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Crossfire

Storace

Marc Storace releases the second solo album “Crossfire” through Frontiers Music, the follow up to […]

Shine

Mystery Moon

Kaiserslautern based guitarist and songwriter Markus Pfeffer (Lazurus Dream & Atlantis Drive) actually only wanted […]

The Square

Seven Kingdoms

The Square starts off as a ripper, loses some traction midway, gets back on course, and then runs into a wall of 80’s sentimentality. To be fair, four of the five tracks are very, very good, pretty much making the EP well worth the price of admittance.

Trümmerfestung

Jarl

JARL does not disappoint with Trümmerfestung. Solid 8’s all the way around for this hammer blow of ruthless Black Metal.

Antipole

Norilsk

I like the approach that the band took to expand upon traditional sounds of the genre. The moments of melody, for example, are places at just the right time, to lift up your spirit when it seems to be at its lowest point. But that hardened sense of Doom still heavily permeates the album.

Pylon Cult

Praetorian

This was an excellent album, and the band’s mashup of several styles is part of a modern movement in that direction. The blackened elements keep the aggression ever-present, and the sludgy elements add a layer of weight that is as sturdy as concrete. By the end, I was covered in a thick, black filth.

Gehenna

Blazemth

This album wasn’t a total loss, but the band has to find a way to put some distance between them and other bands in the genre. Black Metal’s boundaries are endless, but they chose to stay within specific confines.

From Origin To Decay

Maat

With a torrent of technical brutal Death from Germany comes an unapologetic display of esoterica.

Antinomian Asceticism

Barshasketh

This music isn’t for the faint at heart. Because once you open the book, its power and secrets come into you. The moment you allow one to enter, all of the others get a free pass. You have to ask yourself, are you able to handle this much power? Save for a few special people, all the rest will fail answering this question. This album was as black as Black Metal gets.

Beckoning Tribulation

Aberrator

In today’s Metal world, many bands are coming up refusing to be limited to one main genre. This relatively new feature in Metal assures that the listener won’t grow tired of the same sound over and over again, and ABERRATOR works hard in this genre bending album to just plow into you and turn you inside out before departing.

Hallowmas

Sons of Guidorah

This Stoner Metal/Doom Metal trio has something different to show to the genres' fans. Taste it!

Refuting the Flesh

Osbcureviolence

Death Metal or Death/Black Metal? The name doesn't matter, just hear to this release!

Night Demon

Mystery Blue

Almost 50 years old and with such passion for Heavy Metal? You all must hear it NOW!

Malevolent Lycanthrophic Heresy

Luring

Atmospheric Black Metal in the vein of the Second Wave is what you'll find on this full-length.

Pandæmonium

Apocalypse

This is a very good Viking Black Metal/Black Metal release.

The Enemy Within

All Involved

A good Modern Metal release, indeed.

Crowned in Corpses

Pathogenic

This album was executed nearly flawlessly. It was cavernous, and resounding, and the aggressive and sometimes nihilistic tones were tempered at just the right times with snippets of melody, showing a band that has a deep well of creativity. The sound drew you in, charmed and beguiled you, like the undertow of the ocean, promising salvation that never materialized. In the end, we are all just dust.

…And The Word Was God

Diatheke

This was a good album, with fantastic musicianship. There were some moments when the transitions were a bit clunky, but there were also some brilliant moments. The band has talent, but they need to sharpen up some of the transitions. This is a band to keep an eye on for sure.

Kingdom Unfold

Rigorious

Missing a few ingredients.

On Shoulders of Giants

Seventh Station

Although their musicianship is nothing less than fantastic, they created an album that is hard to take in and assimilate, and perhaps hard to identify with, at least for me. As a consumer, I am always looking for an uncommon sound, and the next great band. This album is about as unusual as it gets, and I would encourage you to listen to it and make up your own mind.

Cycle of Death

Deus Sabaoth

This is how you do modern Black Metal in my opinion. The band embraces several instruments not often used in the genre, and they take their roots, expand upon them, and usher them into the modern world. It does indeed reflect principles such as the futility of life, and inevitable loneliness that many of us feel.

The Opus Satanas

Project Ultimate Satan

“The Opus Satanas” is a symphonic blackened Death Metal works in six parts with well-thought through compositions, grim melodies, punishing guitar riffing and hammering drumming

The Loss And Redemption

Thy Kingdom Will Burn

"The Loss And Redemption” is dark and heavy, epic, and melancholic. It is a good mixture of all those elements, where the melancholic melodies drive the album

Painted Paradise

Fleshbore

FLESHBORE’s “Painted Paradise,” is the direction that tech death needs to go in. The music is as potent and enthralling as the beautiful cover art.

The Ever-Crushing Weight of Stagnance

Misanthropy

Misanthropy’s “The Ever-Crushing Weight of Stagnance,” is a tech/prog death metal album that dances to its own beat to create music that is imaginative and brutal.

The Embracing Light of Rarohengra

Aeon of Awareness

This was a good album in the style. The band seems to have the Death side of the duality better than the melodic side, and that’s just an observation. If they take their strong base forward, and perhaps add more piano and melody, and even some more clean vocals every now and again, this album could have been excellent.

Längtan

Lamashtu

LAMASHTU pushes the boundaries of Symphonic Metal with Längtan. It’s creepy and melodic and compelling all at once. A great discovery for new fans; a reaffirmation for returning fans.

Between You, God, The Devil And The Dead

Avatarium

Between You, God, The Devil And The Dead is 43 minutes of standout track after standout track. A year and half in the making, this album strikes a high watermark for AVATARIUM.

Pale Grey Monochome

Inborn Suffering

This was an excellent album. The combination of hardened Death Metal with the despondence of Doom was very carefully balanced on the album, as were all of the backing elements that the band uses. What resulted was a rich, full sound of endless gray and unanswered questions…the kind that will gnaw at you until the end of your days.

Northern Lights

Heavens Reign

Heavens Reign is a UK band made up of members of Rollin' Thunder (Rik Cayton, […]

Salute

Ray Of Light

Ray Of Light are made up of former members of Frontline Stephan Bayerlein and Thomas […]

Night Hunters

White Tower

White Tower who hail from Thessaloniki, Hellas ,Greece return with their sophomore album “Night Hunters”. […]

The Second 1

Mikael Erlandsson

Mikael Erlandsson has spanned a long career in the music business, which in turn makes […]

Confessions

Lord Sin

The songs are unnecessarily long in my opinion, and the entire listening experience is just, well, dull. The best part of the music is probably the thick bass notes, but the scratchy harsh vocals trying to sound mean, and elementary riffs, aren’t doing the album any favors. There isn’t much excitement here.

45 Turns 33

Midlife Crisis

Punk Rock is alive.

Fornetes Folm His Crown Grows from His Skull

Úlfarr

This was a difficult album to listen to for a few reasons. First, it was quite vanilla, it terms of the flavor spectrum of music. Second, the vocals were delivered in nearly the exact same way in every song. Third, the riffs were used so many times in the past. What resulted was a fairly bland album.

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Crossfire

Storace

Shine

Mystery Moon

The Square

Seven Kingdoms

Trümmerfestung

Jarl

Antipole

Norilsk

Pylon Cult

Praetorian

Gehenna

Blazemth

From Origin To Decay

Maat

Antinomian Asceticism

Barshasketh

Beckoning Tribulation

Aberrator

Hallowmas

Sons of Guidorah

Refuting the Flesh

Osbcureviolence

Night Demon

Mystery Blue

Malevolent Lycanthrophic Heresy

Luring

Pandæmonium

Apocalypse

The Enemy Within

All Involved

Crowned in Corpses

Pathogenic

…And The Word Was God

Diatheke

Kingdom Unfold

Rigorious

On Shoulders of Giants

Seventh Station

Cycle of Death

Deus Sabaoth

The Opus Satanas

Project Ultimate Satan

The Loss And Redemption

Thy Kingdom Will Burn

Painted Paradise

Fleshbore

The Ever-Crushing Weight of Stagnance

Misanthropy

The Embracing Light of Rarohengra

Aeon of Awareness

Längtan

Lamashtu

Between You, God, The Devil And The Dead

Avatarium

Pale Grey Monochome

Inborn Suffering

Northern Lights

Heavens Reign

Salute

Ray Of Light

Night Hunters

White Tower

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Mikael Erlandsson

Confessions

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45 Turns 33

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