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Antithesis of Prosperity

Rvkkvs

First, let me just make the comment that this style is not for me. The music is on the extreme end of the Metal rainbow. However, I can recognize talent when I hear it, and these guys have it. They are ferocious, energetic, and able to cut and pivot on something that has the width of a hair.

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Fans Of The Dark

I don’t mind the “pink and fluffy” at all, and I found the album to be a great revival of a sound that was so important in my youth. It’s hard to create original music in this genre, but FANS OF THE DARK put their own stamp on things and their own personality into the music. It will make you feel good, and make you feel alive.

Dreaming the Strife for Love

Bedsore

This was an unusual album in many ways. The only real ode to Death Metal is in the vocals, and some harder elements in the music. The sound was wide open for me, and they made some very strong steps forward into the varied and sometimes odd world of Progressive Metal. I also enjoyed their dark brand of music immensely. This is definitely a band to keep an eye on.

Nightbound

Find Me

“Nightbound” is the fifth album from Find Me is the ongoing collaboration between Swedish songwriter […]

Fill My Sails

Winding Road

Winding Road was found in 2018 by Jan Hedlund (Coastline) and Magnus Åkerlund (Blender).Having played […]

Reverence

Steel City

Steel City was initially intended as a solo project by founder member Mike Floros, emerging […]

Friend of a Phantom

Vola

At its core, the album finds a way to bridge the gap between the progressive intensity of Djent and the captivating accessibility of melody, making it a journey where technical prowess meets emotional resonance. The production captures tension beautifully, allowing the guitars to bite and groove while the melodies remain airy, almost ethereal, creating a soundscape that feels textured and dimensional. This combination of heaviness and harmony serves as a perfect example of how force and finesse, in the right hands, can elevate metal into an art form that speaks as much to the heart as it does to the head.

Cutting the Throat of God

Ulcerate

This album dives headfirst into a soundscape drenched in darkness, despair, and unrelenting anger. The darkness here is not just atmospheric; it’s almost oppressive, crafted with such precision that the weight feels palpable. Despair winds through every song like a venomous thread, relentless and unyielding. The pacing is methodical, allowing despair to seep slowly into the listener. Anger punctuates the despair, giving each song an edge that bites deep. It’s raw and unrefined, yet controlled enough to feel like a calculated release of pure fury, directed inward and outward. This is not merely an album; it’s an experience—a sonic descent that leaves you feeling both emptied and fortified.

From the Depths I Cried

Infirmum

INFIRMUM is a Symphonic Extreme Metal band from Finland. Amazingly, they have eight members fueling […]

Portal – The Gathering of Storms

The Mist From The Mountains

Overall, the musicianship was excellent, but the songwriting, inconsistent. The band seems better at the gentler elements then the straight up aggression and sting of Black Metal. There are some memorable moments on the album, but too much of it blurs together for me.

Scripture of the Woods

Kvledstimer

While this wasn’t a bad album per se, it didn’t push the boundaries of the genre much. Instead, it stayed try to the FWOBM sounds where the genre started. For that reason, it was just a mediocre album for me.

Cosmic Cenotaph

Vosforis

For me, this was an exceptional release, marked by a band who is not afraid to explore their own vision, while still staying true to the roots of the genre. The use of keys, guitar solos, and a hardened Industrial edge are the perfect accompaniments to their original, detailed, weighted and uncompromising sound.

A Pagan Storm (Re-Recorded)

Wolfchant

This re-recorded version for this German Folk Metal's second album is really good to hear.

The Bastard

Thorium

An excellent Old School Death Metal release with an actual taste. Hear to it NOW!

Entity

Seventh Crystal

The Swedish quartet really created a very good release by mixing influences from Hard Rock, Melodic Rock, Heavy Metal and more.

The Hammer

Mallevs

A very good traditional Heavy Metal act from Greece, indeed.

War Machine

Impellitteri

What can the fans expect on an album of IMPELLITTERI? Great music, obviously! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Cursed Creation

Har

A promissing Blackened Death Metal name from Israel is what this release shows.

Pioneers of Alcohol

Drunkelweizen

This North American Folk Metal act must evolve, but has potential.

Legions of the Deeper Depths

Arkham Witch

A fine reissue from this UK based Doom Metal act. and beware of the Old Great Ones!

KAVE

Where’s My Bible

Although the album stays true to many of the original tenants of both Black Metal, and Melodic Death Metal, the seasoned band (at least, they sound like they have been together for years) was able to work in many other elements to both surprise the listener, and delight the listener. Bravo.

Abstract Existence

A Dead Poem

Overall, this was an excellent album to listen to. MeloDeath and Doom have been combined before, but not quite as well as A DEAD POEM did here. I love the subtle bite of the vocals, and their whispered wrath, as well as the low end, meaty bass notes. Restraint is indeed one of the band’s best qualities.

Harder & Heavier

Horse Of Troja

Good Hard Rock from Sweden.

Voodoo

Harpyie

German Metal does not disappoint.

The Final Hours

Thermality

A cascade of melodic death tinged in metolcore from Sweden

Eternal Sea

Witchcraft

Croatia’s Witchcraft emerges from the shadows of the late 1980s with "Eternal Sea", a demo LP that captures the raw essence of thrash and heavy metal in its infancy. Originally released in 1989 and available only on cassette, this 2024 reissue reminds us of a time when the genre was still shaping its identity, and bands like Witchcraft were at the forefront of that creative explosion. Despite its demo roots, "Eternal Sea" feels remarkably polished for its era, boasting aggressive guitar work, blistering solos, and vocal performances that are as diverse as they are ferocious. With its mix of thrash intensity and heavy metal theatrics, this LP stands as a testament to the genre’s early potential.

Emetic Imprecations

Vomitrot

Sweden’s Vomitrot delivers a grotesque symphony with their 2024 release "Emetic Imprecations", an album steeped in the filth and grime of death/doom metal. Vomitrot doesn’t just dabble in the macabre; they revel in it, conjuring a deeply visceral experience that bathes the listener in waves of suffocating riffs and vomitous gutturals. This LP is a masterclass in death metal’s most primal instincts, merging the grinding weight of doom with the frenetic aggression of death metal. With six tracks, "Emetic Imprecations" leaves a lasting impression as a standout record that refuses to compromise on its disgusting, yet enthralling sound.

Evolve

The Hypothesis

One of the best parts of the album was how the band held some of the Progressive elements in check, and let the melody do much of the talking. There are still the hardened structures of Metal but they are tempered with hooks. I can’t say this enough…this album is all about a great balance.

Blindfolded

Heavenblack

What HEAVENBLACK has going for themselves is that the know how to write songs, they are quite proficient on their instruments plus they have very competent singers in Marios Kouroupis and Dimitris Varvarigos.

Songs Of Steel

Souls of Steel

SOULS OF STEEL classes themselves as Heavy/Thrash Metal. Well, that is the right order, but I wouldn’t hesitate to add Power Metal to those qualifications. That is when you get the whole picture.

Rock 'n' Roll Church

Glorious Bankrobbers

GLORIOUS BANKROBBERS, are a band from Stockholm, Sweden originally formed in 1983. After various line […]

The Keep & The Spire

Theigns & Thralls

One thing is sure, the music of THEIGNS & THRALLS on "The Keep & The Spire" will have you dancing, tapping your feet, raising your tankard and sometimes even banging your head. That’s how addictive it is.

Hungry As The Beast

Witchtrap

WITCHTRAP’s “Hungry As The Beast” is one of those unpretentious albums that doesn’t try to be something it isn’t. Just straightforward Speed Metal with little Blackened evil sprinkled on top to make it go down smooth. Highly recommended this one.

Through Holes Shine The Stars

Demon Head

DEMON HEAD’s “Through Holes Shine The Stars” is like a house that is larger on the inside than it is on the outside, twisting at unexpected angles, plunging to impossible depths—a musical version of Danielewski’s novel, “House of Leaves.”

Songs Against Humanity

The Spirit

“Songs Against Humanity” takes THE SPIRIT to the next level and their next logical steps in the discography. I don’t see any reason why fans of the band would not enjoy this album but it’s accessible enough to grab plenty of new fans too.

Phantast

ÄERA

ÄERA’s “Phantast,” is, all at the same time, a hard hitting, melodic, atmospheric, adventurous, and clever album that will satisfy any fans of the genre that want more out of their black metal than just raw total satan tropes.

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Antithesis of Prosperity

Rvkkvs

Video

Fans Of The Dark

Dreaming the Strife for Love

Bedsore

Nightbound

Find Me

Fill My Sails

Winding Road

Reverence

Steel City

Friend of a Phantom

Vola

Cutting the Throat of God

Ulcerate

From the Depths I Cried

Infirmum

Portal – The Gathering of Storms

The Mist From The Mountains

Scripture of the Woods

Kvledstimer

Cosmic Cenotaph

Vosforis

A Pagan Storm (Re-Recorded)

Wolfchant

The Bastard

Thorium

Entity

Seventh Crystal

The Hammer

Mallevs

War Machine

Impellitteri

Cursed Creation

Har

Pioneers of Alcohol

Drunkelweizen

Legions of the Deeper Depths

Arkham Witch

KAVE

Where’s My Bible

Abstract Existence

A Dead Poem

Harder & Heavier

Horse Of Troja

Voodoo

Harpyie

The Final Hours

Thermality

Eternal Sea

Witchcraft

Emetic Imprecations

Vomitrot

Evolve

The Hypothesis

Blindfolded

Heavenblack

Songs Of Steel

Souls of Steel

Rock 'n' Roll Church

Glorious Bankrobbers

The Keep & The Spire

Theigns & Thralls

Hungry As The Beast

Witchtrap

Through Holes Shine The Stars

Demon Head

Songs Against Humanity

The Spirit

Phantast

ÄERA

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