For the first time in years, I listened to Teen Top’s first full album No.1 yesterday. Apart from some classic singles, the album itself is just okay, but it opens with a hilariously overblown intro that made me miss some 2013-era K-pop’s inherent silliness. Teen… Read More »Song Review: Teen Top – Cherry Pie
In many ways, 8TURN’s December single Like A Friend was the smash that got away — a spring/summer track released in the dead of winter as everyone was cobbling together their year-end best-of lists. Making matters worse, the group never promoted it until weeks later.… Read More »Song Review: 8TURN – Electric Heart
– August 21st, 2025 – “Real Dream” Video / Single Now Playing + Pre-Orders Available Watch / Stream NINE TREASURES’ “Real Dream” Video HERE Chinese Mongolian progressive metal outfit Nine Treasures will unleash their Seeking The Absolute full-length on October 24th via Metal Blade Records,… Read More »Nine Treasures: Chinese Mongolian Progressive Metal Outfit to Release “Seeking the Absolute” Full-Length on October 24th via Metal Blade Records
The last time we heard from Publicist UK, they were gifting us the single greatest cover in the 15-year history of the Decibel Flexi Series. That was nine years ago, which was another full 12 months after their release of their stunning Forgive Yourself debut… Read More »PUBLICIST UK Returns with “Violence,” their First New Material in a Decade
Featuring past and present members of Abiotic, Scale the Summit, Unaligned, Shroud of Bereavement, Dreaded Silence and Voraath, Visitant are a recent entry to that faction of extremists who choose to stir infernal rawness, lush orchestration and textbook technicality on the sonic mixing palette. The… Read More »Album Premiere: Visitant’s Rubidium is Very Much an Active Metallic Element