Ulthar is a unholy trio hailing from Oakland, California. The band consists of Steve Peacock (bass & vocals), Shelby Lermo (guitars & vocals) and Justin Ennis (drums). Over the course of their first two albums, […]
Out of France comes a new addition to the halls of Alternative Metal and that addition is called Smokeheads. So far, so good. Attempting to build on the works of illustrious musicians such as Devin […]
Mourning Moon, the debut album by Boston-based band Final Gasp sees the band defining their sound by navigating through different genres. And while that in itself might not be unique, there is something to the […]
Bastard Grave is somewhat one of those overlooked metal acts despite of their reputation and long-time existance. This is also my first encounter with this quintet and their music, so let’s start this review with […]
Nine Skies’ fourth album in only six years is a big step for the band because it’s their first one since the passing of Eric Bouillette, who was the band’s pillar, in charge of songwriting, […]
El Doggo from a French band Reagan Burger was kind to send me two vinyls and one CD for review. Vegan Farts was released in 2019 and it contains 11 tracks, where the sound isn’t […]
When Godthrymm released their debut Reflections in 2020 and on a paper, it was like Christmas Eve for epic doom metal fans. Godthrymm consists of former members of My Dying Bride, Anathema, Vallenfyre and Solstice […]
Morgue is a twisted death metal duo (Max and Jérôme) from France. They’ve been around on and off since 1997. Four albums under their belt is also some kind of a proof that we’re dealing […]
Majesties is a relatively new-formed supergroup hailing out of Minneapolis, as the creative centers of namely medieval melo-black project Obsequiae, and melo-black/death act Inexorum, come together as one in the preeminent new force. Thus, this […]
First I have to apologize for long delay, due to the long summer vacation and some personal issues, it’s first lately that I began listening to this 7” vinyl. It’s also my first encounter with […]
Profeci is a Polish Black Metal quartet, one that has its roots back in 2018. Since their inception they have so far released a grand total of three Full-length albums, the newest of which seeing […]
Released more than a year ago, but it’s first lately that I received Neurotic Machinery’ sixth highly anticipated studio record entitled A Loathsome Aberration. Not only did I first listened to it now, but it […]
Ulthar is an american Blackened Death Metal trio, one that can celebrate its first decade as a band sometime next year. In the timespan they have released a grand total of six releases, one of […]
I must admit that this is my first encounter with veteran German death metal combo Atomwinter, despite having three albums under their belt since 2011. In the beginning of 2023 the band released their fourth […]
Chilean death metallers Putrid Yell consists of members from Phantasmagore, Soulrot and Suppression. The group released their debut full-length entitled Consuming Aberration earlier this year through Pulverised Records. The album was actually recorded in 2018 […]
Sunnata is in many ways a rather unique band. Musically, their doom cornerstone is inspired by the boggy grunge of 90’s Alice and Chains and the spellbinding depths of general Swans approach. And while on […]
Necroeucharist Productions is a fairly new (since 2020) Black/Death metal label from Switzerland. One of their latest releases is from a Slovakian black/project metal band Klifot. I don’t even know if it is a one-man […]
The Swedish (Kiruna-based) death metal band Those Who Bring The Torture has recently released their ninth album, Towards Decay via Iron, Blood and Death Corporation. For those of you still unfamiliar with this band, I […]
Profane Burial is a self-proclaimed ‘cinematic’ Black Metal band, one that aspires to mix together the epic scores of a film soundtrack with that of a heavily melodious Black Metal sound – I seem to […]
Founded in 2017, Meridion is a four-piece death metal combo hailing from Santiago, Chile. The band consists of Southern Curse (guitars, synths, horns & vocals), Bonefucker (bass), Shoort Dagon (drums) and Condanatore (keyboards). In 2018 […]
Corpus Diavolis is a French Black/Death Metal quintet which a philosophical bent alongside both the occult and satanic approaches often seen in these genres. This quickly becomes clear both in regard to how they name […]
Running Wild Productions (a non-profit label) & Mr. Rainer has done it again, released another very interesting CD-sampler. It’s entitled Austrian Metal News – The Power Of The Heavy Thrasher Vol. 2 and it, as […]
Mòr is a French Black Metal duo, one that has been around and somewhat active at least since 2014 – As far as releases are concerned, their debut happened the next year where a Demo […]
Åsse, despite being named after the Norwegian name for ‘mountain ridge’, is in actuality an Italian Black Metal Duet (hence the honourable nod to Norway I am assuming – After all, their genre of choice, […]
Hailing from Tampere (Finland), The Lifted Veil is a six-piece black/death metal formation founded ten years ago (2014), by Henri Kyllästinen and Mikko Koskinen. Later that year Aleksi Koistinen, Topi Hiltunen and Jere Korpela joined […]