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Into Darkness
Orion
This is an album steeped in grief, alienation, and shadow, yet it refuses to wallow. Instead, it gazes unflinchingly into the abyss and manages to illuminate the tiniest flickers of hope buried deep within. It’s a testament to the human spirit—not triumphant, but resilient. For me, it’s a single ember glowing in the dark.
Clockwork Sky
Thomas Carlsen's Transmission
What this album lacks in length, it has the style and substance that come across grandiose and very multi-faceted. This is the perfect case that quality is often better than quantity.
Intoxicator
Acrolysis
Sure this opus is thrashy, loud, distortion feedback laden rock n roll music with an emphasis on groove; but with notable characteristics there that help set this apart from the stereotype.
V: Lamentations
Wytch Hazel
The album feels like a continuation, another chapter in their career and their pathway. It feels like a progression from ''IV: Sacrament'' yet you can see some elements from this album in this new opus. The story has not been finished and WYTCH HAZEL continue bringing their message through their music, transcending themes that are not for everyone yet not overdoing it no matter what.
Majestas
Sea Mosquito
This is black metal refined, not by restraint, but by vision — a record that fully embraces the genre’s chaotic foundations while elevating its terror through craft, atmosphere, and intention. It understands the genre’s roots in horror and uses that knowledge with purpose, and it knows where to press, how long to hold, and when to whisper. This is the sound of something ancient waking up and remembering us.
Don't Bury The Dream
Lift The Curse
Lift The Curse is an American duo born out of a decade long collaboration between […]
Fires on the Mountainside
Fer de Lance
The sophomore jinx has not hit them at the slightest and they deliver something different, something quite unique for a genre that has been stagnant for years on end.
Behind a Vision
Eternal Idol
They are straight to the point, nothing goes over 5 minutes, it's pull no punches in your face Metal. It's something that is not akin to the Symphonic Metal genre, so that's quite the departure from the usual standards. I felt it was a great way to stand out from any band in the genre, transcending maybe the future of the genre?
Vigarv
Overvald
Vigarv is a twelve minute, four track assault from a three person collective carving their […]
Lorquin’s Admiral
Lorquin’s Admiral
LORQUIN’S ADMIRIAL is notable for its musicianship and Dawn Brown’s vocals. There’s some nice chemistry there.
Choke on This
Stereophobia
I can’t say STEREOPHOBIA has won me over, but they did get me to listen for more than an hour and more than once.
Mossbane Lantern
Sallow Moth
This album was definitely a collection of out of the box songwriting. Their musicianship is off the charts…somewhere deep in the pacific. Much of the music was razor sharp, cold, even sterile, but there were moments when the album breathed. This was a technical feat that you rarely come across anymore.
Six Three 0
Night Hawk
What started as a creative project from five of Sweden's finest musicians quickly moulded into […]
Rift
Amphisbaena
This was a curious album, that felt a bit unfinished for me, and perhaps that is the point. The past and the future make up someone’s life, and that is a difficult, lengthy story to tell. In the end, maybe our lives don’t really amount to much, or at least, not as much as the story itself. I would love to hear more from the band.
Powers of Darkness
Thelemite
It's a solid combination, and THELEMITE is really a solid band. There's nothing too new in what we're seeing here, but it's damn good music.
Tatkraft
Sun After Dark
Sun After Dark is a project by Benjamin König from Germany. Benjamin König was a […]
The Battles I Have Won
Reflection
An album that feels refreshing and brings you to every corner of the Metal spectrum, yet feeling like something special even at the first listening.
Toujours Humain
Creatvre
“Tourjous Humain” is a searing slab of metal, grinding forward like a rusted machine coming alive in a storm, its engine built on distortion, repetition, and complex tasks. What makes this record more than just a wall of sonic abrasion is the strange humanity that breathes through its fractured surfaces. What’s most striking is how personal this mechanical monstrosity feels. For all its concrete and steel, this is an album about survival, and finding rhythm inside the noise, and letting yourself breathe even when the air is poisoned.
God of the Tribes
Kratornas
The music was energetic, and hyper, and I too don’t appreciate overly depressive music, especially in the Black Metal genre. Call this album unique, that’s for sure, and If you can deal with chaos and dissonance, this album is for you.
Venetian Dark
Pridian
“Venetian Dark” stands tall as a modern testament to Metalcore’s staying power: relentlessly aggressive, rhythmically precise, and shot through with just enough melody to add depth without softening the blow. This isn’t melody-forward metalcore. This is power-first metalcore, where melody exists not to soothe, but to sharpen the edges. It’s a reminder that the genre doesn’t need to compromise its aggression to be dynamic. It just needs to know when to let its claws show and when to let the blood drip.
Haltioissaan
Veljessurma
This Finnish Black Metal act is really very good, but must work with a better producer next time.
Ignite the Skies
Space Chaser
Thrash on with this melodic Thrash Metal attack from these German slashers!
Vs The World
Poison The Preacher
Wow, these guys are up to blow the world into pieces with this Thrash Metal/Crossover release!
Who Killed the World?
Gurnslinger
This quartet mix a lot of musical influences in a coherent and excellent form. And the result is this release.
Geysterzvvang
Drudensang
A good Black Metal act, but that needs a better sonority in the future releases.
Dystopian Putrescence
Dissonant Seepage
A good band with potential, but must sharp its efforts in the future.
Det eviga och den döde
Dos
Some people talk about a concept called “the burning cold,” which is a poetic or metaphorical phrase that describes an intense, paradoxical sensation—cold so extreme that it feels like burning. It's often used to capture the sharp, biting nature of freezing temperatures, where the skin can sting or ache, much like it does when exposed to heat. That sums up the sound on the album perfectly for me.
Dust and Echoes
Hollow Leg
From Bandcamp, “HOLLOW LEG began as a duo from Jacksonville in 2009. Added two pieces […]
Falling Through Stars
Laurenne & Louhimo
A collaboration brings two very talented and authentic female singers together to create what can […]
Unforgiven
Sophia Mengrosso
SOPHIA MENGROSSO is very unique in a sense that she started out as a classically […]
Phantom Fire
Phantom Fire
A heavy blues and black metal based album, the thick bass notes are one of the best parts of the album. The band settles on a heavy riff, and just drives it home, like a rocket returning to earth. It isn’t anything overly original, but it comes from the heart, and few bands can rock this much energy in their music.
Shades of Life
The Bleak Picture
The overly emotional nature of the music is what grabs me first, and that is a difficult thing to attain when the vocals are so harsh, and so guttural. They build a landscape that reminds me of endless rainy days, where the sun doesn’t even peak out for a moment. This was indeed a very bleak painting, with various shades of color throughout it.
Windows Drenched in Red
Blood Brain Barrier
From Bandcamp, “Windows Drenched in Red” is the visceral debut from BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER—a conceptual […]
Prayer By the Edge
Six Feet Deeper
Hard Rock with a sometimes Bluesy undertone, whilst on other occasions it will be more Rock or even Metal. What does become quite clear is that we are dealing with a very talented group of musicians within SIX FEET DEEPER. They are able to write good songs, that have a bucketload of emotions paired with very good instrumentals.
Everyone For Themselves
Our North
Sheffield hard hitters, OUR NORTH, have been serving up their enticing brand of Metalcore, fused with Hip Hop and Trap, since their formation in 2019. Channelling everyone from BRING ME THE HORIZON and WHILE SHE SLEEPS to BAD OMENS, OUR NORTH unleash a sound that is soaked in power, venom, diversity, and passion. I just hear LINKIN PARK with the heavier parts using a grunt or scream that is a bit more extreme.
Trapped
Hammer
But let’s get back to “Trapped”. It is Extreme Metal indeed, because if I would have to try and classify it in any other way I wouldn’t have been able to, even if my life depended on it. Yes, you will get Groove Metal, Death Metal, Punk, Hardcore, Grindcore and Sludge in there somewhere, but none of those fit the bill, so by branding it Extreme Metal the band is talking it easy on us listeners and reporters.
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