Reviews

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.

Midnight

Toward The Throne

For homework, go read Dune or some other popular space novel with this playing in the background, and write a five-paragraph essay on your thoughts.

Spectral Realm of Union

Degraved

OSDM? NSDM? BDSM? Whatever era of death metal you're a fan of, Degraved will tickle your fancy.

Cannibal Galaxy

Osmium Gate

This was a decent album, but just not diverse enough for me. It has plenty of weight and presence, but no big shifts or punches of melody. I also don’t hear the vast emptiness that they talk about. Indeed, the constant hum of double bass moves to the forefront of their music and takes over. Through eight songs, it becomes a burden for me.

Metempsychosis

Graveborn

Take a close look at the album cover for clues of what you might find musically. Deep shades of purple and blue swirls chase each other’s tails high in the canopy while a single person watches. It’s like magic in many ways. Their musicianship…is stellar, and they are able to breathe new life into the genre by taking bold steps on both sides of the aisle. It will leave you drained by the end, utterly spent.

The Carrion Waltz

Dimwind

As you might imagine, this is a highly personal album, and some people say a cancer diagnosis invokes the same feelings as the five stages of grieving. The music reflects these various stages well. Much of the album was dark, mired in shadows, and reflective of some very dark times in life. In that regard, it was interesting to listen to, and I found myself absorbed in the movements. It’s something anyone who has had a health scare can relate to, and which of us haven’t?

Hubris

Golgotha

When you have been able to survive as long as GOLGATHA (the sacred site located immediately outside the ancient walls of Jerusalem where Jesus Christ was crucified) have, you didn’t get there without the support of your fans. So, 30+ years into the journey, you don’t want to do a 180 and then your fans begin to question you. They took the safer route, and I understand why, but this was a predictable sound for me. It was good, but could have been better.

Annihilated Existence

Sypsis

I am enamoured with the results of what i have been hearing while I have been listening to “Annihilated Existence” time and time again, and have no qualms into proclaiming this to be a treasured album.

Ad Infinitum

Hyshtral

In the 30 plus minutes that HYSHTRAL needs to get through “Ad Infinitum”, you will be thrown all over the place emotionally. One thing is for sure, the band definitely starts with their best song, as “Cell In Hell” is simply put a corker of a tune.

För evigt

Motljus

This album was a scene of devastation, destruction, regret, and anger. But it was also a scene of serenity and peace, the latter two are just harder to find. Like any mind puzzle, if you are able to block out some of the thick never-ending aggression, you will discover the beauty within. It just makes you work harder to find the soft core.

Echoes Of The Hunt

Fox Paradox

When I picture a pizza, I envision a couple of different toppings and a nice, consistent dough. Hopefully, this LP is like a pizza: a couple of different toppings (genres), but a consistent underlying theme (dough). I'm very hungry, if you couldn't tell.

Askdrömmar

Frozen Ocean

Black Metal has grown in leaps and bounds over the past decade, and there isn’t one thing that fans haven’t embraced lately. Synths? Why not. Gothic and Progressive leanings? Sure, throw them in also. The result is an uncommon but pleasing album that will shake up everything you thought you knew about Black Metal.

Winterkronieken

Melancholie

After a second listen, I came to appreciate the album more. The lengthy songs can be intimidating to a listener whose attention span might not be long enough, but I kept finding subtle nuances on the album. These nuances suggest a grand storyteller, and musician. I have to say I enjoyed the outright melodies more than the aggressive blueprint of Black Metal, but there is a great balance on the album between the two.

What Remains When Hope Has Failed

Nemorous

If you take a look at the unassuming cover for the album, it might not tempt you to open it up and listen to it. But, as the saying goes, don’t judge a book by its cover. In considering the album title, when optimism, belief, or the expectation that things will get better is gone… what’s left of us? I prefer the defiant interpretation over the bleak one, where your will to live is hardened and you drag yourself off of the floor and fight back. If we have no fight left, what is there to live for? These questions you can ponder while you take in the album’s beauty and starkness.

Encompassing Nothingness

Tjaktjadálvve

This album will steal your hope, harden your soul, and leave you feeling nothing by the end. That’s the album title, “Encompassing Nothingness.” As the cold winds fade at the end, so does your sense of self, and you melt into the earth to become one with the void.

Endless

Ov Sulfur

Let me start the summary by indicating that I am a fan of Deathcore music. However, the boundaries of what many fans have come to accept can be very narrow. You have to take some changes while not alienating your fan base and that can be a tall order. OV SULFUR did just that on “Endless.” All of the crushing elements you want in the genre are there, and two-fold, but they also pepper in some orchestral passages and even some clean vocals every now and again. They do two things…they help to break up the intensity of the album, and they also make the intense moments felt even deeper. That is also one wickedly fucking evil album cover.

The Underworld

Kaasin

The Norwegian band Kaasin were formed in 2020 by Guitarist Jo Henning Haasin formerly a […]

Unbreakable

Ellefson/Soto

“Unbreakable” is undoubtedly and unequivocally a Metal record, one where the music is fierce, straight forward and very much in your face. It ranges from Heavy Metal up to and brushing against Thrash Metal territory.

Palace Of The Dragon

Killerwitch

Musically KILLERWITCH does go back to the eighties in feel, atmosphere as well as sounds, giving “Palace Of The Dragon” a bit of an underground vibe.

Thelema

Decipher

What the album did best, was create an aggressive and harrowing listening experience that was dark and nefarious, and the band is clearly talented. However, it lacked a bit in diversity, and there is room within the genre to explore more.

Ritus Panoptis

Fordity

Fordity's "Ritus Panoptis" did absolutely nothing for me as a listener, but I'm glad Fordity got some anger out while recording it.

Into The Promised Land

Cave

Hailing from Ludwigsburg Germany,Cave are no strangers to the music scene. They are a group […]

I Am The Enemy

Austen Starr

Austen Starr is a singer and songwriter from Boston USA.She grew up in the late […]

A Cry for the Slain

Cnoc An Tursa

Quite an album, CNOC AN TURSA’s “A Cry for the Slain.” Also, a hell of comeback.

Blessing of the Damned

Hexjakt

Just when I think I’m done with Doom, someone breaks the door down and refreshes the scene.

Asymmetries

Void of Light

This was indeed an emotionally heavy album, and that might be its best feature. There wasn’t a lot of diversity in their music though. Instead, they seem to want to drive the riffs right through your living room walls and straight down your throat.

ARTIFICIAL DREAM

GODOVIIR

I've listened to a lot of progressive rock and metal over the years, and while "ARTIFICIAL DREAM" didn't have the WOW! factor to really make an impression on me to stick with me forever, I adore the messages brought by Igor and GODOVIIR.

Gateway

Phobocosm

This did NOT feel like a forty-minute album. Four hours maybe?

Solace

Falchi

These instrumental progressive metal artists seem to have formed a tight-knit community with their colorful album covers and relentless shredding.

lauks

Varmia

Overall, one of the first things I often complain about is an album without much diversity, but in this case, the diverse shifts are a bit more subtle and nuanced. The aggressiveness is its best feature, and it rarely lets up, sprinting the mile in record time. It’s progressive in nature because of how it starts, stops, and even moves throughout the album, and this was an album that can burn a hole in your soul.

Of Blissful Strife

Warp Rite

I like the idea of "Of Blissful Strife," but I don't really like "Of Blissful Strife."

individual

holotropic

It's a different kind of adrenaline rush I get when I see a band cite a philosophical work at the bottom of a lyric sheet.

The Force Of Nature

Epinikion

“The Force Of Nature” offers traditional symphonic Metal with the emphasis being on “symphonic”. The orchestral arrangements are always present, but there is a good mixture of heavier, guitar-driven songs, and tracks where the orchestral arrangements are more prominent

And Now We Die

Vanishment

“And Now We Die” offers an interesting mixture of Heavy Metal and Thrash Metal. The highlights of the album are the guitar riffs and the solos

Shouting At The Hurricane

White Skies

Founded in 2020, White Skies released their debut album “Black Tide” in 2022 which made […]

Beautiful Disaster

Lily Lowe

In sum, this was a fine album, as well as one that was fun to listen to. Lily’s vocals power the musicians, but they also keep up nicely. Most of the songs were around three minutes, which doesn’t give them album a lot of diversity, but it was fine as is.

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1994

Final Coil

Midnight

Toward The Throne

Spectral Realm of Union

Degraved

Cannibal Galaxy

Osmium Gate

Metempsychosis

Graveborn

The Carrion Waltz

Dimwind

Hubris

Golgotha

Annihilated Existence

Sypsis

Ad Infinitum

Hyshtral

För evigt

Motljus

Echoes Of The Hunt

Fox Paradox

Askdrömmar

Frozen Ocean

Winterkronieken

Melancholie

What Remains When Hope Has Failed

Nemorous

Encompassing Nothingness

Tjaktjadálvve

Endless

Ov Sulfur

The Underworld

Kaasin

Unbreakable

Ellefson/Soto

Palace Of The Dragon

Killerwitch

Thelema

Decipher

Ritus Panoptis

Fordity

Into The Promised Land

Cave

I Am The Enemy

Austen Starr

A Cry for the Slain

Cnoc An Tursa

Blessing of the Damned

Hexjakt

Asymmetries

Void of Light

ARTIFICIAL DREAM

GODOVIIR

Gateway

Phobocosm

Solace

Falchi

lauks

Varmia

Of Blissful Strife

Warp Rite

individual

holotropic

The Force Of Nature

Epinikion

And Now We Die

Vanishment

Shouting At The Hurricane

White Skies

Beautiful Disaster

Lily Lowe

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