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The Great Satan

Trivax

Wow, this Blackened Death Metal/Ethnic Black/Death Metal created a true 'must-have' item for all Metal fans that are proud of being in Metal! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Damn You All to... Hell

The Chris Rolling Squad

Wow, if you're not dead, the work of this French trio will be on you 'must-have' item list for sure!

Monde Vide

Mortuaire

A very good first Doom Death Metal visit from this French quintet.

Bloodpainted Visions of Perpetual Conflict

Martoriator

If one band can rewrite the rules of Black/Death Metal, this Italian duet is this band!

Swallowing the World

Imperishable

Wow, what a great Blackened Death Metal/Death Metal full-length from this Swedish quartet! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Against All Gods

Diabolisches Werk

If you are looking for something innovative, please skip “Against All Gods”, as this will definitely not provide that for you. If, on the other hand, you are looking for a very decent and proper Death/Thrash Metal album, than DIABOLISCHES WERK has been able to give you just that on this, their latest venture.

Burn

Hangfire

I can only conclude that as a debut album “Burn” is something that HANGFIRE can build on for the future. I reckon that when they get even better in their collaboration and write even stronger songs that they will be a very difficult force to ignore.

Iron Age

Primal

My personal take on all of this is that PRIMAL is a very good band that makes very pleasant Heavy Metal music. nothing more, nothing less. But hey, sometimes that is all one needs.

Sunchaser

Signs Of Algorithm

Once the music starts you can be sure that you are listening to a pure and unadulterated Metalcore album. SIGNS OF ALGORITHM goes for broke, and mixes aggression and Heavy Music in a very constructive and positive way.

High Plains Bloodlust

Waxen

I have to conclude that as far as I’m concerned, I really can’t fault WAXEN at all musically, and I think that “High Plains Bloodlust” will appeal to a lot of other musicians alike. It will also be something for those who like their Black Metal not to be too extreme, as you will get the Heavy Metal and Melodic vibes radiating from some of the guitar parts.

Reqviem For The Oppressor

Xenos A.D.

If you look up XENOS A.D. on the Metal Archives it says that they are a Thrash Metal band. That is partly true, but then you will have to say that METALLICA also is a pure Thrash metal band. When that band first came to the scene the were dubbed a Speed Metal band, and I feel that is also what XENOS A.D. really is.

An Ode to the Mountains

Aeon Winds

It was so well crafted, with every detail in tow, and it flowed from start to finish like a river winding its way through a mountain path. It was firm and aggressive enough for all Black Metal fans to enjoy, but also had enough other elements to spice up the nine-course meal to your taste.

Apex Violator

Valdrin

I dub the album “thinking man’s Black Metal,” because the compositions are not only frightening, but they come from four talented musicians who know how to tell a story with their music, and tell it well. With each song, you are lost further and further into the album, until you take that fateful step when it’s too late to go back. In many ways, you don’t mind, as your innate evil surfaces and pushes all reason and humanity back down.

Harbringers

Byzantine

In a world populated by a metric ton of bands aspiring to be the most original, and often something that they are not, BYZANTINE remind the music world that were things began is often where they return. I am embarrassed to say that I was not familiar with the band before completing this review, but now they have a new fan.

Shape of Ash

Leonov

The EP was indeed a slow burn, and the kind that sinks in before you know it and scalds you. I am intrigued to hear more from the band, as four songs were just a teaser, but it was a nice teaser.

Winds of Time

Wings of Steel

Okay dear reader’s, I will get right to the point, I love WINGS OF STEEL and they have just released a new video single “Winds of Time” from their upcoming and highly anticipated new album scheduled for release later this year.

A Faraway World

Orpharion

“A Faraway World” is a dark album, driven by a smart mixture of heavy guitar riffing, orchestral arrangements, and dark but catchy melodies which are melancholic at times

Signs Of The End

Reject The Sickness

“Signs Of The End” has pace, aggression, punishing guitar riffs, relentless drumming, but is also melodic with dark melodies and features some melancholy in the melodies at times

Septum

Moths

This was a strange album, but many Progressive albums are. The clean vocals sounded ritualistic at times, as if they came from a shamanka, while the harsh vocals provided an aggressive bite. There was also a steady line of psychedelica running through the songs. This is an intriguing band that I would love to hear more from.

V Pt. 1 : Unhallowed

Pythia

I still believe EPICA are still at the top of the food chain in genre with VISIONS OF ATLANTIS with a close second but a band ,like PYTHIA has the real potential of being a power player in the genre and really start to make a name for themselves in the Symphonic Power Metal genre.

The Eyes of Power

Signum Regis

A 15 year old album that doesn't seem far off from the very best of the Power Metal generation of the last decade yet with a neo-classical twist that still doesn't get old.

Echoes from the Void

Skräcken

“Echoes from the Void” bears repeating. A lot. Sofie-Lee’s vocals are spectacular, and the band is extremely tight.

Under the Spell

Morbyda

MORBYDA’s debut “Under the Spell” blends the raw energy and anger of betrayed youth with the evil machinations of an exterminating angel.

The Twilight Affliction

The Lucidia Project

The album showed promise and potential, but didn’t quite meet the mark. Too many of the songs had a similar delivery, that was melancholy and sad. The harsh vocals helped break them up to an extent, but their placement wasn’t the best in terms of timing. This is a band to keep an eye on, because they have all of the elements to be successful, they just aren’t quite there yet.

Pillars of Creation

Encelado

This debut EP from the Italian death metal band/project Encelado, is named after Enceladus, a […]

The Painful Truth

Skunk Anansie

It was 30 years ago that Skunk Anansie released their debut album “Paranoid And Sunburnt” […]

Waving at the Sky

AVKRVST

There’s a certain elegance in the way “Waving at the Sky” carries itself. It has a fluidity that defines its progressive rock foundation, with shifting time signatures, yet the journey never feels disjointed. Instead, the album flows like a steady river under ever-changing skies…sometimes calm, sometimes stormy, always purposeful. It’s an album that doesn’t look away from hardship, but also refuses to let despair have the final word. Technical yet tender, complex yet grounded. You don’t just listen to it; you move with it. By the end, you, too, are waving at the sky—not in surrender, but in belief.

Shadow Without a Horizon

Witherer

This was a delightfully despicable album, and I mean that in the best of ways. The band’s brand of Doom and Death is indeed dark…like the void of a black hole, and once sucked inside one, these are the sounds I would expect to hear…the sounds of torture, and, ultimately, death.

The Dystopian Chronicles Vol. 3

Warhog

This wasn’t a bad album by any stretch of the imagination, it just didn’t elevate much. There were indeed strong elements of songwriting in their music, but they just used one too many riffs that you have heard before, and although the singer has a nice vocal tone, he doesn’t stretch out enough for emotional impact.

Heather & Hearth

Phantom Spell

This was an excellent album, and considering it was created by one person says a lot about it. For me, it has an old school Progressive ring to it, akin to KANSAS or KAIPA. The song are structure well, and they bring up a lot of emotion, as any good album would. There is also some mystery about the album, and that’s what brings me back wanting more.

A Faraway World

Orpharion

This album is actually not bad, it feels a bit incomplete because of the lack of diversity in the vocal part of it but you have a solid production and some solid musicianship throughout.

Trenchslayer

Ardityon

Italy's finest import other than Wine is definitely good music and ARDITYON bring something refreshing, giving the listener something different from song to song and not staying in the same path which is a testament of a very promising band.

Vertigo

Sandness

Sandness from Italy were formed in 2008.The Italian hard rock 3 piece band have already […]

She Walks By Moonlight

Moon Destroys

“She Walks By Moonlight” is the debut album from Moon Destroys. Juan Montoya (Ex Torche, […]

Aether

Hermyth

This Italian Shoegaze/Metalgaze act really surprises with its music! Rear to it, NOW!

Rays of the Emerald Sun

Grave Speaker

If this Doom Metal/Stoner Metal band can set its ideas in a better shape, they'll be good. But for now, it has a long way to go.

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The Great Satan

Trivax

Damn You All to... Hell

The Chris Rolling Squad

Monde Vide

Mortuaire

Bloodpainted Visions of Perpetual Conflict

Martoriator

Swallowing the World

Imperishable

Against All Gods

Diabolisches Werk

Burn

Hangfire

Iron Age

Primal

Sunchaser

Signs Of Algorithm

High Plains Bloodlust

Waxen

Reqviem For The Oppressor

Xenos A.D.

An Ode to the Mountains

Aeon Winds

Apex Violator

Valdrin

Harbringers

Byzantine

Shape of Ash

Leonov

Winds of Time

Wings of Steel

A Faraway World

Orpharion

Signs Of The End

Reject The Sickness

Septum

Moths

V Pt. 1 : Unhallowed

Pythia

The Eyes of Power

Signum Regis

Echoes from the Void

Skräcken

Under the Spell

Morbyda

The Twilight Affliction

The Lucidia Project

Pillars of Creation

Encelado

The Painful Truth

Skunk Anansie

Waving at the Sky

AVKRVST

Shadow Without a Horizon

Witherer

The Dystopian Chronicles Vol. 3

Warhog

Heather & Hearth

Phantom Spell

A Faraway World

Orpharion

Trenchslayer

Ardityon

Vertigo

Sandness

She Walks By Moonlight

Moon Destroys

Aether

Hermyth

Rays of the Emerald Sun

Grave Speaker

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