top 20 releases of 2015. Jolly well done them. By Rich Buley.

Our Oceans have made a great album here and this is a band that will go on to make more great music as their career goes on. – By Gavin Brown

This is primitive extreme metal with chunky rhythm guitar sections and minute shred and blast transitions. The songs are catchy and easy to like. Death metal fans into older Cannibal Corpse and Obituary will gorge on this eleven-track-long terror. – By Al Necro

‘The Waiting Room’ protrudes a band that is focused, unafraid to be varied, to deliver a sound, which mixes gentleness with an absorbing and at times intense atmosphere, with thought provoking personal human drama and tension. – By Andy Little