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Defiance

Nightbearer

There is no mistaking the fact that NIGHTBEARER has decided to add Metalcore influences into their Death Metal, creating their own brand of Deathcore. And although I wouldn’t consider myself a fan of this musical genre., I am thoroughly enjoying “Defiance” as an album.

Kill The King

Prisoner

The musical genre of this PRISONER album I am listening to is Heavy Metal. Some will call it NWOTHM, but I feel that I need to add NWOBHM in order to complete the description.

Blood Quantum Blues

Turian

What the hell am I listening to right now? Yes, I know it is a band called TURIAN, a Seattle band that makes Metal Hardcore mixed with Noise Rock. I also know that “Blood Quantum Blues” is their fourth release, and according to their Bandcamp site the first one where they really feel free.

Hypostasis

Sunniva

This was a wonderfully hopeless album that wallowed in despair, despondence, and even depression. Their combination of Sludge, Death, Doom, and even Post Metal resulted in a landscape of a frozen tundra where no light can get in. For me, it’s like being put into a hole in the ground and you captor piling dirt on top so that there will never be a means of escape. You are left with just your thoughts, for all eternity.

The Story Remains

Fairyland

A legacy not forgotten, the path continues for Fairyland, this album celebrates the career and life of their founder yet the story of the band is still unwritten and the story remains.

The Great Apocalypse

Insania

This is a prime example that a great Power Metal album transcends the years and the history of the genre, it's great no matter if it was in the genesis of the genre or even the darkest days.

Silent Echoes

Gruesome

GRUESOME deliver a masterclass in progressive and technical Death Metal. “Silent Echoes” is flesh-ripping and aggressive Death Metal at insane pace, smartly combined with melodic and progressive elements at slower pace

Duolithe

Erebe

When I imagine the future of Metal, sure, the classical styles will always be there. But this sound is what will occupy the fringes. It’s a kaleidoscopic journey through sound, where boundaries dissolve and styles bleed into one another with both chaos and purpose. “Doulithe” is an album for those who crave surprise, who find joy in dissonance and beauty in contradiction. It is a triumph of experimentation—a record that doesn’t ask for your understanding, only your surrender.

Toil & Trouble

Warchief

From their EPK, “WARCHIEF is an experimental hard rock band that explores the many dimensions […]

A Winter’s Horrorscape

Tine

For the band’s style, winter is as good a subject to base an album around as anything else. It’s cold…dark…depressing at times, and brutal at others, just like the music. I enjoyed the album, as I believe any extreme Metal fan will.

Connections to the Eternal Erebus

Akouphenom

This was an album with a lot to offer the listener. The first two songs were very dark amalgams of Black and Death Metal, with deep elements of Doom, but the final two songs took on a whole different meaning. I was captivated by the album as whole, and found that there are many secrets buried within. Come try to unearth them with a listen of “Connections to the Eternal Erebus.”

Hellfire

Circus Of Rock

If you are interested in listening to “Hellfire”, please give it time to reach your brain and after a while, your heart. If you are a Melodic Rock lover, you can’t and won’t go wrong with this album, as it houses everything that you are wishing for in a Melodic Rock album.

A Void Within Existence

Abigal Williams

Black metal has always lived in extremes—fury unleashed through blast beats, scorched earth tremolo picking, and vocals that sound like they were torn from the void. But, the finest albums in the genre do more than burn; they carve. This latest release is no exception. It’s a study in strength through precision, aggression shaped by intent, and rage that carries a refined edge. This record stands out by finding a balance within the chaos. It’s aggressive without being mindless, intricate without being pretentious, and melodic without ever compromising its bleak core. This is black metal with teeth—but also with a mind. A storm, but one that knows exactly where it’s going.

Plead The Fifth

Madhouse

Madhouse are a Glam Metal band from Vienna in Austria who were formed by Mikky […]

Darkened Devotion

Pandemia

It's great to known that the Czech Death Metal are still as destructive and good as always after all these years!

Tyrona

No Raza

These Death Metal slaughters created a brutal piece of insane art!

Sphere Of Atrocities

Grog

CARALHOS VOADORES! Hear to this Grindcore/Death Metal release and enjoy the trip!!!

The Entity

Death SS

The Italian veterans of Horror Rock is back with another great release.

Seofon

Angerot

A fine Death Metal offering

Contra Hominem

Affliction Vector

A very good first offering from this Death/Black Italian band!

Depulsus

Alkemia

From Bandcamp, “From the haunted catacombs of Uppsala, Sweden, emerges ALKEMIA, a solemn procession of […]

Through Veils of Time

Mjolne

Although I was expecting a FWOBM sound, I was pleasantly surprised by the modern sound while still keeping one of their feet planted in 90’s Norwegian Black Metal. The album was excellently composed, and it’s beyond amazing to consider that all of this was done by one person. All Black Metal fans will enjoy this, and Mjolne will also win over some new ones, like me.

V

Inglorious

Inglorious return with their fifth studio album “V” .After taking a announced break in 2022 […]

From the Wild

Phantomy

If you are looking for a good time and feel good record you can do a lot worse than trying out PHANTOMY, as “From the Wild” will have you dancing, twisting and turning in no time. So, you will have a smile on your face before you know it.

Eternal Live

Genus Ordinis Dei

“Eternal Live” has been recorded with all the mistakes intact, making it a very true live record. The sound is good and the audience hasn’t been mixed to the forefront. But it is honest and as they were a supporting act on the night of recording, it is what it is. I commend GENUS ORDINIS DEI for being so brave as to leave it all as it is.

Running Out Of Time

Front Row Warriors

The slower songs on “Running Out Of Time” are all okay, but the faster ones are the real stars for me. That is also where singer Elkie Gee gets to show off her wares, where she is able to combine her singing with what almost sounds like shouting, but which is done in such a way that it demonstrates how powerful her voice really is.

Pohjoisen Sydän

As The Sun Falls

This was an excellent EP, and, as a listener, it brought me into the themes and enveloped me with their memoir. Although the music had a hard and aggressive edge to it, the more ethereal moments provided balance to the EP. I am very interested in finding out where the band goes from here.

Time of the Dragon

EchoSoul

You have the best of both worlds, you have the elements of American Power Metal with the technical wizardry of American Progressive Metal. This is easily of the best albums of the year, both from a musical and a lyrical standpoint.

Chasing the Dragon

Helms Deep

Heavy Metal done right (with copious amount of cheese!). For fans of Satan, Liege Lord, Metal Church, Jag Panzer and Savatage.

Verfall

Pestnebel

As advertised, this is indeed raw, old school Black Metal. With as many variations of the genre that are present today, I have trouble with bands that want to hold onto the past, and not even gaze into the future. The future is today…now…and if you don’t embrace it, it will leave you behind, as this album does for me.

Mob Mentality

Autumn Lies Buried

I identify strongly with their message, and it’s nice to see that there are fellow people out there who want to burn down the establishment. The music was strong as well, but just some pinches of more variation would have made the album stronger.

Of Owls and Eels

Cromlech

A journey through shadow, memory, and dream, indeed. For me, it was more like a journey through shadows and nightmares, and the way Impurus brought them to light was noteworthy. It’s another example of Black Metal composed outside of the boxes of convention and tradition.

Kriegsgotter MMXXV

Mystic Circle

The album is a varied testament to the band’s longevity. They could have taken the easy way out, and just presented another tribute to the FWOBM, but these guys are crafty, and they have managed to stay out of the weeds than ensnare many of their peers.

Arcane Desert Ritual Vol. 1

King Potenaz

KING POTENAZ serves up a powerful storm of Psych Doom with “Arcane Desert Ritual Vol. 1.” More great Psych Doom coming out of Italy. No one should be surprised; everyone should be thrilled.

Soundtrack of a Silent Land

Rainbow Bridge

On balance, “Soundtrack of a Silent Land” is a well-crafted piece of Stoner Psych Rock. If exploratory jam tracks are your thing, this is a good album to check out.

Dragged Into Realms Below

Deathgoat

DEATHGOAT deliver excellence in traditional Death Metal. “Dragged Into Realms Below” is an album driven by the “Swedish” chainsaw guitars, by pace, insanity, and a blood-freezing melodic framework

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Tine

Connections to the Eternal Erebus

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Tyrona

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Sphere Of Atrocities

Grog

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Of Owls and Eels

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