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Sentinels of Shamash
Melechesh
This was a powerful album that combined the best of Black and Thrash Metal into a seasoned stew of blood, bones, and tissue. One of the best parts of the album were the heavy bass notes…they really head much of the deep aggression on the album and help it to stay thick. These three songs will burn a hole in your flesh by the end.
Wilderness of Mirrors
Myrath
There goes my dignity...
Inexternal Dread
Rivers Ablaze
Menjünk = Let's Go!
To Your Limit
Kissing Kaos
Kissing Kaos are are a band which crosses the sound of Punk Rock with Heavy […]
Misprint
Black Oak County
Following the award-winning “III” (2024), “Misprint” finds Black Oak County pushing both ends of their […]
Katabasis: A Marriage Among Ashes
A Dream of Poe
This was an excellent album. The core of it is Doom, but the orchestral elements add seasoning and flavor to the sound. Miguel’s vocals are also very easy on the ears, and he is able to ebb and flow with emotion along the way. It’s the kind of album that you feel, and not just hear.
The New Flesh
Sylosis
“The New Flesh” delivers a smart blend of various Metal genre elements, ranging from Thrash, melodic Metalcore, Groove, to modern Metal. Highlights of the album are the guitar riffing, the versatility of the vocals, and the songwriting
Goliath
Exodus
“Goliath” is not restricted to classical Thrash Metal; it includes different genre elements and vibes. At the heart of the album is the EXODUS guitar engine and both, Gary Holt and Lee Altus, deliver excellence.
The Skies Turn Black
Vreid
Transformative? You bet. For a band that has been around as long as they have, I expected a safe and predicable album. Imagine my surprise when I put “The Skies Turn Black” on. It’s very much a Black Metal album at its core, but the songs are so diverse. This is exactly the kind of album that pays homage to the past, but lives very much in the future.
Wreckage
Moonlit Masquerade
Conclusion I have to give you about this MOONLIT MASQUERADE EP “Wreckage” is that I have become extremely interested not only in this release, but I am very much looking out for anything that they come up with in the future. If they are able to pull off anything in the vein of this EP, they will be a force to be reckoned with.
Reborn To Light
Aeon Gods
AEON GODS plays their Symphonic Power Metal rather fast, giving the drummer enough space to demonstrate his double bass techniques. The guitars that accompany that sound are very well versed in making the whole sound heavy without losing the very Melodic touch. On top of that there are the vocals, that sound very pleasant, that are exactly right for this kind of music.
The Eternal Hunger
Harrowed
“The Eternal Hunger” is a very coherent album, rather fast and furious in deliverance, but also filled with songs that have a solid foundation, a decent structure, and most of all, an attraction to them that makes you just want to keep listening to them.
Love Kills!
Induction
Musically these guys certainly have their ducks in a row. Everything they make fits, sounds about right and has all the hallmarks and qualities that you would expect of a band that makes Melodic Symphonic Power Metal. It has speed, power, and is very easy for the ears and brains.
Limb Service
Nighnacht
Even though the songs are short and to the point, they do not lack the qualities and traits that you not only expect, but also hope for in a band that is trying to bring Extreme Metal to your doorstep. In that respect “Limb Service” doesn’t disappoint for one second. NIGHNACHT knows exactly what they are doing.
Buried in Black
Orchid Throne
I have to say that I am very much enamoured with opening tune “Dreamworld”. It starts and ends with piano sounds, but in between you really get the sounds that I have mentioned about the musical direction. I have to say that the combination of mainly Gothic Metal with Melodic Death Metal works really well in this song.
Where the Light Leaves
Varials
The songs are short, because they have to be. Packed to the gills and overflowing with density, if they lasted longer, you might not still be living. 13 songs of brutality overstayed its welcome just a bit, but there is no doubt…it’s one of the heaviest albums I have heard this year so far.
The End of the Sun Season
Exhausted
Overall, this was an excellent album, Picking up where they left off decades ago, it’s still ripe with fervor, with feeling, and with dread. But I appreciate their dedication to the genre that was budding when they formed. It doesn’t have any fancy tricks, or much experimentation, so fans of their original sound will love it.
Posthumous Imprecation
Void Monuments
Overall, this was a solid album. It didn’t necessarily offer anything new to the genre, but it had plenty of element Death Metal fans will enjoy, including crushing riffs, horrid vocals, and harrowing sounds. It’s the kind of album you wouldn’t want to pair for a date with your sister…or on second thought, maybe you would?
The Conquering Darkness
Malefic Throne
Overall, this was an excellent album. It’s rich with flavor, dark like the void, and crushing for your soul. The band displays an excellent level of musicianship as well. Take a ride into “The Conquering Darkness,” and you may never return the same person.
Act II – Of Iron and Blood
Lömsk
This was an excellent album, combining some of the aggression of Black Metal with the sometimes doom and gloom of despair. The album expresses deep sorrow, grief, or regret…often in a way that feels emotional and heavy, and that feeling is something you just can’t shake listening to the album.
Trolddom
Lysabaerer
Overall, this was a very enjoyable album. In the rich history of Black Metal, it doesn’t depart too far from the original genre boundaries, so it should please fans of tradition. At the same time, it explores just enough unchartered territory so that it stays fresh, and modern. Bravo.
The Unyielding Season
Winterfylleth
Please pay me one dollar for each time I say "atmospheric" in this article.
Disgusting Existence
Endless Curse
ENDLESS CURSE released a decent EP. The songs on “Disgusting Existence” are raw and aggressive. The Death Metal sound is direct, very simple, and without any technicality.
Ill Fated Voyage
Iron Brigade
“Ill Fated Voyage” is a mixture of traditional Power Metal and classical Heavy Metal. Heavy Metal inspirations come all from IRON MAIDEN and this heavily affects the guitar riffing, the melodies, and the lead guitar solos including the famous twin guitars
Obsidian King
Ravenspell
With a name like RAVENSPELL I thought this was going to be a Symphonic Metal band. They ended up being more in the CIRITH UNGOL tradition, which is even better.
Road to Rubble
Necrosexual
Very middle of the road as far as intensity and maybe a bit over the top with the performative essence of it. Felt like an amped up Beetlejuice.
Hermetic Transmission
Xenosis
Overall, the album beats you over your head with a steel boot and doesn’t stop after you are bleeding. They have the technical chops, that is for sure, and although the sound is largely dissonant and sterile, their sense of timing is immaculate.
Agnomysticism
The Scalar Process
This was an incredible album from start to finish. The sheer amount of intensity and aggression are tempered with moments of pure wonder. The timing they keep…is perfect. It’s one of the best Technical/Progressive albums I have heard in a while, because the band maintains a balance across all of the songs. Arden enough for any Metalhead, and melodic enough for reviewers like me, it’s really the best of both worlds.
Annihilation Of Civilization (Reissue)
Evildead
The music on “Annihilation Of Civilization” is quite good, the production is as it was expected to be for a band in this music genre, the cover is brilliant. The band was clearly a bunch of very talented musicians with a singer that was very definitely making the right kind of statements for the time this was first released. (Unfortunately a lot of the matters described are again or still valid and important in this day and age.)
The Underworld (Reissue)
Evildead
As their second album, you can hear that EVILDEAD had learned from their debut album, that, although quite good, could have sounded better. That has been remedied on “The Underworld”, as the sound is just that bit fuller, just that bit more rounded.
Atropine
Astraya
This album’s sound is pretty uncommon. At its core, it is deeply somber, some might even tinge it as Doomy. There is a heavy feeling to it, and the weight is always threatening to overrun you.
More Stereo Crush
Gotthard
Gotthard have spent more than 30 years delivering straight-ahead, heartfelt hard rock, and they haven’t […]
Le Sanglot
Impure Wilhelmina
This was a very entertaining album that is difficult to categorize. Deeply somber at times, with flashes of hope intermixed, it’s the kind of recording that begs you to keep listening. The more you are drawn in, the more emotions you can hear in the music.
Fractals
Ticket to Nowhere
In Colorado, there IS a town called "Nowhere." Why are these Swiss guys selling me tickets to the US? I live there, dammit.
Press Start
Samurai Pizza Cats
but after some rigorous research (typing in "Samurai Pizza Cats" into Google), they're named after a vintage anime known for humorous pop-culture joking and fourth-wall-breaking samurai cats who work at a pizzeria (???).
Seed of the Formless
The Moon And The Nightspirit
Whimsical is the best work I can use to describe the album. The vocals are quite passive, at least the cleans, and they are delivered in a dream-like state, while the harsh vocals are like a burst of frigid air with a deep bite. What makes the album so compelling is how it balances beauty with distance. There’s warmth in the harmonies, but it’s a distant warmth. Beneath it all runs a subtle feeling of isolation, a reminder that for all its wonder, the universe is indifferent. That duality of awe and loneliness intertwined defines the emotional core of the record. Listening demands stillness, patience, and a willingness to sit with both wonder and insignificance.
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