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Echoes Of The Machine

Hatred's Rise

HATRED’S RISE has a hell of a sound, but most of all is comprised by a group of very good and experienced players.

A Dying Light

Arson Charge

I love that ARSON CHARGE has been signed by a record company with the apt name of Anxious & Angry, as that is the main description of what the music on “A Dying Light” is portraying.

Hall of the Dead

Withered Land

Overall, this was a solid listening experience, and it conjured up images of what one might find in the cold north. The music was delightfully wicked, and the vocals spoke from the void, but with an emotional punch.

Fragment Quatrieme (Metacosmos)

Thy Apokalypse

This was a delightfully dark album that was well composed, and well performed. At times, the sound was so thick it felt as if the wheels might come of the bus careening across the highway at breakneck speed, but Adz always maintains control. That was the centerpiece of the album for me, how he managed just enough restraint amidst a veritable shower of chaotic sound, thick riffs, and lightning fast blast beat drumming. Darkness was the key…it’s everywhere.

Songs Of Yesterday

Rust N' Rage

Rust N’ Rage come from a small Finnish town called Pori.Vince,Johnny,Eddy & Jezzie share a […]

Wonderland

Crowne

Crowne is a Swedish supergroup which was put together by Jona Tee (H.E.A.T.).Crowne’s line up […]

Opus Mortis

Outlaw

The best part of the album for me was their raw energy and their commitment to their trade. They fired up the engine, ran them until they were dry, and kept running them until they crumbled. This is aggression at its finest.

Innern

Der Weg einer Freiheit

This album arrives like a blizzard at midnight—unforgiving, relentless, and in full control. The ferocity of Black Metal is here in full force. Beneath all the chaos, there are stretches of somber reflection that stop the storm in its tracks. These quieter passages create a tension that is just as heavy as the moments of unrestrained violence. It’s the sound of the world burning, followed by the silence of watching the embers die. This is Black Metal at its most precise, emotional, and devastatingly alive.

De Nemesis Omnes et Omnia

Antiversum

For me, the album takes place during a period of time when man tries to claim what belongs to nature. Since it’s a cold slab of land way up North, man thinks it will be an easy claim. But nature always wins. She fights back subtly, but hard, with a variety of weapons at her disposal. Over time, she not only beats back man, but murders man and covers it up, returning the order as it was established, and waiting patiently for the next group of adventurers.

Light the Devil’s Fire

Revelator

Overall, this was a solid listening experience for me. Although the band isn’t trying to reinvent the genres, and some of the riffs you have heard before, they present them with an unbridled energy and belief in their craft.

As I Wait For Death

Behind Bars

What BEHIND BARS brings to the turntable is over 17 minutes of very enjoyable music that does fit in the Groovy Thrash Hardcore Metal category, so Metalheads as well as Hardcore fans will be able to go crazy when they listen to BEHIND BARS.

The Devil's Masquerade

Helstar

The music on “The Devil's Masquerade” also is just about the best that I have heard from HELSTAR in a long time. This is pure class.

Perpetual Violence Machine

Hydra Vein

The songs on “Perpetual Violence Machine” will have you participating for as far as your brain, but most of all your body, allows you. It has that kind of magnetism that makes what HYDRA VEIN plays sound and feel almost addictive, but most of all that good that you are wondering why they stopped at making just an EP.

Fiber Tormentum

Matt Miller

The songs on “Fiber Tormentum” are rather good, and make for very interesting listening sessions.

Death of Don Valley

Ivy Gardens

I heard many of the dark, heavy, and oppressive tones, but not many uplifting moments. That’s fine, because I like music that is dark and makes you have to wade in the muck to find its true meaning. What I discovered in the end is that this is dark music for dark music’s sake, and was also an enjoyable listening experience for me.

Duskborn

Indren

This wasn’t a bad album, by any stretch of the imagination, but its colors were too faded to stand out in the crowd. The song titles were great, and so were its themes, but the music just felt a bit flat to me.

Astralis

Azell

Overall, this was a delightfully sludgy album that definitely had elements of both doom and anger in it, and working through some of the songs, that feeling grew worse with each new offering. The production was spot on, because it gave the album a filthy, greasy feeling. Space Sludge, indeed.

Přílišnost

Kostnatění

This was a delightfully wicked album. Mostly on the harrowing and frightening end of the genre, the industrial sounds gave the album an edge like a razor sharp blade, designed to plunge you in the chest and pull your organs out.

Sunsetter

All Hell

Vicious Blackened Thrash out the Blue Ridge Mountains. Intertwines Thrash, Death, and Black with lethal intent. A must for extreme metal fans.

Metamorph

Witchrider

Metalheads may appreciate it, especially those into Stoner and Psych; Rock fans will have zero reasons to object and plenty of reasons to approve.

Breath

Außerwelt

Overall, this album pushes both torture and terror nearly every step of the way. There are indeed time for moment of reflection, but during that time, there is no absolution. It’s only a constant reminder of the pain we collectively feel and live with each day.

Sorrow Will Drown Us All

Recorruptor

“Sorrow Will Drown Us All” delivers a blast-beat hammering with punishing guitar riffs and crushing basslines

Leave The Flesh Behind

Ashen

“Leave The Flesh Behind” comes out from the abyss. It is a blood-freezing delivery, driven by devastating guitar riffs, crushing basslines, and bone-chilling melodies

Eternal Darkness

Eternal Darkness (Sweden) cult following from the early ’90s this album was 30+ years in the making. Better Late Then Never

Moonlight Pyromancy

Argesk

I found the band’s use of aggression to be every bit as strong as their sense of melody, and not a lot of albums achieve that balance. Each time you may have though they were leading you into the abyss, a welcomed hand grabbed you and pulled you back. This is a Black Metal album for those who like melody in addition to fury.

Outward Stream of Devotional Woe

Unsouling

This was a Black Metal album that expands your definition of the genre. At times, it has fierce aggression, while at others, it is more solemn. The artist also mixes in some Post element to keep in modern. I invite you to take in the “Onward Stream of Devotional Woe” and discover some of its secrets for yourself.

Ruina Draconis

Smohalla

The album takes full advantage of everything that modern day Black Metal can offer fans, and then some. It is indeed layers, nuanced, and complicated at times, but the familiar ring of keyboard notes help to keep it accessible. The musicians, are fantastic, as is their adventurous sense of songwriting. This is an album that smartly takes a few listens to fully explore, and even then, there is more waiting to be discovered.

Atomik Train

Canada has given the world three of my favorite pass times, hockey, drinking beer and eating bacon, and two of the three I am considered a pro. They also know how to rock and roll, so let me put my beer and bacon down as I drop the needle on the latest import ATOMIK TRAIN.

Random.Access.Misery

Mélancolia

One thing is sure, MÉLANCOLIA are an angry bunch. Well, singer Alex Hill certainly is. I keep wondering how anyone can keep up this level of aggression for 34:10 minutes without literally spilling their guts all over the studio floor.

The Fourth Decade

Ravenous

I wasn’t expecting RAVENOUS to rock my world or make me giddy with excitement when listening to “The Fourth Decade”, but I am happy to report that although I was right about that, they have surprised me in a very positive way by being a lot better than I anticipated.

Alchemists

This I Owe

Let me take away any doubts; if you like Melodic Heavy Metal with some extra influences thrown in, you might just like what THIS I OWE is bringing on “Alchemists”. This album already was available to the public from 25 February 2025, but now Iron WormHoleDeath have stepped in with their extensive network to help the band to gain international recognition.

Exode

Cratophane

I found the somewhat complicated description of the sound above to be exactly what I heard on the album. I used the word “groove” rather liberally, but it was the one constant through an album that ran the gamut from Progressive Metal to Sludge Metal, to Psychedelic fuzz, and everything in between. In the end, it was just very pleasing to listen to.

The Mirror

Black Rose

Black Rose were formed in 1990 in Fagersta which is a small town in Sweden.Their […]

New Messiahs

Ash Of Ares

Ashes Of Ares formed in 2012 by former Iced Earth members Matt Barlow and Freddie […]

Asymmetry

Wheel Of Time

Progressive Metal of this high calibre and quality needs to be heard by every Prog enthusiast, but also by every Melodic afficionado. The songs are all bloody brilliant, to say the least. The production is clear and transparent, but also very clean. It means that although this is Progressive Metal, the ProgRock fan should also be able to enjoy what WHEEL OF TIME is offering on “Asymmetry”.

Changelings

Species

There is no two ways about it; this is good. Musically you just can’t fault SPECIES on “Changelings”. They have their brand of Progressive/Technical Thrash/Death Metal down like a pro.

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Echoes Of The Machine

Hatred's Rise

A Dying Light

Arson Charge

Hall of the Dead

Withered Land

Fragment Quatrieme (Metacosmos)

Thy Apokalypse

Songs Of Yesterday

Rust N' Rage

Wonderland

Crowne

Opus Mortis

Outlaw

Innern

Der Weg einer Freiheit

De Nemesis Omnes et Omnia

Antiversum

Light the Devil’s Fire

Revelator

As I Wait For Death

Behind Bars

The Devil's Masquerade

Helstar

Perpetual Violence Machine

Hydra Vein

Fiber Tormentum

Matt Miller

Death of Don Valley

Ivy Gardens

Duskborn

Indren

Astralis

Azell

Přílišnost

Kostnatění

Sunsetter

All Hell

Metamorph

Witchrider

Breath

Außerwelt

Sorrow Will Drown Us All

Recorruptor

Leave The Flesh Behind

Ashen

Eternal Darkness

Eternal Darkness

Moonlight Pyromancy

Argesk

Outward Stream of Devotional Woe

Unsouling

Ruina Draconis

Smohalla

Atomik Train

Atomik Train

Random.Access.Misery

Mélancolia

The Fourth Decade

Ravenous

Alchemists

This I Owe

Exode

Cratophane

The Mirror

Black Rose

New Messiahs

Ash Of Ares

Asymmetry

Wheel Of Time

Changelings

Species

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