Metalheadz Vinyl & CDs

Review: Toronto besties Gremlinz and Jesta have been plotting, scheming and collaborating their entire adult lives - off and on - and releasing together consistently since 2018, but The Lee Garden Historical Preservation Society is their most significant creation to date. An ice cold web of tales and textures that digs deep into drum & bass music's most uncompromising and future-focused aesthetics, over 13 tracks they dig deep into a range of influences - techno ('Andromeda'), jungle ('Destro') and elements of grunge and trip hop on cuts such as 'Vermin' and 'After Dinner Coffee Face' are all in the mix but they forever keep the sonics tight and consistent. Metalheadz through and through.

Review: One of the most GOATed of GOATs, Nookie requires absolutely no introduction. And his fist album in over 15 years is an absolutely massive deal this year. Especially when it's on Metalheadz. And especially when it runs the whole Nookie gamut from house to jungle and features the supreme tones of songwriter du jour Ruth Royall. Here are just four examples as Headz gives us a little tease under the vinyl spotlight. The gutsy soul of 'Part Of Me', the timeless Chicago-style vibes of 'In Love' and the beguiling futurism of 'Over & Over', long may Nookie continue to reign.

Review: ***B-STOCK: Creasing to corner of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition***


Scar has become integral to the contemporary drum & bass scene over the last eight or so years and has left several top-notch tunes on labels like this one in their wake. They now make a welcome return to Metalheadz with The Road Less Travelled VIP, which is new takes on their 2022 album of the same name. On the buttons are some of the pair's closest musical colleagues as Zero T, Nookie and Artificial Intelligence all come through with fine fresh new takes and SCAR themselves also offer up a trio of their own smart reworks which following many requests now land on their own slab of coloured wax.