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lövërliminal

Øltreluce

The melodies on the album are glorious in their defiance. Like streaks of golden light cutting through storm clouds, they emerge through tremolo lines, layered harmonies, and swelling, mournful leads. In many moments, it feels less like the darkness is being accompanied by beauty, and more like it’s being challenged by it. Devastating in its weight, but luminous in its execution, it pulls you into shadow, only to show you how much light still lives there. It’s a breathtaking storm where melody triumphs not by avoiding the darkness, but by illuminating it.

Hesitating Lights

Floating

Built on a death metal foundation that’s both precise and primal, the record refuses to remain in one form for long. Instead, it stretches into progressive terrain, dives into melodic undercurrents, and thrives on one core ingredient: tension…the kind that simmers, builds, and transforms. The listener is never allowed to fully settle. Every moment begs the question: what’s coming next? A thinking person’s apocalypse.

Electric Dreams

Nicklas Sonne

Nicklas Sonne is a Danish musician,vocalist & guitarist known for his powerful presence in Heavy […]

A Soulless Drive

Hilltops Are For Dreamers

Even being able to put together a three-song EP tells a lot about the band’s perseverance in the record industry, which to quote Gene Simmons,” is chaos. It wasn’t bad per se, it just failed to excite me as a listener. The vocal harmonies were probably the best part of the album, and the band has a strong sense of musicianship. The album just fell a bit flat.

With Respect

St. Madness

And the North American harbingers of Metal madness are back with a very good tribute full-length!

Eternal Rebellion

Decadence Incarnate

Wow, what a great mix between Melodic/Technical Death Metal with Thrash Metal and Metalcore is herd on this EP!

The Resurgence Of Nostalgia

DeathTrophy

A very good Deathcore release, indeed.

Chamber of Deathlessness

Darkside Ritual

a ver good mix between Technical Death Metal and Black Metal, but a better sound quality is needed in the future.

Into the Horrible Depths

Cadaver Shrine

This Doom Death Metal band has potential, it's just a matter of using it.

Solitary Forest Necromancy

Azathoth’s Dream

A good Black Metal release, but this North American act needs a better sonority on the next coming.

Ethereal Blasphemy

Angel Of Damnation

It's a case of 'the-cover-isn't-telling-the-truth', because here you'll find a very good Doom/Heavy Metal release.

NU^L

Dead Slow Hand

I did find the album to be lethal, but not so ecstatic, and the production was still fairly lo-fi on the scale. There were some layers in the guitar work, but mostly, I hear FWOBM inspired music, and it just wasn’t able to break out of lift much off the ground.

The Epitome of Transgression

Incinerated

Overall, this was an excellent album. Not all Black and Death Metal has to be so simple, and INCINERATED prove that it can also be complex…that they can write songs well and with a considerate hand, and still pummel you to death with aggression and rage.

Sounds Of Eerie (Reissue)

Horror Of Horrors

The Old School Death Metal that is being played by HORROR OF HORRORS on "Sounds Of Eerie" is straight forward no-nonsense music without strange breaks, difficult rhythms or weird sounds.

Rust, Flesh and Dust (Reissue)

Horror Of Horrors

“Rust, Flesh and Dust” was not expected at all in 2017, as HORROR OF HORRORS weren’t active at that time. But after listening to this album, I must admit that I am glad that they did release this one, and that I am equally happy with VIC Records for giving this one a second chance.

Home

Patriarchs In Black

There are no bad songs on “Home”. PATRIARCHS IN BLACK have been able to keep ascending and get better with every album they do.

A Land Long Gone

Professor Emeritus

I find it very hard to believe that they are such a young band, because their performance on this album, as well as all the provided riffs, melodies, guitar solos and choruses, sounds so unbelievably fresh that you would think that this is a newly formed band, while in reality being one of the key players in the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal

Kharon

The Medea Project

Musically THE MEDEA PROJECT do just what I was expecting, which is mixing the Doom Metal elements with Sludge Metal parts and then dribbling their Gothic Metal gravy over all of it. And that does give me some very interesting songs and soundscapes that take just under 40 minutes on “Kharon”.

In the Glow of the Vatican Fire

When The Deadbolt Breaks

This album was uncommon, and even a bit strange. I appreciate some of the genre-defying approaches that the band makes, but other times, it seems like a personal twist on Doom. Anyone who likes dread would like this album for sure.

The King’s Eternal Throne

Goblinsmoker

Overall, you gotta love a band who presents their music in a straightforward fashion, and without the hint of pretention, because you know what you are going to get. That is the case here with “The King’s Eternal Throne.”

Blodsträngen

Blessings

This was a curiously dark album that explored many different genres of Metal…most notably, Doom, Sludge, Hardcore, and even some psychedlica. Through every song, there was a thread of hopelessness interwoven with the anger, and it leaves the listener unable to decide which emotion is more real.

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 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.

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lövërliminal

Øltreluce

Hesitating Lights

Floating

Electric Dreams

Nicklas Sonne

A Soulless Drive

Hilltops Are For Dreamers

With Respect

St. Madness

Eternal Rebellion

Decadence Incarnate

The Resurgence Of Nostalgia

DeathTrophy

Chamber of Deathlessness

Darkside Ritual

Into the Horrible Depths

Cadaver Shrine

Solitary Forest Necromancy

Azathoth’s Dream

Ethereal Blasphemy

Angel Of Damnation

NU^L

Dead Slow Hand

The Epitome of Transgression

Incinerated

Sounds Of Eerie (Reissue)

Horror Of Horrors

Rust, Flesh and Dust (Reissue)

Horror Of Horrors

Home

Patriarchs In Black

A Land Long Gone

Professor Emeritus

Kharon

The Medea Project

In the Glow of the Vatican Fire

When The Deadbolt Breaks

The King’s Eternal Throne

Goblinsmoker

Blodsträngen

Blessings

Into Darkness

Orion

Clockwork Sky

Thomas Carlsen's Transmission

Intoxicator

Acrolysis

V: Lamentations

Wytch Hazel

Majestas

Sea Mosquito

Don't Bury The Dream

Lift The Curse

Fires on the Mountainside

Fer de Lance

Behind a Vision

Eternal Idol

Vigarv

Overvald

Lorquin’s Admiral

Lorquin’s Admiral

Choke on This

Stereophobia

Mossbane Lantern

Sallow Moth

Six Three 0

Night Hawk

Rift

Amphisbaena

Powers of Darkness

Thelemite

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