12th October 2022
ACOD is a French Blackened Death Metal trio with a strong spiritual (albeit not quite primal) approach to their music. They have been honing said music since the middle of the two thousands, having released […]
11th October 2022
First I have to apologise for this rather late review, released in spring this year, but just yesterday found in my drawer. So, Knight and Gallow are a traditional Heavy/Epic/Power metal band from Sacramento, California. […]
7th October 2022
Acédia is a Canada-based Black Metal trio with a grand total of eleven years as a band behind them. In those eleven years they have released three Full-length albums, the newest of which said to […]
7th October 2022
Following the break-up after their most underrated album, the self-titled 1994 release, The Cult attempted a return by teaming up with Sonic Temple producer Bob Rock as well as drummer Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses and Velvet […]
7th October 2022
These days, Queensrÿche features only two original band members: guitarist Michael Wilton and bassist Eddie Jackson. But truth be told, it has been like that for five years already, ever since the band’s drummer Scott […]
21st September 2022
Hailing from Poland, Hexenaltar is the new plague to hit the world. Earlier this year, the band released their debut EP entitled Tormented Possesion. It contains five tracks (an Intro and four regular tracks) of […]
16th September 2022
½ Southern North is a Greek one-man act that has been around for the last nine years. Callling it anything other than experimental would be to do the project a massive disservice – Especially considering […]
13th September 2022
With their previous album Ellengæst, Crippled Black Phoenix dialed noticeably down on experimenting, focusing on improving the overall sonic experience and tighter songwriting. The result was a rather strong and more approachable record, which worked […]
12th September 2022
I’ve been in a thrash mood for a whole week, and what I (luckily) had to do today is to write a review of another thrash metal release! Extinction Agenda is playing the sort of […]
5th September 2022
Somehow throughout Megadeth’s entire career there was always a lot going on. Even during their stable period in the ’90s where the band managed to maintain the same line-up, commercial success and even critical acclaim, […]
1st September 2022
Peurbleue (which roughly translated from French means ‘Blue Fear’) is a French Black Metal duet who has recently partnered with Les Acteurs De l’Ombre in order to release their debut album, entitled La Ciguë (which […]
1st September 2022
Where to start with this review other than with a short presentation to this rather obscure and extreme band from Slovakia?! Plastery is a horror/death/grind-core quartet from a town of Zvolen. Yes, Of Corpse is, […]
29th August 2022
In the closing notes of our review of the previous release by Japanese experimental metal masters, we stated that wherever this ever-evolving band decided to go on their next release, they are sure to take […]
29th August 2022
The past four years were rather eventful for Machine Head. 2018 saw them releasing the weakest album of their career Catharsis and then the following year drummer Dave McClain and guitarist Phil Demmel left the […]
27th August 2022
For more than a decade now Long Distance Calling have been one of the most interesting bands within the (mostly) instrumental prog bands and since their 2007 debut they have released one strong album after […]
8th November 2023
Pleń (Polish for ‘Crop’) is a Polish Black Metal quintet, one that seemingly sprang into being sometime in the 2020’s. Since that time, from what I can gather they have mostly served as a live […]
7th November 2023
Nunslaughter is, put quite simply, one of the original Death Metal acts and, as far as I can tell, one of the oldest still active as well. Tracing their origin back to the US in […]
6th November 2023
Temple Of Dread is a German Death Metal trio with, so far, four Full-lengths under their belt spread over the last six years. Throughout that time the line-up of the band has been surprisingly stable, […]
6th November 2023
Photo: Zoran: www.sonic-shot.com How about that line-up for a Friday night? The concert was announced when Life Of Agony played Copenhagen last time in June at this year’s edition of Copenhell Festival. The show was […]
3rd November 2023
Throneum originally sprang into existance under the moniker Throne back in 1996 and carried that title up until the turn of the millenium. Apparently the name was changed by adding their current suffix due to […]
2nd November 2023
A couple of years ago Spanish duo TodoMal released their debut which introduced their rather interesting take on atmospheric doom. Using obvious doom inspirations like Candlemass and My Dying Bride and wrapping them comfortably in […]
2nd November 2023
EGO PLANET was founded by guitarist/bassist Chris Baker in 2020. Baker apparently wrote the majority of the material whilst quarantine (remember those days?) was going on. Baker found himself in New Jersey at the time […]
2nd November 2023
Promenada Ciszy (Polish for ‘Promenade Of Silence’) is the second Full-length release of the Depressive Black Metal trio Signs Of The Dying Summer (or SotDS for short). The band consists of former members of the […]
30th October 2023
What do you do when an album titled Bombs, Babes and Bazookas by a band named Bazooka Troopaz comes along? Do you laugh? Do you cry? Do you hold your head in your hands for […]
30th October 2023
Two months after the initial release, comes this eagerly anticipated release on CD and MC. There are three different bands named Ossuary, but the one we’re talking of here is US-based old-school death/doom metal trio […]
