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The Underworld Awaits Us All

Nile

The Pharaohs of Technical Death Metal are back with a huge release!!!

Lysergic Ritual

Sundowner

A very good way of mixing Sludge Metal and Stoner Metal can be heard on this release.

Unearthly Litanies of Despair

Engulfed

A very good Death Metal release from this Turkish quartet.

System Shock

Desolus

This album is a fine 'how-to-play' Thrash/Black Metal compendium!

Through The Pain

Crippled Fingers

A very good Thrash Metal mix with influences of Crossover and Hardcore tendencies.

Warping Structure

Black Wound

A good release, but it depicts the confusion that exists between to be organic with to have a filthy sonority...

Secrets of Ancient Gods

Arhat

A fine blend between Groove Metal and Death Metal with ethnic elements.

Beyond the Aeons

Octoploid

Once again, the Fins prove their paramount songwriting ability. This sound is unique, and carries with it elements of old School Prog with modern Death Metal. The combine these two things flawlessly, into a sound that reminds me of some of the best music of yesteryear but it retains a modern edge, with plenty of listenability.

Septic Worship (Intolerant Spree Of Infesting Forms)

Septage

With a putrid infection that spread from Coppenhagen Septage vomits all over you with their fast, raw and disgusting grindcore that tears through you leaving the thick stench of death behind with their debut and sadly last album.

Syncretic Sovereignty

Sol Anahata

In the expanding realm of power metal, where soaring melodies meet thunderous riffs and epic […]

Chthonic Invocations

Funeral Storm

Funeral Storm's latest offering, "Chthonic Invocations," delves into the abyss with relentless fervor. From the […]

The Space Inbetween

Erronaut

The music is quite simple in scope, but don’t let that fool you into thinking it’s not an excellent album. The band transforms heavy, accented riffs into the authoritative footsteps of a mammoth, plodding through the northern plains in a time long ago.

ETNA

Volucrine

VOLUCRINE drives home their progressive and melodic take on death metal. With such great influences and how they structured their own sound around it, you cannot help but respect what these guys did. This is just a fantastic album.

A Frame Of Mind

Kalandra

Not what you expect and this is good.

Melodies of Atonement

Leprous

The album is a little stripped down from their usual sound, but it is no less vibrant and colorful. They have a very uncommon way of composing songs, but they can go from a lamb’s gentle cry to a wolf’s rabid howl at the turn of a dime. It’s quite a personal and reflective album in my opinion.

Nascence

The Apehlion

What strikes me most about the album is how well the themes fit into the music, as well as the level of care they put into their craft. The music has this thread of tension that runs through it in nearly every song, and the musicianship is outstanding. It can go from calm to on fire in a second, and it keeps the listener actively engaged in both the music and the tale. Bravo.

Veil Lifter

Post Death Soundtrack

Expansive and doomy with big grunge vibes, POST DEATH SOUNDTRACK’s “Veil Lifter” transports the listener […]

Wildly Possessed

Reversed

Both lyrically and sonically, it’s as over-the-top as it gets, and is simultaneously thrashy, blackened, and death metally, with as much wanton evil packed into every song as possible. These seven devilish little ditties have been an absolute delight to work with, so let’s get started.

Fears & Fractures

Wolves Don't Sleep

Usually a Metalcore band will be as bipolar as possible, with their emotions ranging from extremely aggressive and angry to utterly emo and despondent. WOLVES DON’T SLEEP don’t follow that recipe at all. They start at hard and heavy and finish just before the aggressive stage. Their boundaries are quite a lot tighter than people in the Metalcore community are used to.

Fresh From The Abyss

Balance Of Power

Founding members Tony Richie and Lionel Hicks are back with album number six which has […]

Abyss Of mankind

Hardraw

Hardaw are a Heavy Metal band based in Cyprus. The band which was formed in […]

Free Spirit Soar

Warlord

The result of the third rising of WARLORD is currently blasting my speakers and is called “Free Spirit Soar”. I’m just wondering how long it will be before WARLORD pulls the plug once again.

Zenith

Stormborn

Melodic Heavy/Power and yes, even Speed Metal is passing you by left, right and centre. It all sounds very good, has the perfect and positive vibe that you expect from this kind of music. The musicians are also all very capable, and the singer has a voice that is complementing everything the instrumentalists are able to throw at him.

In Gravity

Shrapnel

I will mention to the people who already know and love SHRAPNEL that they have once again produced an album that is worthy of their admiration. On the other side of the spectrum, my view for those who haven’t embraced SHRAPNEL yet is to give “In Gravity” enough spinning time to be able to either grow on you or not.

Verdande

Vestindien

Whether VESTINDIEN are trying to find their center and experimenting with a variety of styles or if their center is actually all about the journey, “Verdande” is worth the fare.

Wrath

Dødsferd

DØDSFERD can always be relied upon for producing classically pitched Black Metal and with “Wrath” they again deliver on that commitment.

Reckless Heart

Palace

This was a fantastic album that brought the feel good melodies from the 1980’s to today, like a time machine. The vocals and ensuing harmonies might have been the best part, but those catchy guitar riffs and glittering keyboards were not too far behind.

Shades of Night

Nokturnal

The raw and ragged blackened death shredding to help pioneer the resurgance and pay homage to an old school sound that gave birth to death in the 80's and the tones of the original black metal.

Polaris

Lodestar

LODESTAR deliver an album for Gothic Metal fans and many of those might like what they hear

Eternal Rising

Xeneris

The debut album of XENERIS is promising. “Eternal Rising“ has elements of symphonic Metal, melodic Metal, and Power Metal and this is all well mixed together

Relics of Time

Aoryst

The waiting is over! Talk about an immediate shock to the system and a blast […]

Expelled into Suffering

Assimilator

Assimilator – Expelled into Suffering Oh Fuck! You’re gonna make me Suffer??? Assimilator's EP "Expelled […]

Ex Umbra In Lucem

Lamentari

This album has it all…outstanding musicianship, full, rich sounds from the orchestral arrangements, and enough hate and hellfire to cast an angel down to the pit and burn him through.

Atomic Kings

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Tir nan Og

Drunemeton

DRUNEMETON’s “Tir Nan Og,” is a black metal album that steps outside the box even as it holds onto its roots, resulting in a raw but dynamic album that will appeal to a lot of people even if they don’t like black metal.

Fatum

Dantalion

All in all DANTALION’s “Fatum” is a tortuous journey through utter darkness. It stabs and beats you along the way, not even offering more than the briefest respite. If this is your type of music (and if not, it needs to be) this is an album that if you missed last year, might as well jump in now and embrace the sweet, sweet misery.

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