25th September 2024
What do you get if you merge the old-fashioned aggression of American Death Metal act Nunslaughter with the repentless, incessant drums of equally American Black Metal act Grand Belial’s Key? In this modern day and […]
25th September 2024
Grave Heresy is a Death/Black Metal quartet hailing from an at time of writing unknown part of Sweden – Likewise, I have so far been unable to determine exactly when the band was formed. What […]
24th September 2024
Warrior, not to be confused with any of the other (primarily Heavy Metal-based) eight bands with the same name is, in this case, referring to a Black Metal duo that teamed up back in 2019, […]
20th September 2024
Arguably the place where it all began, Á la Croisée des Vents (French for ‘At The Crossroads Of The Winds’) is the first EP released by the band back in 2008, only preceeded by a […]
19th September 2024
Continuing on with my ramblings from yesterday I am proceeding backwards through time and the discography of Aorlhac, to the also-to-be re-released album La Cité des Vents (rough translation meaning ‘The Windy City’), their first […]
18th September 2024
Aorlhac is a French modern Black Metal act that I have had the pleasure of following for the majority of their sixteen year lifespan – Coincidentally enough, my first introduction to the quartet was the […]
15th September 2024
Ulvehunger, which is Norwegian for ‘Wolves Hunger’ was originally envisioned as a continuation of the band Balvaz, a Death Metal act – Albeit with somewhat of a twist, namely a substantial amount of Black Metal added […]
14th September 2024
Azketem, despite being the self-titled release of German One-man Black Metal act, is in actuality the second Full-Length released under their current moniker and the fourth overall, counting his original two Demos, all of which […]
9th September 2024
I am a harsh critic…when it comes to Thrash metal. It’s the metal genre I grew up listening to, back in the day (late 80’s). First listen, meh. Not into it so much. Then…as every […]
3rd September 2024
Another interesting and different release from Darkness Shall Rise Productions. For the first time ever, they release a compilation on LP/CD/3-MC box and digital gathering the three demos from melodic death metal pioneers – Desultory. […]
2nd September 2024
My Metal Revolution inbox brims with publicists digitally elbowing one another, record labels touting their next release in lengthy word salad emails. It’s a good “problem” to have. More new music than I can remember […]
2nd September 2024
Leprous is a highly productive band and 15 years into their recording career the band is ready with their eighth full-length studio release entitled Melodies Of Atonement. The last couple of releases were somewhat dividing amongst […]
29th August 2024
Sarke is a pioneer Norwegian metal act who was founded more than 15 years ago. It started out as an one-man band, but was later joined by musicians from bands such as Dimmu Borgir, Satyricon, […]
27th August 2024
More than three years have passed since The Dead Daisies released Holy Ground, their first album since parting ways with singer John Corabi and bassist Marco Mendoza. The two were replaced by legendary singer/bassists Glenn […]
27th August 2024
June 21st was the day when Northern Hemisphere turned towards darker times again, but it was also the date for the release of the debut album from Sweden’s Abysmal Winds. It’s entitled Magna Pestilencia and […]
16th November 2024
Upon The Altar is a Polish Blackened Death Metal trio, funded half a decade ago – Apparently with the express purpose of wreaking as much havoc as humanly possible (this theory is formed on the […]
15th November 2024
Steinras is a Norwegian Black Metal duo, one that I have been having some difficulty finding information regarding. Their official FaceBook account (which is the only source I have been able to dig up with […]
14th November 2024
Released through the extreme-metal’ most friendly label in Europe, Godz Ov War Productions, Extinction Protocol is the debut album from US black/death metallers Primitive Warfare. The band/duo/two agents are; Pu239: (Atomic Matter Battery and Operatic […]
12th November 2024
Where to start with another release from Godz Ov War Productions? There’s no reason to repeat the history of this awesome Polish label, but some of our readers might need an introduction to a band […]
12th November 2024
Breaking out of the legendary London heavy metal scene, Thrasherwolf is the next band to watch on the UK metal scene. Classic, unfiltered 1980s style raw thrash metal. The London quartet fit right into the […]
11th November 2024
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com It’s been marketed and received and a gran return of Dream Theater even though, the only thing that happened is that the band’s drummer and one of founding members, Mike Portnoy has […]
7th November 2024
Midnightmares is a dark and symphonic gothic metal band, formed in the winter of 2023 by the Belgian-Mexican duo; Gio Smet & Mariel Gimeno. Meanwhile, Midnightmares is not just a woman/man project, as other musicians […]
6th November 2024
Nudy is the most recent release from Polish Experimental Speed/Black Metal hybrid band Ifryt – With heavy emphasis on experimental. Having been around since 2017 where their debut Ep was released, the band then went […]
5th November 2024
Founded nearly two decades ago, Corrosive Elements is a French Death/Thrash Metal quintet inspired by the greatest of the great of both of these genres – The band themselves freely admit to taking inspiration from […]
5th November 2024
A few weeks ago, Patrick Kettenmeyer sent me the latest album by Kraton. The most natural and illuminating question to raise is; who’s Kraton then? It’s a five-piece group founded in 2011 and hailing from […]
