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Through Shadows

Born of Osiris

This album is a hybrid beast forged in the pressure chambers of heavy electronica, bone-shattering djent riffs, and absolutely deadly harsh vocals. It’s relentless, groove-wrapped aggression from start to finish, but beneath all the sonic violence lies something even more surprising: melody, precision, and control. Melody is also key. The contrast makes the heaviness heavier, the electronics colder, the brutality feel earned. It’s not a constant presence, but when melody arrives, it cuts through the chaos like light through smoke.

A Dark Poem Part I: The Shores of Melancholia

Green Carnation

This album breathes, pauses, and lingers, inviting the listener into a quieter space where every note feels purposeful and every silence says just as much as the sound. It is carefully crafted, emotionally resonant experience that speaks softly, but hits with stunning force. The band doesn’t try to impress with scale; they open themselves to being felt. And in doing so, they create something that doesn’t just sit in the background, but gets under your skin in the quietest, most honest way.

Sacrosanct Demonopathy

Warmoon Lord

We have a black metal duo called WARMOON LORD from Finland, as there are so […]

Stone Fist

This stoner rock trio from the country of Italy have been together since 2022 so […]

Wretch

Pestilential Shadows

This was a solid album. Although a good deal of it was steeped in the history of the FWOBM, there was enough experimentation to warrant a good grade without it coming off the rails altogether.

Hospital Lens

Pulpit Vomit

What surprises me most is that, except for the opening song, I was quite at ease with all the music on offer here. It might be an Extreme Metal album, but I feel that “Hospital Lens” has a lot going for it in the short time it has to impress.

Port Inspiro

Heathen's Eye

HEATHEN’S EYE needs to change their current social status from a Project into Real Band. Keep the Melodic Metal association, but most of all, stay together and keep on doing what you are doing now.

Gods of Tomorrow

What does help when you play Melodic Metal is having a good singer, and in that respect GODS OF TOMORROW doesn’t need to think back or reconsider, as Felipe Del Valle has a very pleasant voice that is capable of enhancing just those emotions that the music is asking for.

Irrlicht

Eden Circus

If one thing is clear for ma as the reviewer, it is that EDEN CIRCUS has managed to put ten very impressive songs on “Irrlicht”.

0 Shadecrown

Melodic Death Metal has always thrived in contradiction, and this album stands as a towering example of just how profound that tension can be. It roars with the primal force the genre is known for, but beneath the surface lies something far more nuanced: melody that cuts deep, and somber tones that linger long after the last note fades. t doesn’t soften death metal — it elevates it. The band understands that melody isn’t a compromise, and that sorrow can be as heavy as any riff. It's time to start mentioning this band with the heavyweights of the genre.

Blood Moon Sacrifice

Margantha

MARGANTHA, Black Metal trio from Finland and Italy, mix two of my favorite things with their debut EP, “Blood Moon Sacrifice”—Black Metal and horror.

III

King Witch

“III” is another impeccable offering from KING WITCH, unsung heroes of the Doom and Heavy Metal scene.

The World That Never Was

Night’s Edge

Overall, this album showed a lot of promise. The best part was how they fused a heavy sense of emotion in the music. You can hear it, and feel it, and they don’t hold back.

Mundo Caos

Obediencia Cero

"Mundo Caos” is a good modern Thrash Metal delivery with traditional elements. Key features of the release are the guitar riffs, the solos, and the aggressive and intense vocals

Mind Trap

Inhuman Condition

“Mind Trap” is a good mixture of traditional Death Metal and Thrash Metal. The melodies are grim, and the fast Thrash Metal inspired parts offer aggression and intensity to the sound

Doomsday Profit

The best part of the album was the bass work. It wasn’t a bad album by any stretch, it was just too plain…too one sided for me. Doom Metal can be very vibrant, and quite exciting, if done the right way. This album just didn’t get off the ground for me, save for that final song, which was excellent.

MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

PUTERAEON

Behold the fifth full length offering from the Swedish death metallers Puteraeon, unveiled in all its […]

Over The Horizon

Barnabas Sky

German multi instrumentalist Marcus Pfeffer (Lazarus Dream,Mystery Moon and Winterland) the third studio album “Over […]

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”.

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Through Shadows

Born of Osiris

A Dark Poem Part I: The Shores of Melancholia

Green Carnation

Sacrosanct Demonopathy

Warmoon Lord

Stone Fist

Stone Fist

Wretch

Pestilential Shadows

Hospital Lens

Pulpit Vomit

Port Inspiro

Heathen's Eye

Gods of Tomorrow

Gods of Tomorrow

Irrlicht

Eden Circus

0

Shadecrown

Blood Moon Sacrifice

Margantha

III

King Witch

The World That Never Was

Night’s Edge

Mundo Caos

Obediencia Cero

Mind Trap

Inhuman Condition

Doomsday Profit

Doomsday Profit

MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

PUTERAEON

Over The Horizon

Barnabas Sky

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

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