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Communion in Anguish
Tithe
Coming from Portland , Oregon, which is a town several atmospheric, and very interesting bands […]
Red Hill
Murmur
Pain? Yes, you will feel its sharp bite. Anger? Yes, you will feel its fire raging inside of you. The three songs carried a lot of emotion along with them, and like adding salt to a wound, they can easily revive any latent feelings you have tried to push down and lock away. This was an excellent release, and I would love to hear more.
The Ship//The Sea
Beastwars
Hailing from Wellington , New Zealand ,”The Ship//The Sea” is the 5th release from BEASTWARS […]
Obstinacy: Sisyphean Dreams Unfolded
Fleshvessel
Right off the bat, you have to marvel at a composition like the four presented on this album. If nothing else, the band has vision. Twenty years ago, this kind of genre smashing didn’t even exist, but now we hear more and more. The only thing I struggle with is finding enough people out there who might appreciate this varied plate of Extreme Metal. Then again, I know they are out there. The album is more like taking a trip somewhere you have never been and not packing anything with you…you leave what happens from there up to a whim, or to fate, depending on what you believe.
Your Inland Empire
Your Inland Empire
This album feels like a forgotten relic from the late ’80s that has been carefully excavated, polished, and reimagined with modern sensibilities. Vocals drift between icy detachment and aching melancholy, perfectly suited to the genre’s emotional palette. The songs carry that signature Darkwave introspection, but the Industrial edge gives them a bite that keeps the melancholic haze from ever feeling passive. Altogether, the album bridges synth-soaked memory and modern darkness. It’s retro, it’s current, it’s immersive, and it hits harder than you expect.
Unchained & Bloodstained
Killer Hearts
Hailing from Texas USA ,Killer Hearts are a leather clad electrifying rock n’ roll band […]
Sudden Impact
Redshark
What immediately becomes clear is that the band have opted to change their dimensions between Heavy Metal, Power Metal and Speed Metal by putting the emphasis on the latter of the three for “Sudden Impact”. It makes this album just a tad more intense, slightly more in your face and certainly unable to ignore when you are listening to it.
The Long Lasting Dusk
Will O' Dusk
I like what WILL O’ DUSK are doing on “The Long Lasting Dusk”. It’s good, it’s solid, it works, it fits.
Bludgeoning Simulations
Ghould
Experimental, Post Metal, Industrial…whatever you genre purists label this doesn’t matter. The album is a barren wasteland…a vast clearing of the trees in one of the northern most places on the earth. It’s so cold, there are no animals…nothing lives there…nothing even grows there. It’s like a void that if you dare to enter, you will join its dead.
Providence
Destruction Ritual
Destruction Ritual knows how to fill time with intense, long blasts of black metal atmosphere...
Amid
Azketem
This isn’t your typical Black Metal album. Azekn infuses Gothic threads into the album, which is unusual, and his songwriting is not the common frigid aggression that you hear in the genre. The album is nuance, and even melodic at times, in a dark sort of way. Forget what you think you know about Black Metal and step into his world for a gem you won’t often find.
Malum in Se
Funeral Harvest
This was a haunting album that you could easily relive as a recurring nightmare, and once you open the door and invite it in, it will never leave until you are dead.
The Hypercosmic Paradox
Chaos Over Cosmos
Few band possess this level of musicianship and skill, and even fewer are able to breathe life into heavily technical compositions. Rather than relying on the riff and the vocals to do most of the talking, the band uses electronics, synth, and ambiance to augment the songs. The result is an album that is as dexterous as it is an absolute joy to listen to.
Embalming
Heteropsy
This 45 minute album felt like a slow and mournful couple years.
A Thousand And One Nightmares
Unrecht
One thing becomes clear from the beginning, and stay that way all through the album; the riffing by UNRECHT is sometimes very canny, very intricate, thoroughly convincing and mostly well done. The growling/grunting vocals on the album are really fit for purpose, and very complementary of the musical intentions of the band.
Homebrewed Recordings
Willfire
WILLFIRE is a band from Järvenpää, Uusimaa, which is in Finland. They play pure straight forward old fashioned Heavy Metal, and have done so since 1998.
Past the Veil of the Observable Universe
Teach Them To Weep
Although at its core, it’s Black Metal, the album is really a very eclectic and varied mix of sounds, and you need to go into the listen with an open mind. Some music just isn’t linear, and this out of the box album doesn’t follow any rules. I found Sean’s compositions to be intriguing and unorthodox, and anyone looking to explore will find some real gems here.
Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!
IAN
Post Rock sports one of the widest boundaries in music, and this fits into place. The screamed vocals are usually associated with Post Hardcore music, but there is more experimentation here then what you get out of the later. The most telling part about the depth of their sound is that sometimes the music is hard to make sense out of, and each listener could have an entirely different experience.
Wayhome
Kauan
This was one of the few albums where the themes melded into the music so very well. For me, it’s a story of perseverance, set to music that is poignant, expressive, and, at times, dramatic. There are so many things to discover about the album if you have the time, and it will charm you into immersing yourself in its secrets.
PF Radio 2
PeelingFlesh
Simply hilarious - Slam metal has never been more mainstream.
Metempsychosis
Bliss of Flesh
Blackened death? Deathened black? Whatever it is, it rocks.
Rise Of Independence
Warfield Within
“Rise Of Independence” is a smart mixture of Death and Thrash Metal delivered with direct and punishing guitar riffs, double-bass attacks, and aggressive growling vocals
Knochengesänge II
Waldgeflüster
Although this is a Black Metal band, consider that term quite loosely when listening to the album, especially considering the recent bending of these once rigid genre rules. What you won’t find is screaming, thick, aggressive guitars, and blast beat drums. What you will find are emotional songs with depth, with meaning, and with distinction. There are a lot of mysteries buried within the album, and it was fun for me to try to unravel some of them while letting others remain.
Struck A Nerve
Struck A Nerve
“Struck A Nerve” is finest traditional Thrash Metal without compromise. The guitar riffing is flesh-ripping, the basslines are crushing, and the vocals are very aggressive
Necrodestiny
Ripping Remains
I was turned off by Ripping Remains' new album - and that was probably the exact reaction they wanted.
Death Obvious
Death Obvious
“DEATH OBVIOUS came out of nowhere to release a debut album that coalesces elements of […]
Ossuary
Scorching Tomb
Old-School Death Metal that isn't old at all? Scorching Tomb recreate the sounds of the 90's with scary accuracy.
Ice Age Desert
Dune Aurora
DUNE AURORA commits to heavier and bluesier with "Ice Age Desert."
Altitude
Solar Sons
The force is strong with this one.
Give Me Beauty…or Give Me Death (20th Anniversary)
EF
It’s hard to believe that this album dates back to the “second wave” era of Post Rock, when it became a divisive term for many. But, there is no denying its ability to pull the most out of the listener, even with feelings they weren’t sure they even had. Its mood is discoverable at times, with warm and comforting tones, and more mysterious at others, when it leaves just a bit of a bittersweet taste on your tongue. One of the more lasting impressions I get from the album is feeling awake for the first time in months.
Draconian Darkness II
Wolfheart
“Draconian Darkness II” is an EP of just over 20 minutes. It is filled with Melodic Death Metal mixed with Epic Rock and Metal and it apparently has been recorded to be played alongside the original album.
Age of Legends
In Virtue
I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised by the music that is on offer, but also at the quality at what IN VIRTUE is capable of delivering.
Vulgus Illustrata
Insidius
To me everything that is on “Vulgus Illustrata” has been done just right. And the fact that after just over 38 minutes my only thought is to play the record again, will tell you more than enough. I think (and hope the band does too) that INSIDIUS have been successful in giving the (in my case) unsuspecting audience a bloody good portion of devastating and overpowering Death Metal.
Ounas II
Suotana
This isn’t soft or gentle; this is like a battering ram knocking on your plywood front door. It comes straight through, causing all the wood splinters to scatter around the whole of your front room. Musically “Ounas II” will have your brain working in overtime, trying to accept and dissect what is coming out of your speakers. Your thoughts will be all over the place, scattered, until you start to get a feeling at where SUOTANA is going.
Ghost of a Warrior
Phantom Vengeance
The music I used to listen to in the 80’s, that inspired the band, required an excellent singer and musicians. PHANTOM VENGEANCE has both. I don’t know his name, but he has a crystal clear, rich voice and he can easily negotiate the upper ranges. The music is intelligent, fun to listen to, and emotional. This is an album that any Metalhead would enjoy.
The Womb of the World
Qrixkuor
The album redefines the words “darkness” and “terror.” It’s more like reliving your worst nightmare or torture experience. They bring the death to life, in colors of black, and of the abyss. For me, it’s like standing on the edge of a massive black hole seconds before I am sucked in with a force greater than time itself.
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