This is essential listening, as vital as metal gets. Get it, and get it now. Simply awesome.

A furious assault on the senses that gets better with every listen this is thoroughly recommended.

Full details of the forthcoming High on fire album

Check out the dates of Wolf’s UK tour and their new video.

it’s impossible to give Arkaea anything more than the weakest of ratings for their turgid pillaging of tired musical styles.

This is a monumental album that should see Paradise Lost at the very top of a scene that they unwittingly spawned almost two decades ago. Remarkable.

Arguably not as good as ‘Doomsday machine’ this is still a worthwhile disc, particularly for newcomers to the band who have not heard the original versions, or rabid fans who just have to have everything the band put their name to, but for casual listeners it’s just not quite engrossing enough to be listed in the essential category