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Cemetery Hallucinations
Moros
Overall, this was a solid album. The band’s focus on the deep end of their sound keeps the riffs sounding massive, and towering. Add in the bass, which thickens it up further, and the vocals, which are raging and tortured, and you have a recipe for a good listening experience.
Echoes Of Isolation
Defecto
I do feel that the music that DEFECTO plays on “Echoes Of Isolation” has all the hallmarks of a band that is letting loose, giving it their all. I therefore have to admit that for the first time in 2026, I am smitten. What a brilliant treat this is.
Rogue Angels
Starlight Ritual
The vocals have surprised me. At times Damian Ritual sounds a lot like the late Paul Di’Anno, mainly due to him having the same kind of vibrato, but also because on some songs the vocal lines sound as if they could have straight out the deceased frontman’s pen. But when he goes shrill and high he has a bit of Dave Mustaine in his voice as well.
Divine Spiritual and Intellectual Development (and all demos)
Usurper
I actually have the original CD of the USURPER album “Divine Spiritual and Intellectual Development” in my possession. What we have here is the Dutch Thrash Metal version of USURPER, a band that was very active in the second half of the eighties up and until the early nineties.
Rust and Bones
My Darkest Hate
Ever since their first demo cassette in 1998, German-based death metal band My Darkest Hate […]
Something Happened on the Way to Hell
Chained to the Dead
Cut it out with the damn samples.
Unending Rotting Cycle
Putrevore
Putrevore is a plain, humble death metal duo consisting of vocalist Dave Rotten and guitarist/bassist […]
Kickstarter
Bullet
The Swedish band Bullet got together in autumn 2001, with the aim of playing traditional […]
Time To Die E.P
Gabrielle De Val
“Time To Die” the title track from this EP is inspired by the cult 80’s […]
The Legend of Johnny Gnasch
Gnasch
The album is crushing, in the way that time turns the ashes of Kings into dust. In death, we all are insignificant. As I mentioned above, it also points to a repetitive cycle that most humans find themselves caught up in and don’t question it. Shit, there has to be more to life than this, doesn’t there?
The Parson’s Tale
Balistic
I always appreciate a good Progressive music album set to a theme. The spoken words helped to keep the story on track, and the music shifted from dark to spots of light at times, although in keeping with the theme, it was mostly done in the shadows. The band’s musicianship was strong, and I would like to hear more from them.
Atoned in Metamorphosis
Predatory Void
Although it’s just an EP, the band gave me a full taste of flavor, and I am intrigued. Indeed, they do blend a lot of genres together into a soup that has seasoning. But, if you try to separate out the parts, you will ruin the recipe. You just need to sit back and let it blend together, despite how uncomfortable it might make you feel.
Blackdemonium
Astarte
While this may not be an album I ever really go back to, I appreciated the time I had with it, and R.I.P. Tristessa.
Aggravate
Violent Testimony
The thrash-turned-grindcore project Violent Testimony released their first "full-length" LP, "Aggravate," via HPGD Records. "Full […]
Born In Darkness
Naraka
If you read the Metal Encyclopaedia site they play Melodic Death Metal. Well, that is very narrow, if you ask me. What NARAKA does will have you going from Gothic Rock via Movie Metal up and until the mentioned Melodic Death Metal. I understand that the net is cast wide by these descriptions, but they do fit the bill.
This Life Is A Grave
Dead Sun
If I had to classify in what range of Death Metal to put “This Life Is A Grave” it would actually be easy listening, as the level of simplicity, accessibility and ease to your ears this is one of the easiest albums I have ever listened to in this particular musical genre.
Benediction Part 2
Sodality
Overall, this wasn’t a bad album by any stretch…it had an evil and harrowing sound. It just didn’t bring anything new to the genre.
Retrodeath
Bonginator
Weed and games and memes and nostalgia! All of these words properly describe the vibrant death metal outfit Bonginator.
Bygone
Bygone
Bygone is the self titled LP of the heavy metal band Bygone from Boston, Massachusetts. […]
Ensis
The Holeum
This was an outstanding album for me, and their genre/style can’t be pigeon holed. Part Doom, part Post Rock, part Progressive, and part Death, it’s the way that they mix these styles and the way they constantly shift between the two that is the best feature of the album. It forces me into a reflective state to ponder the many mysteries of the universe…and they are ones that we will never have answers for in our lifetime. Still, that exercise of deep thought isn’t a waste of time.
Flamecore
Flamecore
How could I have missed this little nugget of Greek melodeath?
Stillamentum
Gorrch
In many ways, it’s the purity of the album that makes it so compelling. I don’t usually like a tracklist where each song has a similar pace, but this one, goes so deep underground and so far into the stars, I don’t mind. A warning however…don’t listen to this album in the dark, because its fury and vengeance might close your eyes forever.
Atonement
Lost in Existence
It’s that contrast that keeps the music alive and energetic. I could do without the “bleghs,” but it was a solid listening experience for me. They have the talent and the vision…for next time, I would take a few more chances to help create that distance from their peers.
Harbinger of Revenge and War
Garde
Viking metal... A niche genre popularized by the efforts of Bathory, Moonsorrow, and literally any other Nordic black metal band that wanted to get a little folky and LARP-y.
Down In Flames
Glasgow Kiss
I guess it kind of sounds like Within Temptation maybe?
Iron Vengeance: Crusader's Fury
Crusaders
Thrash metal band Crusaders rips through the music scene with their debut album, Iron Vengeance: The Crusader's Fury which […]
Sheer Lunacy
Gravetaker
If you like your metal raw and visceral, GRAVETAKER’s “Sheer Lunacy” should be on your menu
From Shallow Lives to Shallow Graves
Olde Outlier
“From Shallow Lies to Shallow Graves” is full of filth, very sharp edges, and all the metal you can eat.
Northern Crusaders
Rozario
The sound that ROZARIO brings to the table is very interesting The musical genre might be Heavy/Power Metal, the sound they use can easily be seen as contemporary, but it also has one foot very clearly in the eighties.
Ride The Apocalypse
Vitamin X
As the songs on “Ride The Apocalypse” are rather short, you might assume that they are lacking a good start, a solid body and a proper ending. Well, think again. VITAMIN X doesn’t only know how to give you a good time, they also have mastered the writing of good songs that have something to say in the short time they last.
Dissecting The Leech
Wreck-Defy
WRECK-DEFY sounds an awful lot like an unleashed version of OVERKILL, with the addition of some “Slave To The Grind” era SKID ROW. Let that sink in for a moment.
Shatter And Bloom
Stellvris
The sound of “Shatter And Bloom” is inspired and influenced by many different Metal subgenres as well as by Pop elements. It is an interesting mix of everything, often alternating melodic and crushing elements
A Test Of Strength
Zero Tolerance
“A Test Of Strength” is not the classical fast and aggressive Thrash Metal, it is mainly a mid-tempo album with many twists and breaks in rhythm. It is technically faultless, but it lacks excitement, spark, and something extra
Rising
Emotional Fire
Emotional Fire are a female fronted Melodic Rock band from Sweden.They were formed in 2022 […]
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MRSA
Horror Movies Galore!
A Whispered Curse
Plague Pit
or whatever the hell anything is called nowadays...
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