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Insatiable
Flagelo
a LOT of noise, and a LOT of waiting for the noise to actually DO something.
What Once Was
Fimbul Winter
“What Once Was” is dark, epic, and melancholic. It offers excellent guitar work, crushing basslines, and chilling melodies, all kept together very well by versatile vocals
Taetra Philosophia
Abysmal Grief
Creepy at times, this is a Doom Metal album for old school fans of the genre. Although I don’t know it, I get the feeling that the band has a cult following, because of how long they have been around, and their sound hasn’t changed much. For me, it was just a mediocre listening experience that just didn’t offer any surprises.
Backbone
Ronnie Romero
Over the past decade Ronnie Romero has worked with the likes of Yngwie Malmsteen,Michael Schenker, […]
Vertigo
Shiraz Lane
Hailing from Vantaa, Finland, Shiraz Lane started their musical journey in 2011. Their vision of […]
Forgotten Reveries
DarkTribe
Clean vocals? Boo-hoo. This is METAL.
Black Sites in Lower Chambers
Wild Beyond
Black Sites in Lower Chambers is the newest EP from Philadelphia Pennsylvania black/death metal band Wild Beyond. This […]
Ethereal Horizons
Blut Aus Nord
Maybe the album was hyped too much, because although it was excellent, it didn’t deliver enough experimental or Progressive elements for me. They were there, but nearly always took a back seat to the ferocious and naked aggression on the album. It’s clear that Vindsval is talented, and his vision is unwavering, but I would not have minded some more experimentation.
Mar Da Deriva
Vauruvã
If the album makes you look for answers, it did its job properly. But, there are no answers to be found. Instead, the deep-pocket sound deals with possibilities that almost seem endless, laying out a myriad of paths one could follow and allowing each person to make that decision for themselves.
Midnight Blitz (single)
Tailgunner
When heavy metal icon K K Downing produces your latest album and loudly proclaims “They personify everything that is heavy metal” the music world takes notice.
Something Borrowed…Something New
Greystone Canyon
The name of the album is quite fitting. “Something Borrowed…Something New” relates to the fact that half of the songs are covers and the other half new songs by the band themselves. GREYSTONE CANYON has released two albums before this one, and the 2024 one called “Iron & Oak” got a perfect rating from my colleague “Metal Mark” Garcia. He rightfully wrote that these Aussie have a knack to sound like they belong in the seventies. And that they also really know how to play and make songs sound good.
Embrace The Awakening
Mezzrow
“Embrace The Awakening” has been produced at a very good and transparent level, which allows you to hear very instrument in detail. It also has been given enough punch to make sure that all the songs that MEZZROW has put on this album has the right amount of energy, excitement and power.
Chama
Soulfly
Gone is the jumping up and down from the early years, only to be substituted by a much more Industrial Metal vibe, whilst keeping a little bit of Groove Metal vibe, but also a little bit of Thrash Metal atmosphere in there. It makes for interesting listening, as to me this sounds like Max Cavalera is trying to recreate the effect that NAILBOMB had some thirty years ago.
You Are Safe From God Here
The Acacia Strain
“You Are Safe From God Here” is over 38 minutes of panzer-like tank-worthy deafening and explosively deadly Deathcore. Because if one thing becomes clear, it is that the band have only gotten Heavier, a lot more menacing and almost lethal in their approach to how they write and play songs. There is only one way to go; to be as destructive and devastating as is humanly possible.
DARK III
Civil Service
Without vocals to easily guide your way, you are going to have to dig in deeper and feel the music they present. Although much of the album reveled in tones of grey and even black at times, the closing message is a plea to break down as many barriers as possible on your way through this journey we call life. I haven’t heard any album that moved me on an emotional level as this one did, nor one where the song titles were so perfectly matched with the music.
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Lutosfera
This is the type of Black Metal album that was made for people who like their genre styles outside of the box. The experimental side of the album keeps a strong surprise factor that takes away the normal guide you might have as a listener and just burns it up. What is left is a maze of webs that you are thrust into head first without a light and you have to figure your way out, with a soundtrack of pain, torture, and madness blasting into the landscape.
Epoch of Eternal Silence
Nirrti
The album danced with your sense of fear that was heightened by all of the dark magic on the album, and toyed with your sense of curiosity to the point that you no longer wanted to overturn rocks and find out what came next. Once it ensnared you, it would not let you escape, and it seemed like a lifetime of pain and torture was poured into seven songs.
One Way To Glory
Not Fragile
I have also reviewed their debut EP “Who Dares Wins”, and you’ll find that as the one next to this one on the METAL TEMPLE site. What I get from listening to their debut EP as well as this compilation album is that NOT FRAGILE has been very constant in the quality of their songs. Nowhere are they superb or out-of-this-world brilliant, but neither can you catch them being subpar at any time at all.
Who Dares Wins
Not Fragile
I have to say that as a debut you can do a lot worse than “Who Dares Wins”, while at the same time it will be hard to do much better.
In My Head
Kill Ritual
Musically the band have evolved in such a way that it will be easier for new admirers to step in, whilst those who already liked what KILL RITUAL did so far will be able to continue their admiration. “In My Head” is that good, yes.
The Hardest Thing About Being God Is That No One Believes Me
Blindfolded and Led to the Woods
To summarize the album, in addition to the chainsaw intensity and its bruising, take no prisoners nature, I love the shifting pacing. It can take off like an errant rocket or slow to a dangerous crawl. The latter moments are most frightening, because they give you more time to think and to consider what lies in front of you. Even in the best of circumstances, love can sting like a scorpion. Maybe all of us have a little serial killer locked up inside us somewhere.
Forever
Grailknights
GRAILKNIGHTS deliver what their fans expect from them: a journey into the GRAILKNIGHTS universe. To understand the sound and lyrics of “Forever”, you must let go and enter the journey
Darker Fates
Hellbearer
“Darker Fates” is classical Thrash Metal, it is a fast and aggressive delivery of tight guitar riffs, crushing basslines, and spine-chilling melodies
Regime
Juliet Ruin
One of the biggest surprises of the year for me is the new Juliet Ruin EP entitled Regime. This […]
VOID
AVIANA
Imagine, if you will, a concert. The lights dim. People wait in anticipation as the […]
In Situ
Maudits
One of the things that the album does best is create a variety of moods. Some of them are depressing, others are introspective, and still others are somber. The differences are subtle, but each one can make you feel something completely different. That in a nutshell is the album…an offering of songs that you can unwrap and feel for yourself.
Occultation
Monograf
“Occultation” by MONGRAF kind of blew me away. It suffers only from its brevity. I mean, I could have done with two more tracks or a second disk or full-length A24 movie.
Revelry of a Maltreated Jade
Hagzissa
“Revelry of a Maltreated Jade” is an enigma of an album. The end effect is an album that demands repeat listens in various states of consciousness.
Learning the Secrets of Acid
Umulamahri
Thinking man’s Death Metal? Most definitely. For me, the album plays like a post-apocalyptic landscape of death, disease, and ruin. What’s left on earth is empty and desolate, but what scurries under the surface is very much alive. The genre boundaries for Death Metal are so constricting, but UMULAMAHRI forges their own path within the fire-scorched landscape with a clear vision and an unmatched intensity. Eternal Hell awaits the listener.
Symphony of Chaos
Black Soul Horde
"BLACK SOUL HORDE" is a heavy metal band hailing all the way from Greece and […]
Children of the Night
Torchlight Parade
From the morgue to the stage. This band gives you all the theatrics you are looking for and then some.
Blind Leading The Blind
Sweet Freedom
SWEET FREEDOM? Really? So, this is not RAINBOW, or DEEP PURPLE? It’s not even WHITESNAKE or even MSG? And the singer isn’t JOE LYNN TURNER or his little brother? Are you sure? Well, if you are sure, I’ll go ahead and review this as the debut album by this current version of SWEET FREEDOM.
Psychedelic Enigma
Them
Musically these guys are clearly very well versed in reading each-others minds and complementing what they do in such a way that it all sounds as coherent as superglue. It makes going through the 56 minutes of playing time that “Psychedelic Enigma” holds rather easy to endure.
Firebrand
Ring Van Möbius
I can tell you that if you aren’t giving your full attention to the music that is being played, you are in danger of finding it long, winding, very expansive and even boring from time to time. Whilst when you do listen carefully, preferably with your headphones on and your eyes closed, you will be transported into a world of beautiful surroundings and atmospheric soundscapes.
Save Us From Ourselves
Mattador
Hailing from Puerto Rico, Mattador combined the slick, hook-driven sound of bands like Dokken and […]
Tale of the Two: Dusk
Dragon Throne
I now know what a koto, an erhu, and a shakuhachi are!
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