After more than 30 years, Amon Amarth don’t need to completely reinvent themselves and instead they’ve found ways to add something new while still sounding like the Amon Amarth we know and love.
BRYMIR deliver a really great album with What We Leave Behind, blending melodic death metal with huge cinematic atmosphere. Heavy, emotional and packed with variety, this is an album that keeps getting better and better the more you listen.
Gåte’s Sigil is a beautiful, authentic and absorbing blend of Nordic folk tradition and modern rock, packed with atmospheric vocals, creative instrumentation and plenty of subtle surprises across its ten tracks.
Overall, this was a seriously good night, with Conjurer and Gaerea both delivering sets that were heavy, emotional and hugely engaging in very different but complementary ways.
Age of Ignorance is a very strong release built around plenty of simple ideas: catchy riffs, intense drums and varying vocal styles. What Days of Ruin do very well is execute those ideas with enough variation that each song leans on their core skills slightly differently, keeping things fresh throughout
Taking place on Saturday the 5th of September in the heart of Nottingham city centre, Mangata Festival 2026 saw an incredible lineup of bands take over five stages all within throwing distance of each other.
Der Weg Einer Freiheit to release an instrumental version of Innern on 11th September via Season of Mist
Metalicious is a (mostly) fun and chaotic EP that sees Scene Queen pushing the heavier side of her sound further than before. The combination of pop, metal, synths, rap, clean vocals and some deep growls makes for a release that is rarely predictable, and when it works, it works really well.