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Is There Salvation?
Darkness Surrounding
“Is There Salvation?” has the best elements of traditional melodic Death Metal: powerful guitar riffs, dark melodies, and great lead guitar solos
Lykke
Sunken
I don’t believe I’ve ever heard an album packed with this much emotion. In the moment, it sweeps you away, and after, it leaves you deeply contemplative. That is the very essence of great music.
Unwell
Liminal Spirit
Although I struggle to find an audience for this album, it is noteworthy that the subject matter is strongly reflected in the music, and that is no easy feat. I would characterize this is something for Metal fans who think outside the box and don’t need to be spoon fed the typical Metal sound.
Czarty Polskie
Czart
CZART’s “Czarty Polskie” is a watershed album. They legitimize the whole AI metal endeavor . . . and if that sounds like sacrilege, remember metalheads have a long tradition of treading heretical paths.
A Thousand Little Deaths
Blackbriar
“A Thousand Little Deaths” sees BLACKBRIAR maintaining a steady course. Their production values continue to improve, their songwriting and execution are consistent and strong, and Zora’s vocals remain amongst the best.
Aconite
Strigiform
This is the type of Black and Death Metal album that has the listener constantly reaching out to try to grab a hold of it, and that’s what keeps you engaged. It’s like witnessing an impending pile-up crash at high speeds on an interstate, but all cars actually make it through without a scratch. The band maintains a strict sense of control no matter how much chaos they throw at you. It’s dark, aggressive, contentious, and Progressive in nature, and they are fantastic musicians.
Casino
Andy And The Rockets
Andy And The Rockets are a Swedish four piece who were formed in 2012.Since the […]
Laurentian Blue
Panopticon
Panopticon is a Black Metal band which was formed in Louisville, Kentucky by Austin Lunn […]
The Hermetic Way
Tzevaot
The album throws a lot your way…although it is Black Metal at its core, there are so many more elements and mediums used in the music, including piano (which he is excellent at) and a thorough understanding of how to best compose a song that is both conventional and experimental at the same time.
Nefarious Scintillations
Dead And Dripping
“Nefarious Scintillations” is an album for those who love the real stuff, the unpolished and rough around the edges Death Metal.
Krebskolonie (Reissue)
Eisregen
EISREGEN could, would and should have benefitted from an even better and more explosive sound, especially for a reissue. Now it’s just a bit too tame, almost like it has been dulled by too many blows.
Boundless
Strangers
The Melodic Rock that STRANGERS play can be classed as solid, straight forward and direct. The band just doesn’t do strange breaks, difficult passages or weird tempo changes. Nope, nothing in that direction. “Boundless” is brutally honest, very much open and completely transparent in music as well as sound, as it has a brilliant production.
The Descent of Mortals Past
Tempestuous Fall
Overall, this was a nice album to snuggle up with on a cold day, and I found the solemn tones to be oddly comforting. Elements of Doom and Death Metal combine with melody into a recipe that was just so easy to listen to.
A Frozen Moment in Time
G.A.E.A.
This is an out of the box sound, artist and album. At its core, it’s Extreme Metal with Progressive elements, but there is a lot of eclectic personality in the music as well. This album may find it hard to locate an appropriate audience. But I enjoyed it immensely.
Zerfall
Ellende
This is black metal that is fully alive with a bevy of emotions. Not just aggression and rage, although they are there, but also sadness, regret, despair, and even hope at times. The artists uses them at his will, interchanging them when the mood fits, and he makes these transitions seamlessly in his music. This emotionally charged massive bolt of lightning and energy is something that any fan of the genre simply must listen to.
The Silver Sea
Remina
There’s a strange allure on the album…a curiosity about what exists just beyond the shadows. The listener is left suspended between awe and sorrow, as if standing at the edge of existence, looking into endless darkness and realizing that even the void has its own terrible beauty. It’s an invitation to dwell in the gloom and still feel wonder at its vast, unknowable depths.
Svekkelse
Gjendød
Overall, I enjoyed the album, and call it Black Metal with a twist…a welcomed twist of some odd chord progressions and animated bass notes that you don’t often find in the genre. Come and take a peek into their world on “Svekkelse.”
Nechacha
Maahes
MAAHES is a Black Metal band from Germany that was formed about 10 years ago. […]
The Fall of the Seven Sisters
Dunes of Ash
This is FWOBM inspired music, no doubt. The boundaries of the genre in that regard and that era are so unforgiving, bands who choose to follow the work of their forefathers wind up making an album that has been heard before, again, and again. It wasn’t bad by any stretch, it just failed to excite me much.
Sorceress
Beast Eagle
I would love to hear more of BEAST EAGLE. I sincerely would like for them to give “Sorceress” a successor that is over 40 minutes long, a full length studio album. And I would love to see and experience what these four people can produce when they play live.
Reckoning
House of Hosts
There is no denying the fact that “Reckoning” is a very powerful and interesting EP. If HOUSE OF HOSTS is capable of writing good songs in this vein in the future that are as good or even better than these ones, they should consider making a full album.
Necromancer
Night Attack
I have to admit that the opening riff of the EP and the title track “Necromancer” gets your attention right away. It has that quality that has your ears pointing towards the sound and your brain accepting the intensity and almost classic level of musicality.
Gimme Some Metal
Steelpreacher
STEELPREACHER might not set the world on fire, they are definitely set on providing us a good time with very open and easy listening Metal. And on “Gimme Some Metal” they have succeeded in doing just that. Hats off to them.
Dark Night of the Soul
After Earth
For me, the album’s fairly straightforward sound did diversify a bit towards the end, and the band showed they are not a one trick pony. Excellent musicians, their sound just needs a bit of experimentation and diversity to go from good to excellent.
Haematophoryktos
Hadopelagyal
Take a look at the length of the songs…they are nearly identical, and so is the sound. It’s unfortunate, because as I mentioned above, the genre has a lot to offer the fans. I think you can safely skip this album.
Absraction
Dysylumn
This album sounds like a collision between infernal fire and the void of deep space, where the raw, scorched essence of Black Metal meets the cold, infinite reach of the cosmos. It’s a paradox made audible: visions of Hell twisted into sound, but refracted through the lens of starlight and vacuum. It’s Black Metal that transcends its own boundaries, part ritual, part exploration, as if Hell itself has been launched into orbit. The result is both majestic and terrifying, a soundtrack to oblivion where the line between celestial beauty and absolute ruin no longer exists.
Never Too Late
Mean Street
Mean Street who formed in April 2016 is currently the leading and most representative Hard […]
Tyranus Aeteron
Burned In Effigy
Burned In Effigy originating from Chicago Illinois, with their formation dating back to 2017 with […]
OutLaw
Newbreed
It seems as if NEWBREED re-wrote the book on how much music can be both comforting and jarring at the same time. They play with a fierce abandon…the kind that throws convention out the window along with the bathwater. Yet, each move seems calculated, amidst a sea of whatever might come their way. It’s Metal, in every sense of that word, but they aren’t afraid to bend the boundaries to the point of almost snapping. Consummate musicians, they almost seem to stroll through the album and come out clean on the other end of a maelstrom.
Vermian Death
Grave Hex
“Vermian Death” is a doom-laden offering of devastating guitar riffs, gruelling basslines, and growls coming straight out from hell
Wretched Decrepitude
Caesarean
“Wretched Decrepitude” ranges somewhere between brutal Death Metal and Hardcore. Most of the tracks are very aggressive with simple and direct guitar riffing, plenty of blast-beats, and crushing basslines
London Sessions
The Old Dead Tree
It’s somewhat difficult to get a vibe from an album through just four songs, but the emotions of the music hit me the most. For me, it was like Modern Metal with Goth leanings more than anything else, but genre labels be damned. There is just something special about French musicians, and this is a band you need to keep your eye on.
Ochre & Ash
Fauna
If I think on that album cover and I close my eyes and just let the music take me, I can smell the smoke rolling off the fire, feel the sting of the night frost, sense the ancients in the air.
Nihil Morte Certium
Nihili Locus
“Nihil Morte Certium” has been 24 years in the making. It documents the trajectory of NIHILI LOCUS as well as the eras of extreme metal which they were not only a part of but helped to shape.
Nincs Szennyezetlen Szép
The Devil’s Trade
One of the things I appreciate most about the album is a deep darkness and tension that runs through every song. It is held just below the surface and out of view, but it is real. Mostly depressive, but sometimes defiant, the album will hold your interest.
Arise
Omnivide
There is no doubt in my mind; I really like what OMNIVIDE does on “Arise”. This certainly is Death Metal from start to finish, but the way they have been able io incorporate the Progressive Metal inspirations, rhythms, breaks and parts is nothing less than impressive.
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