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Let Water Flow

Moon Wisdom

Overall, this was a decent listening experience, but I just didn’t get a firm enough handle on their sound through 30 minutes of runtime. I also didn’t hear much in the way of Punk or even Gaze sounds. Had they not mentioned that, I probably wouldn’t be as disappointed as I am.

The Greatest Gift Of All

Stryper

This is STRYPER from start to finish. Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock that will have you singing along in no time.

La Alma

Blossoms Fall

It is all just too neat, too controlled. I never get the feeling that the band is throwing everything they have at me, that they are holding back for future references and/or releases. If they are, that’s their bad, because that means that they are forgetting that you can only make a good first impression once.

Colors In Grey

Oathbound

Even though it all sounds rather nice, it also sounds very clean. A little bit too clean for a pure Metalcore band. The thing is that if you add the moniker Melodic in from of it, the whole description would make sense. Not that this is purely Melodic, but it doesn’t go as Hard and Heavy as Metalcore bands usually do.

As Mankind Rots

Paganizer

Because there is no two ways about it; every song that PAGANIZER plays on “As Mankind Rots” hits the spot just right. In just under 40 minutes time the band has made sure that the songs they write have that underlying tension that comers with the territory, whilst also allowing the listener to adapt to every tune with a great deal of ease.

Öröklét

Witcher

I thoroughly enjoyed the sound the band presents on the album. It has that thick darkness of Black Metal with a counterbalance of solemnity. However, besides the final song, the first four had too similar of a sound and it just wasn’t quite diverse enough for me. It’s good, but it could have been excellent with some subtle sound shifting.

What The Night Is All About

Nite Stinger

This is the second album from Nite Stinger who are Hard Rock band from Sao […]

Death Never Sleeps

Glorious Depravity

The OSDM scene in New York is flourishing because of albums like this.

Take It To The Grave

Slander

Where to start?! "SLENDER" is a 5 person band, not to be confused with Slayer, […]

The Word of the Mistral

The Lancasters

"THE LANCASTERS" is a heavy rock, psychedelic, band hailing all the way from Italy and […]

Once In A Blue Moon

Civil Daze

Civil Daze are a Melodic Rock band who are based in Upplands Vasby,which is just […]

Frozen Halls

Soul Grinder

Frozen Halls, the newest album from Bemen Germany death metal outfit, Soul Grinder rips the music scene to […]

Maldorör Disco

Master’s Hammer

This was an excellent listening experience for me. As a teenager in the 80’s, its lush electronic sound took me back to some of the music I enjoyed at that time, and keyboards are always a welcomed instrument for me. Here, you will find plenty, combined with gritty riffs and vocals, and the songs were downright catchy.

Con Man's Chronicles

The Skelters

This is Hard Rock at best, but it is the variety that will transport you back to the seventies in sound as well as atmosphere and feel. That can be a good thing nowadays, as it gives the whole listening experience a much more analogue and therefore honest approach. In that respect THE SKELTERS got everything just right.

Next Akin To Chaos

Sterbhaus

Musically you can place STERBHAUS as a Thrash/Death Metal band, and that is as accurate as you can get. And if you ask me, for a trio they are able to make a lot of sensible noise, as that is what has impressed me most about “Next Akin To Chaos”.

Stardust

Speedclaw

Even though “Stardust” will never be my favourite album of all time, it is one that I will treasure and enjoy when I hear it passing me by. It just confirms to me that SPEEDCLAW have done good in choosing this as their musical direction.

Eternal

Return To Darkness

What RETURN TO DARKNESS does is be themselves, to play the kind of music they like, without trying to emulate or copy their peers in any way or form. And what they have produced has been brought together on “Eternal”. Bloody good stuff, if you ask me.

Celestial Clear Moonlit

Storming

The information in the bio is indeed what you will find on the album. The hypnotic gaze of many of the songs does create a shimmering effect, but the production is so raw it takes away from my enjoyment. It does have peaks of intrigue, but four of the five songs also have a similar sound that is hard to distinguish.

The Graves and Ghosts of Yore

Deogen

Overall, this was a solid album. Black Metal can really push the limits of aggressiveness and rage, but sometimes you need pauses to them, and the album does a nice job of balancing both.

The Endchanter

Araphel

Overall, this was a solid listen for me. It wasn’t necessarily anything new, or even out of the box, but the band presented some somber melodies along with a heaping of darkness and aggression, and that balance created an enjoyable listening experience.

Seitsemän soihdun valossa

Victimarum

Overall, this was an album that just burned from start to finish, and “melancholy misery” is an apt word for the collection of songs. A little more diversity could have taken the album further, but I admire their commitment to their sound.

Fire & Ice (single)

Rozario

“Fire & Ice” is the first single/video from the highly anticipated new album from the hard rocking Norwegian band ROZARIO

With Guts And Glory

Centinex

I have to say that after listening to “With Guts And Glory” I was disappointed that there weren’t any more songs on the album. I feel that with less than half an hour of new discoveries the audience could feel they deserved a few more tunes.

Silicon Tea

Evil Scarecrow

Did you know that submarines can have feelings too? Well, if you listen to opener “Nuclear Fallout Machine Sentience” the band will set you straight on that one

Stronghold

Human Fortress

Musically there is no way around the way HUMAN FORTRESS plays their music. this is Epic, this is Power Metal, and these guys are very well-equipped to bend what they make into a shape that fits them down to a T. There isn’t a song that doesn’t fit, there is no note that has been put wrong, there are no mistakes or mishaps on “Stronghold”.

Severance

Jet Jaguar

While the songs are clearly the most important part of the process when they write their music, they also never forget to have fun while doing so. That makes that especially guitarist Ariyuki Saddler gets the chance to demonstrate his techniques.

The Purest Ending

Sainte Obyana Du Froid

One of the best parts of the album, besides the themes matching the music very well, is that despite the length of the songs you don’t notice them passing by for so long. Indeed, the album does a nice job of pulling in the listener into its cold, winter sound, and immersing you in its imagery. Although it’s a barren and freezing landscape, it’s also something that I now want to experience for myself.

Where All of Worth Comes to Wither

Malignant Aura

The title of the album is very fitting to the songs. Besides a healthy amount of dissonance and aggression, the songs dive deep into the earth, seeking refuge in a cold, wet cave where no sunlight even dares to enter.

Sila Nuna

Sedna

This is an album that is not about a specific genre…it’s about a world of possibilities. The experience is very personal, such that the listener can decide for themselves how it makes them feel. For me, it was a reminder of some of the mistakes I made in life, and in my innate ability to move past them. The darkness is there to serve you in whichever way you choose…good or bad.

Time Under Tension

Karate Steve

Boston Massachusetts melodic death metal/hardcore outfit, Karate Steve, dropped their third album Time Under Tension on October 24th, 2025. […]

Skogskult

A lot of notable extreme metal, Doom and otherwise, comes out of Umeå. SKOGSKULT keeps up the tradition with their debut album.

House of the Rising Smoke

Goatfather

A smoking pillar of fuzz-infused and psych-inspired tunage.

Nuit Noire

Arbre-Dieu

Within the wide genre boundaries of Black Metal these days, there is most definitely a place for “Nuit Noire” by ARBRE-DIEU. I didn’t find the album as raw as advertised…instead, I found intelligent songwriting, with carefully crafted passages to keep your sense ever stimulated, and a sense of the macabre. There was also an air of mystery to the album…a feeling that there is more out there if you take the time to search.

Insatiable

Flagelo

a LOT of noise, and a LOT of waiting for the noise to actually DO something.

What Once Was

Fimbul Winter

“What Once Was” is dark, epic, and melancholic. It offers excellent guitar work, crushing basslines, and chilling melodies, all kept together very well by versatile vocals

Taetra Philosophia

Abysmal Grief

Creepy at times, this is a Doom Metal album for old school fans of the genre. Although I don’t know it, I get the feeling that the band has a cult following, because of how long they have been around, and their sound hasn’t changed much. For me, it was just a mediocre listening experience that just didn’t offer any surprises.

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Let Water Flow

Moon Wisdom

The Greatest Gift Of All

Stryper

La Alma

Blossoms Fall

Colors In Grey

Oathbound

As Mankind Rots

Paganizer

Öröklét

Witcher

What The Night Is All About

Nite Stinger

Death Never Sleeps

Glorious Depravity

Take It To The Grave

Slander

The Word of the Mistral

The Lancasters

Once In A Blue Moon

Civil Daze

Frozen Halls

Soul Grinder

Maldorör Disco

Master’s Hammer

Con Man's Chronicles

The Skelters

Next Akin To Chaos

Sterbhaus

Stardust

Speedclaw

Eternal

Return To Darkness

Celestial Clear Moonlit

Storming

The Graves and Ghosts of Yore

Deogen

The Endchanter

Araphel

Seitsemän soihdun valossa

Victimarum

Fire & Ice (single)

Rozario

With Guts And Glory

Centinex

Silicon Tea

Evil Scarecrow

Stronghold

Human Fortress

Severance

Jet Jaguar

The Purest Ending

Sainte Obyana Du Froid

Where All of Worth Comes to Wither

Malignant Aura

Sila Nuna

Sedna

Time Under Tension

Karate Steve

Skogskult

Skogskult

House of the Rising Smoke

Goatfather

Nuit Noire

Arbre-Dieu

Insatiable

Flagelo

What Once Was

Fimbul Winter

Taetra Philosophia

Abysmal Grief

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