Who else can review my album / ep / single?

As I've mentioned in the description of this blog, I review melodic bands.
That is, I'll take on most melodic metal, classic heavy metal, progressive rock, progressive metal,  melodic death metal. The important part is that it has to have great melodies beyond the vocal melodies. So I might make an exception and review a particularly melodic black metal band or something like that.
Also, I've reviewed bands that don't fall into these boundaries for Heaps of Metal or The Metal Lab, but that's to support that community, which is a really great community.


Now, not every band fit's those subgenres. That doesn't make it worse metal. It's just that I listen to little of that subgenre and will focus on elements that aren't as important for bands in that subgenre or miss elements that are really important in that subgenre. Both make for a poor review.
Therefore I'm making a list of other blogs and reviewers for you to contact if your music either doesn't fit my criteria, or you just want to get more reviews (as some of the reviewers will be overlapping with what I review):

Schwermetallisch Reviews by Dennis Eikenkotter
For bands in the subgenres Epic, Doom, Prog, Power, Retro Rock and AOR
https://www.facebook.com/schwermetallisch/

Deviate PR by Holly Royle
For bands in the subgenres Symphonic, Folk metal, Progressive, Djent, Tech-metal
https://deviatepr.co.uk/blog/
https://www.facebook.com/DeviatePR/

Gig Lass/Big Lights Gig City by Carly Dyson
Rock and Metal band reviews
https://curlywurly409.wordpress.com/

The Metal Lab by Tom Nando
For any subgenre, but Tom is a thrash fan, so particularly for thrash metal bands
https://themusicreviews7.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/866561303761726/

You Heard? by Shawn Denton
For bands stoner/doom/sludge/post-rock subgenres
https://www.facebook.com/YouHeardGoListen/

Honourable mention:
Subterranean Noise Reviews by Håvard Lunde.
The blog is currently on hiatus, so no submissions here. However, it's a great blog to read, and I hope that eventually Håvard Lunde will have more time and energy to write some more.
https://subterranean-noise-reviews.blogspot.com/

Before you run off and contact them, read up on what to include when submitting for review: https://igorsmetalblog.blogspot.com/2020/03/so-you-want-to-get-review.html

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