Powerplant - Bridge of Sacrifice CS

No album is more deserving of being heralded as “a ripper” than this from a Ukrainian expat in London, Theo Zhykharyev, who writes and performs nearly every part of an opus where garage rock meets hardcore punk, psychobilly and black metal as if on a Transylvanian hillside under a full moon. Among the fist-pumping fuzz-rock riffs, there are plenty of slower moments too, where Zhykharyev goes into am-dram Phantom of the Opera mode. –Ben Beaumont-Thomas (From The Guardian's 'Best albums of 2026 so far' column)