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Le Chemin Du Gaucher
Philippe Drouin Obvurt
If any of my readers ever have had guitar lessons, or feel that they can do with more finger fast exercises, you might want to check out PHILIPPE DOROUIN OBVURT on his latest endeavour, the debut album “Le Chemin Du Gaucher”. This is classed as Technical Death Metal, but this band (project?) from Quebec in Canada does more masturbatory guitar sounds than any other Death Metal band I have even encountered.
II Bleak
Vast Pyre
Well, first off let me tell you that if you do not like your Doom Metal slow and deliberate, you really need to stay away from VAST PYRE. They have the ability to go slow, but also very Heavy in a rather low toned sound, making it all come out in a very menacing and threatening way.
In Essence Divided
Nightshade
When you really stop to think about it, Progressive music can be anything you want it to be, and this album was an example of how far the genre can be pushed. The part of me who has to categorize everything he hears for my own reference point and for a guide for listeners is frustrated that I can’t find the proper word to describe their music. However, the other part of me who knows good music when he hears it is completely satisfied.
Nearest Dusk
Insipidus
I'm not trying to sabotage this review by completely diverting the subject, but I fucking hate AI.
silence outlives the earth
ERRA
Ear Porn.
Derelict Heart
Northern Graves
This was an outstanding album. Each of the four meaty songs that make up the heart of the effort are powerful, emotionally charged, and rich in scope. There is an impending sense of doom along with rage on the heighted end, plenty of melodies in the middle, and seamless transitions that connect these passages. Without experiencing the great plans of Canada, I can feel its spirit in each song, and it’s a proud heritage.
The Oblation of Man
Towering
An oblation is something presented or dedicated, typically to God, a deity, or a sacred purpose. Within the context of the album, it takes on a darker meaning…humanity itself is the sacrifice. It seems like a nefarious conclusion to the end of mankind, yet I have the feeling that would be just the thing to rid the world of in order for healing…remove all of us from the equation. It’s less a collection of songs, and more like a bleak study of incredibly dark music, exploring the idea that the greatest sacrifice in the story of civilization may ultimately be man himself. It’s a early contender for Album of the Year.
Bastard
Moon Tooth
Just like smoking your first cigarette (don't do that, by the way), my first experience with Moon Tooth left me periodically satisfied. The alt-prog sensibilities grabbed me, but unlike the aftermath of a smoke, I never got hooked, and I virtually never listened to the Long Island league again.
Kings
Grey Skies over Rapture
Just be happy I broke 350 words with a three-song EP.
Melodies of Despair
Swanwriter
For me, this was a personal album that may not appeal to the masses so easily. Let me add that probably wasn’t Koda’s intent anyway. There is a lot of beauty here, buried within melancholic passages and sadness. As a music buff, I can appreciate the level of detail in every song, although, as a whole, it wasn’t quite as grabbing to me as I had hoped. Still, it’s worth listening to and making up your own mind.
Determined to Death and Beyond
Archaic Oath
Overall, this was a traditional Black Metal sound that most enthusiasts will find to their liking. I was hoping for some more experimentation and surprises, but they never came. Give credit to the band for fulfilling their vision on the album, but also offer some critique for the lack of diversity.
Anatomy :She
Maxilla
Originating in the New York tri-state area and now based in Ohio, Maxilla was founded […]
Luna Mausoleum
Sky Valley Mistress
Sky Valley Mistress are a duo from Blackburn, UK who formed in 2012.Their band name […]
Revered by Death
Karloff
Revered by Death" is an okay album, but let's not parade around claiming to play all the genres all the time, ya hear me Karloff?
Breaking the Catatonic State
Crouch
In sum, the album has an air of confidence about it, as if the trio doesn’t give a fuck whether you like it or not. It’s dirty…no, filthy even, with a soul that has turned black. The album won’t only move you on an emotional level, but also a physical level. It’s raw, cold, and primal.
Natura Semper Praevalet
Staghelm
This was a thoughtfully composed album that had layers of mystery buried within its aggressive presenting front. There is beauty, wonder, and a sense of things being larger and more expansive than what they seem. Take a ride with STAGHELM though the three song journey, and you may just uncover some things about yourself that you didn’t know.
Like Crushed Violets and Linen
Luminesce
Pink? A pink album cover? Isn't pink... for girls??/?
Paper Crowns
The Pat Catalano Project
Every once in a while a band comes out of nowhere and completely blows you away exactly like in the case of THE PAT CATALANO PROJECT, but now, thanks to METAL TEMPLE, the world will soon know.
Verfallsschemen
Aether
“A lamenting monolith of ashes and despair” is too soft of a phrase to describe the torturous pit that the album with throw you into head first, and there is no bottom. You will fall screaming, not just for minutes or hours, but for eternity. There is no light, no hope, no absolution, and no chance for rescue.
Arbor
Wazzara
This was an excellent album, combining the best of what Doom, Black Metal, and Blackgaze have to offer you. The vocalist was outstanding, and she could switch from deep anger to calm sooths with ease, leading the journey of the album over smooth paths in the woods, to jagged peaks in the mountains, and even to golden lands that lie beyond what the eye can see.
Drawn Into Descent
Onrust
This was a dreadfully excellent album in every sense of that word. The picture it painted was one of complete loneliness and emptiness. Picture a world where you never meet another human, and you live in an icy cold, snow covered world where the winds keep the temperature at -50 year round. Now picture this as not only somewhere you have to live now, but for eternity. That’s the kind of desolation that the album covers.
Two The Max!
To The Max!
To The Max! is a Heavy Rock band formed in Verona Italy, bringing together musicians […]
Per Amor Nymphae
Marlugubre
Overall, what I loved most about the album was how deeply I could feel the aggression rumbling in my stomach, and how brightly I could sense moments of beauty and hope. The two opposing styles shattered into one another, detonating a bomb of emotion together that could be seen and felt for miles away. It was more like poetic prose than a simple listening experience.
Hiraeth
Abstracted
“Hiraeth” is beautiful, well balanced, but also with enough unsuspecting turns and breaks that every time you listen you can’t help but discover and/or hear something that you hadn’t noticed before. That to me makes a record a diamond in the rough, as you just don’t have a clue when the explorations will be complete.
Angus McSix and the All-Seeing Astral Eye
Angus McSix
There is no escaping the fact that ANGUS McSIX is using all the cliches that the Power Metal and Heavy Metal have produced in the last fifty years and formed them into songs that are as much Happy Metal as they are Power Metal.
Poison Rat
Iron Bones
IRON BONES feel that they play Heavy Speed Roll, and that is also the way that the music is constructed. Simple, as straight as an arrow whilst taking no prisoners along the way. What that does is give “Poison Rat” very much a Punk attitude.
Ziggurat
New Mexican Doom Cult
NEW MEXICAN DOOM CULT “Ziggurat." Buy it, ascend it, join it—whatever turns you on, but do yourself a favor and give it spin.
Universal Heat Death
Indica Blues
“Universal Heat Death” plays into that dark Psych Doom tradition that we have all come to know and love but also makes some relevant observations about today’s socio-political state.
Memorial
Olhava
Rather than a traditional album, this was a journey to the far reaches of the universe and back again. I feel as though the album transported me into a wormhole where it just gave me glimpse of what is up there, and even a fleeting look is overwhelming. The album cover captures its essence very well. It’s a warm, cozy cabin nestled in deep, dark, and imposing trees that no one could ever find.
Embers of a Dying World
Mystfall
Did you know that Graham crackers were invented to help combat self-pleasure? After listening to this album, there's an empty box of them on my desk. Hope it works!
Icemelter
Frozen Land
“Icemelter“ delivers traditional Power Metal with a good mixture of fast and mid-tempo tracks, tight and powerful guitar riffs, catchy and sing-along melodies
Hush
Tardigrade Inferno
“Hush” is a melting point of different genres and vibes, including progressive Metal, Groove Metal, but there are also a few Punk and Alt-Metal vibes present
Temple Balls
Temple Balls
Temple Balls are an energetic Hard Rock band from Finland.Their first album “Traded Dreams” was […]
Monument In Time
Beyond The Pale
The album review you're about to read is a compilation of all their earlier releases. It therefore is quite fitting that it has taken the name of the EP, as all five original songs are featured on this rendition of “Monument In Time”.
Overspace & Supertime
Cryptic Shift
I have no choice but to be amazed, enthralled and totally enamoured with what CRYPTIC SHIFT is presenting me with on “Overspace & Supertime”. To me this all sounds absolutely superb, has all the elements that make me crave to hear more of CRYPTIC SHIFT; excitement, surprise, attraction and superb musicianship.
1994
Final Coil
I’m slightly embarrassed that I don’t know much about this band, but it does make me an objective reviewer. Although only four songs long, it does take me back to the 90’s music scene, which I largely tried to forget about, besides a few notable names. I can hear those notable names on the album, and it’s a sentimental and nostalgic way to pay tribute. There is also a lot of energy flowing from their music.
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