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Trelldom
This album burrows into darkness, dragging the listener through corridors that feel untouched and unsettling. There’s a sense of venturing beyond familiar emotional terrain, into spaces that feel isolating, suffocating, and strangely vast all at once. It feels exploratory in its bleakness, as if the band is deliberately pushing past the edges of where most would turn back, mapping out regions of despair and unease that feel rarely, if ever, visited. Twisted and unhinged, you say? Beyond any doubt.
Made In Hell
Artillery
“Made In Hell” delivers classical Thrash Metal with tight guitar riffing, cool solos, and versatile vocals.
March Of The Venus 5
Venus 5
“March Of The Venus 5” is a blend of melodic Metal, industrial, symphonic, and Pop elements. Most of the tracks are easy-to-listen-to with catchy melodies and anthemic choruses
Anhedonia
Bear
From their record label’s website, “One of Belgium’s most storied contemporary hardcore bands, BEAR’s rise […]
Torchbearers
Verba Serpentis
Although only five songs, the band made a strong case for themselves in the modern scene of Black Metal, because they didn’t try to out-pace or even out-run other bands by pushing intensity and rage blindly over everything else. Instead, they slowed things down a bit so that you can clearly hear the guitars, the music, and the vocals. I would advise keeping your eyes on this band for the future.
Lurkers of Languid Waters
Escaping Aghartha
This mashup of Black and Doom Metal came with a back story that was realized throughout the lengthy journey, and it came with many different sounds…some sad, others angry, and I was impressed with the amount of variation and different instruments the band used to tell the tale. It left an indelible mark on my soul.
VISCERE
Discordance
An EP... fine.
IV: Aftermath
Creye
I will die on this hill: writing hooks is the single most difficult thing in music, and many bands just falls short. CREYE does not. It seems to just come natural for the quintet, although I suspect like anything else, they have to constantly twist and mold them. In the end, they deliver another outstanding effort, and they might be Frontiers Music’s best kept secret.
Merely Mortal
Foreignwolf
Foreignwolf are a four piece band formed in 2018,from Belfast Ireland.They are a close that […]
Chapter V
Acacia Avenue
Acacia Avenue was an idea brought together in 2008, by founding member Torben Enevoldsen (Fate,Fatal […]
The Master Plan
Michael Sweet
As for any comparison to the music of STRYPER, accept for the vocals there is none. This is Melodic Rock; it’s much more acoustic, with only a few distorted guitars used here and there.
The Silent Architect
Teramaze
I will say this, though; there is not one second that is out of place throughout the whole album. All the songs that TERAMAZE have compiled here are without fault, make you feel just what the band wants, and are of an undeniable beauty.
Revelations
Threat Signal
THREAT SIGNAL apparently are very aware of what works for them, what doesn’t do it for them, but more importantly, with what kind of music they feel comfortable playing to an audience. And when a band has that sense of realisation and acceptance, who am I as an anonymous listener to question their choices.
where our fingertips meet
to writhe love on her arms
This was an album that’s an advanced study in contrasts. The vocals rage intensely at times, to the point that they grate in your ears and threaten to drive you mad. But much of the music is so pretty, you don’t mind. It raises your blood pressure to near boiling at times, and lowers it into a sleep like trance at others. Through it all, it carries you on an emotional journey through the stars, and while it played, I was at peace…at least while the songs lasted.
Endlings
The Oneiric Tide
This was an excellent album, and also one where the themes could not only be heard, but felt...deeply. There was a balance between aggression and melody, and each played a vital role on the album. I have to ask, are we all destined to become endlings?
After Gods
Ligation
According to the dictionary sitting six feet to my left, "After Gods" comes "Godavari," a "river in western India that is sacred to the Hindus." Now that makes zero sense in the context of a review of the Finnish death doom metal/noise band Ligation's first full-length album, so I'll look at the entry below Godavari, that being "god-damn." It's a better descriptor than the river flowing east into the Bay of Bengal.
Culmination of Self
Wiggajake
I believe this album was a solo project, but you wouldn’t know it, because each instrument has its place in the grand scheme of the album, and equal attention is paid to the part each one plays. The violin is an excellent addition to the music, and as I mentioned, it isn’t over done. Instrumental music has to work harder for the listener, because you don’t have vocals or lyrics to guide you. This was an excellent album by a musician who knows how to compose music.
Thaw
Drudkh
One of the best features of the album is how the music grabs hold of you and sinks in, and beguiles you to fire up your defenses for an inevitable battle that never materializes. Although it was only three songs long, it made the lasting impression that it set out to…subtle transformation.
There Will Come Soft Rains
VLMV
For me, the album chronicled a brief moment in time of a given person’s life. From the moment you get out of the bed in the morning, how do you feel? Do you dread work? Worry about things endlessly? Many of us do both, and the first several songs reflected those feelings and the time we spend thinking about them. It was pensive, emotional, and poignant. But there was a transformation towards the end as we realize that it isn’t a useful exercise to constantly think of bad things in our life. The light came in, and the rain faded, and you can use those things to propel yourself forward.
Unfathomable Mutagenic Abominations
Infestuous
Claustrophobics beware... this record will leave you no space to breathe.
Natvm Ad Mortem
Putridarium
A death metal band name, a black metal title, and a hardcore punk-style album art and runtime. What the hell is going on with Putridarium?
A Million Years
Purple Skies
“A Million Years” is a very consistent undertaking. Doomy, bluesy, and moderately complex is my verdict.
Satanic Scum Punks
Wolfbastard
“Satanic Scum Punks” is the album Tipper Gore warned us about way back during the Satanic Panic of the 80’s.
Cma
Heiden
This was a delightfully tense album that lives in the forefront of your mind. When the band talks about tension, it’s threaded through every song. It’s not just an uneasy feeling, but more like a strangulation of coiled pressure about to snap. The vice tightens, like your throat, until you can barely breathe, and then you are snuffed out when the lights go out.
Transmutation
Carnivore A.D.
“Transmutation” makes me smile, but it also makes me want to get out the original albums and play them again. If that is what CARNIVORE A.D. set out to do, then they have achieved that feat with flying colours.
Last Call For Rock 'n' Roll
HighWay
You won’t find any weird turns and breaks here, and you certainly won’t find any high-brow lyrics being written or difficult words being sung. Nope, this is as straight as an arrow, but with all kinds of directions being used where fitting or needed.
Dead To Rights
Metal Church
On “Dead To Rights” you will hear and invigorating and extremely inspired METAL CHURCH, very aware of the fact that they will not only have to meet, but also exceed a lot of the expectations that the Metal public will have concerned this new release.
Completely Covered In Black
Patriarchs in Black
What are my thoughts on what PATRIARCHS IN BLACK have chosen to play on their cover album “Completely Covered In Black”? The answer really was much easier to give than I would have thought beforehand; I like it a lot.
Altered State
Defiled
The band is talented, there is no denying that. 14 tracks of Death Metal overstayed its welcome just a bit for me, and many of the songs blended together with a similar sound. Although the boundaries are traditionally narrow, there is room to experiment some, and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit disappointed. Still, it’s a solid release anyway you slice it.
Depressants
Defect Designer
Cervical acceleration-deceleration syndrome in music form.
Wormholy World
Mount Palatine
The album's Bandcamp information is quite intriguing, especially when you discover that their bassist is named Count Boogie, their drummer is Lord of the Groove, and the main man, handling vocals, guitars, and synths, is Jean the Baron.
Noxious Emissions
Voidhämmer
“Noxious Emissions” deliver a relentless blend of Death Metal with Doom Metal and Crust elements
Mass Extinction
Rotten Sound
Classic Grindcore is still alive and well. ROTTEN SOUND stick to their roots and still deliver class after 30+ years
The Tarot of the Bohemians – Part II
Heavenwood
Although the album has a rough start, being stuck in the mud with obligatory harsh vocals and simple riffs, it successfully transitioned to the sounds that are familiar to those of us who enjoy the genre of dark and gothic metal. Things like lower register clean vocals, harmonies, hooks, and memorable melodies are the best parts for me.
Malombra
Dance With The Dead
When I received my first and only iPod when I was sub-ten years old, I threw a couple bucks in the wind and, on my mother's phone, downloaded some Alan Walker, Slushii, Marshmellow, and other electronic artists' hit singles. I was a weird kid. One of those acts would foretell my infatuation with metal, that being DANCE WITH THE DEAD.
Throne Of Absolute Chaos
Omnivortex
I'm partial when it comes to Finnish metal; I wrote for a Finnish metal magazine, puhun vähän suomea, and they do hold the record for the highest density of metal bands per capita.
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