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Year of the Cobra

This is Doom Metal, make no mistake, but the duo fuses smooth vocals harmonies and some catchy moments into the album. The result is a fresh take on the genre, as well as an album that keeps moving, and keeps shifting, refusing to be set down in one pace for too long.

Corroding Soul

What truly elevates this album, however, is its ability to maintain its emotional weight throughout. Even in its most melodious moments, there’s a simmering undercurrent of tension and despair, a reminder of the genre's uncompromising roots. It’s an exhilarating, transformative experience that proves melody and aggression can coexist in perfect harmony.

Choices Made in Anger

V8 Wankers

Good Hard Rock with attitude and humour.

Birna

Wardruna

Has there ever been a bad WARDRUNA album? That’s a rhetorical question, and the answer is ‘no.’ And so it remains with "Birna."

Ghostwound

“Ghostwound” is a psychedelic trip down a wandering road which somehow winds back on itself, in the end depositing you where you left off and enticing you to head out yet again.

A Fountain of Anguish is Gone

Tigguo Cobauc

This was a fantastic album, and it brought Doom to a whole new level for me, because the band was bold, and unafraid to explore uncharted territory, while keeping their roots strong.

Saturnalia

Selvans

This is very personal music, but the hardened elements will please the listeners as much as the melodic ones, and as I mentioned, the band makes good use of emotion, swells, and crescendos to give the album a sweeping and ominous sound.

King Of Gods

Aeon Gods

“King Of Gods” could be the start of a promising Power Metal career of AEON GODS as they are a band with potential

Witch Hunt Road To Vengeance

Viperwitch

“Witch Hunt: Road To Vengeance” combines traditional New Wave of Heavy Metal with a theatric concept and post-apocalyptic features

Starbound (Reissue)

Osukaru

The last album in the trilogy of Osukaru reissues in the Pride & Joy Classix […]

Spirit Invictus

Triumpher

The songs they have written are all of a very decent to good quality, with good rhythms, impressive sounds and most of all convincing atmosphere. You can really feel yourself standing with TRIUMPHER and heading into battle.

Insurrection

Overt Enemy

Hot damn, who is this trying to blow me away from the get go? It is OVERT ENEMY, and opening song “Resinated” has a very strong riff and an immense intensity that makes you take notice, whether you want to or not.

Angels Rising

Dying Angel

Hailing from Wehrheim, Hesse in Germany we have DYING ANGEL, a band that has been around since 2019 and plays Heavy Metal, with a strong connection to the NWOBHM era.

Ariah

I am quite smitten with “Ariah” and would have liked to hear more of these guys. I am glad that Someoddpilot Records took the plunge and decided to rerelease this 35-year-old gem.

Moþir

Forndom

I appreciate the minimalist approach to the music, because it allows the layers to be stripped off and the core is left for the listener to enjoy. The core here is both somber and prophetic, and it hints at a world we all know is coming, but we push it down deep inside to avoid the confrontation.

Anthropophagy (Reissue)

Vulcano

This remastered verson of this classic from this Brazilian Black/Thrash legendary act is really great!

Forthcoming Age of the Reaper

Total Hate

A fine Old School Black Metal release, in the vein of the Second Wave of Black Metal!

Extinction Ritual

Hate Angel

Wow, what a great limitis killer on Blackened Death Metal this trio is!

Forged in Black (Remastered MMXXIV)

Forged in Black

This reissue of this UK-based Heavy Metal quintet is a fine opportunity for older and younger fans.

Something Eldritch and Macabre

August Moon

Even if it's late, this Finnish Technical Death Metal trio released an excellent full-length!

The Pyre Aflame

Abyssal Frost

Wow, what great first full-length is delivered by this North American Blackened Death Metal band!

Echoes

Nationwide

This was a solid AOR album, that featured great vocals, a crunchy backing of instruments, energy and enthusiasm, and confidence on the part of the band. The hooks were memorable, and catchy, and this is an album that you can crank up to 10.

Deathly Pale

Parusight

This was a fairly diverse offering of Black Metal that stayed within the lanes of the genre but did not just rely on old, re-hashed formulas of old. Oliver worked in some melancholy, some keyboards, and some ambiance into the songs, and it breathed new life into a genre that has become overrun with artists lately.

Permanent Dawn

Earthburner

From the urban wastelands of Chicagoland comes a torrent of putrid aggression with a disgusting display of deathgrind

A Gruesome Encounter

Chained to the Dead

Influenced by old shool death that is tinged with hard rock elements from old New Jersey

Sanguine

Benthic

This was a good album. The band used a lot of different elements in their brand of music, including groovy riffs, both clean and harsh vocals, some Core, some Grunge, even some Alternative.

Blandede Meninger Og Aforismer

Myrholt

All in all, Myrholt’s “Blandede Meninger Og Aforismer,” is a wonderfully balanced album between two different approaches to black metal and effectively combines them together with interesting songs.

Raw Illumination

Grave With A View

GRAVE WITH A VIEW have upped their game with “Raw Illumination,” and have solidified themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the black metal scene. This is a strong sophomore album from a band that shows endless promise because they thrive in the endless void.

Whispers

Strangers

Good first steps.

Gehenna

Twisted Mist

I was a bit leery about Death Metal and Folk being mixed. The melodic tendencies of Death, however, make the pairing surprisingly compelling. “Gehenna” by TWISTED MIST. Strongly recommended for Pagans and Judeo-Christians alike.

Phantoms

Pandemic

“Phantoms” is a blast. There’s a bit of nod to early Thrash with a Hardcore Punk overlay, but the Blackened element took it over the top for me.

Inanition

Zen Disdain

The band are decent musicians, and they put in a good deal of thought into the songwriting, but it just fell flat for me. Nothing really stands out on the album. For that reason, the album was just mediocre for me.

Ex Cinere

Rizen

California Hard Rock from the UK.

Some Last Echo

Canaan

Electronic doom is what CANAAN pedals. It’s a bridge between the past and present, combining 80’s synthwave with modern Doom. The closest band I can make comparisons with might be THE CURE, and this is an original take on the genre that all Doom fans must hear at least once in their lifetime.

House Of Mirrors

Osukaru

Pride & Joy as part of their Pride & Joy Classix series have re-released three […]

Transition

Osukaru

Swedish melodic glam metal band Osukaru 14 years ago first was just an idea in […]

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A Fountain of Anguish is Gone

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Selvans

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Ariah

Moþir

Forndom

Anthropophagy (Reissue)

Vulcano

Forthcoming Age of the Reaper

Total Hate

Extinction Ritual

Hate Angel

Forged in Black (Remastered MMXXIV)

Forged in Black

Something Eldritch and Macabre

August Moon

The Pyre Aflame

Abyssal Frost

Echoes

Nationwide

Deathly Pale

Parusight

Permanent Dawn

Earthburner

A Gruesome Encounter

Chained to the Dead

Sanguine

Benthic

Blandede Meninger Og Aforismer

Myrholt

Raw Illumination

Grave With A View

Whispers

Strangers

Gehenna

Twisted Mist

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Pandemic

Inanition

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Some Last Echo

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