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Damnatio Aeterna

Deathless Legacy

This album was very well put together, from the story to the music. They have an amazing vocalist, a catchy sense of songwriting, and a flair for drama that is not overdone.

In the End, Was it Worth it?

Scare

Take a look at the album cover if you want clues as to the type of music that’s inside. Hues of gray and black suggest depression, and doom, and the black figure with a mask suggests death. The way he holds up his robe, he is beckoning you somewhere. I get the shitty reality of modern life in this music, but not so much the hopeful optimism. It was an enjoyable listen for me.

In Darkness We Remain

Destroyers of All

This was an excellent album. The band keep true to their aggressive roots but were able to mix in several other elements to keep their sound fresh. They are also accomplished musicians that execute with confidence.

Otherlike Darkness

Felgrave

“Smooth transitions and overall coherency” aren’t two things that I readily hear in the album. Some of the transitions are sharp, and the songs are put in a blender at times, shaken, mixed up, even intermixed. Still, the album was interesting to me, because it was an out-of-the-box style. Give the album a spin for yourself and see what secrets it might unlock.

The Dark

Emo Metal Outburst.

Kidron

Sacrosanct

This was a solid album, combining elements of traditional Heavy Metal with Power Metal, and even some Progressive Metal. As indicated in the bio, twin guitar harmonies and the sweet voice of Max is much of the focal point on the album, as well as an honest emotional quality to the music.

Dark & Dangerous

Savage Master

Because I have to say that as far as “Dark & Dangerous” is concerned, I now have heard better, stronger and more coherent songs from SAVAGE MASTER than ever before. The songs are not only positive in their aura, they are also executed and recorded to a perfect standard, with an outstanding sound to boot.

Without Warning

Saber

The SABER brand of super simple Old Fashioned Heavy Metal is played at the utmost enthusiastic level I have ever encountered. You can feel it radiating off the album.

Lost In Flames

Saber

Musically this is very enthusiastically written, played, recorded and released pure Heavy Metal music by a band that likes to keep things simple. They have the ability to make you take notice of everything they do, however straight forward it might be.

Morax - The Amulet

Morax

I have racked my brain about which bands you can compare him to, and there are enough, but I will have to mention that comes to mind all through the album, which is DIAMOND HEAD. You will regularly feel that that is who you are listening to, and as far as I’m concerned that is a huge endorsement. But please don’t compare the two, as MORAX has a very different feel, a lot darker.

Faster Than Death

Hirax

Here we go again, another album by HIRAX. Well, I do say that “Faster Than Death” is a full length, but that is because it houses nine songs. The fact that the total playing time is 21:54 minutes makes me wonder whether I am getting this right. As the band hasn’t sent any information with the music and cover, I look it up in The Metal Archives, where I see it classed as a full album. Okay then.

Erasure of Color

Aversed

The band is clearly talented, and their compositions are tight. They can hit you with a one-two punch of hardened belligerence, especially in the vocals, or they can take a step back and let the melody flow when they need to. Some of the transitions in and out of these competing passages can be bold, even stark however, and I wish some of them were just a bit smoother.

Valediction

Ofnus

OFNUS’ “Valediction,” is a fantastic album that balances all the against the grain elements of black metal with ideas that will appeal to people who normally avoid the genre.

Serpent Deverounment

Maceration

MACERATION’s “Serpent Devourment,” is just as good, if not better, than their previous two albums and it’s going to establish them as a very constituent force in the scene.

Lemmon Lintu

Mastord

This was a solid listen for me, but too many of the songs fell into the same somber category, and I would have liked to have heard the band take a few more chances, maybe some change of pace songs even. I enjoy somber music, but this was just a bit too much.

Avenger

Wildness

Wildness from Stockholm Sweden were formed in 2014 by drummer and song writer Erik Modin […]

When Yesterday Comes

Alien

Alien were formed in Gothenburg Sweden and have been part of the hard rock scene […]

Eschaton Magicks

Nachash

"Eschaton Magicks" is as stately and dark as its cover—Death riding atop a skeleton horse flanked by skeleton, winged warriors, a suit of broken and empty armor at the horse’s hooves. Victory and death all on one image. A must have for extreme metalheads.

Arimortis

Necrodeath

"Arimortis" is the NECRODEATH’s 14th and last album—a perfect final power chord to mark the end of a stunning career.

Live in France

Wings of Steel

Releasing a “Live” album with only one full length album under your musical resume is usually not the normal progression in a bands catalogue, but that’s just what WINGS OF STEEL have done with their latest self-release “Live in France” capturing the raw and electric energy from their inaugural 2024 European tour.

Eclipse

Frogg

The band is immensely talented, and their musicianship registers off the charts. Some constructive criticism? Some of the songs sound too sterile and technical for me. The little snippets of melody are very well done, and if they would let some of them linger a little longer, they would have more of an impact. Still, this is an album that every Metalhead should hear, for the technical brilliance alone.

Life Death And Miracles

Plastic Drop

Good Hard Rock from Italy.

Within The Viscera

Neckbreakker

NECKBREAKKER deliver an album which is driven by solid Death Metal riffing, crushing basslines, and relentless drumming. The overall sound is aggressive and spine-chilling with some groovy twists

Underneath

Ylisia

The debut album of YLISIA is a mix of symphonic and melodic Metal with darkness and melancholy in the melodies. Highlight of "Underneath" are the excellent vocals.

Something to Pierce

Sadist

At its core, this is Technical/Progressive Death Metal, and the best part of the album is the surprises. When you are eating bowl after bowl of fiber cereal and suddenly bright colored fruit and chocolate appear, it’s a welcome addition to breakfast. They also come at unsuspecting times, and sometimes the connections are odd and even jarring. Although some of the songs were a bit sterile, this is uncommon music.

The Rituals of Resilience

Voidfallen

And impressive Finnish Melodic Death Metal album is what is offered here! Take it!

Chrysalis

Throne Of Roaches

Crossing Old School Death Metal with Melodic Death Metal under a modern tack, this quartet seems to be opening new ways.

When Society Crumbles

Pyrrhic Salvation

A fine Technical Death Metal EP is what this North American act offers. Taste it!

Todschick

Nachtblut

Wow, what a lovely mix between Dark Metal with Gothic Rock influences!

Abur

Pothamus

Some albums merely sound dark; “Abur” embodies darkness. It is a sonic ceremony of suffering, an invocation of pure malevolence channeled through sound. It feels less like listening to music and more like being dragged into an ancient rite, one where the air is thick with smoke, the ground is soaked in blood, and unseen horrors lurk just beyond the firelight. This is evil personified in music—a relentless plunge into madness, ritualistic torture, and sacrifice, with no hope of escape. By the time the last notes fade into the void, it leaves the listener only the echoes of torment, the feeling of having witnessed something they were never meant to hear.

Live at Budokan

Helloween

The German Lords of Power/Heavy Metal shows on this live album that they're one of th best live acts of Metal today!

Black Star

Armory

A fine 2-tracks EP from this Swedish Speed/Heavy Metal quintet.

Récits d'Automne et de Chasse

Cercle du Chêne

Although it was a good album, too many of the songs sounded similar to one another. If the band could find a way to break some of them up, it would go a long way to the improvement of the album. But it was an enjoyable listening experience for me.

Soaring

“Soaring” is an album that ascends, stretching its reach beyond earthly constraints, but it does so with an overwhelming sense of sorrow and fury, like the way fire rises into the sky, or the way storms carve their path across the sky. It is the relentless pursuit of something greater, something just beyond the reach of human hands.

Krásno

Besna

This is an album of is an album of extremes—where seething hatred meets tragic melody, where chaos gives way to mournful introspection, and where a deep-rooted despair is counterbalanced by a raw, unyielding resilience. But there is no passive resignation here—only fury, only defiance. The drumming pounds like war, the riffs cut like blades, and the vocals spit venom at the very foundations of oppression. There is a sense that even if the world is doomed, even if every system is built on a foundation of injustice, there is still something worth fighting for.

Noctambulist II: De Droom

Noctambulist

Few albums manage to walk the razor-thin line between ferocity and elegance as masterfully as this. With a soundscape that embraces the raw, unrelenting aggression of Black Metal while intertwining it with haunting, melancholic melodies, this album carves out its own space in the genre’s ever-expanding sonic wilderness. This is an album for those who crave Black Metal’s icy rage but also seek something more—something layered, something emotional, something that lingers long after the final note has faded into silence. In its perfect equilibrium of savagery and sorrow.

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Damnatio Aeterna

Deathless Legacy

In the End, Was it Worth it?

Scare

In Darkness We Remain

Destroyers of All

Otherlike Darkness

Felgrave

The Dark

The Dark

Kidron

Sacrosanct

Dark & Dangerous

Savage Master

Without Warning

Saber

Lost In Flames

Saber

Morax - The Amulet

Morax

Faster Than Death

Hirax

Erasure of Color

Aversed

Valediction

Ofnus

Serpent Deverounment

Maceration

Lemmon Lintu

Mastord

Avenger

Wildness

When Yesterday Comes

Alien

Eschaton Magicks

Nachash

Arimortis

Necrodeath

Live in France

Wings of Steel

Eclipse

Frogg

Life Death And Miracles

Plastic Drop

Within The Viscera

Neckbreakker

Underneath

Ylisia

Something to Pierce

Sadist

The Rituals of Resilience

Voidfallen

Chrysalis

Throne Of Roaches

When Society Crumbles

Pyrrhic Salvation

Todschick

Nachtblut

Abur

Pothamus

Live at Budokan

Helloween

Black Star

Armory

Récits d'Automne et de Chasse

Cercle du Chêne

Soaring

Soaring

Krásno

Besna

Noctambulist II: De Droom

Noctambulist

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