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Glamdemic

FerreTT

This Glam Metal album is like a pandemic: hear and get in love with the band's music!

Solace in Absurdity

Brutalism

A fine first coming from this Technical/Brutal Death Metal act.

Interpretations of the Unknown Wilderness

Antagonyze

A very good Old School Death/Thrash Metal release.

Order of the Mist

Hyldr

Highlights of the album include the vocal harmonies, persistent somber tones, and the way it was all put together into emotionally charged compositions that hit you where your feelings are strongest.

Destiny

Marchello

The story of Marchello, the band, is indeed a rather complex tale, all starting in […]

Drama

Marty Friedman

Marty Friedman of course ex Megadeth guitarist in the 90's has over several decades released […]

The Serpent Abomination

Atrexial

This was a fantastic album. It had all the hardened and contentious elements that you would expect from the genre, but also a deep connection in songwriting, and some complex arrangements that were also easily accessible to the listeners. Most of the ride was quite harrowing, and if you were to climb back in, you may never return to the world of the living.

I Am A Demon

Vesseles

Let’s start with talking about how fantastic the album cover is…the demon woman, the logo, and the coloring are vibrant. The music is equally as compelling. Each track plunges the listener into a relentless cycle of anguish and torment, capturing the raw intensity and repetitive nature of suffering. This auditory journey immerses the listener in what seems like a real time experience, making the album a powerful exploration of relentless agony and torture.

Thanatopoeia

Meister Leonhardt

The band’s form of black metal is pretty aggressive and bleak but they still throw in atmospheric and melodic curveballs. It’s a great listen from start to finish and is one of the better black metal albums I’ve heard lately. If dark, hopeless music is your thing (and if it isn’t, you need to take care of that) then I highly recommended MEISTER LEONHARDT’s “Thanatopoeia.”

Der Wald zwischen den Welten

Granitader

Ultimately, GRANITADER’s “Der Wald zwischen den Welten,” isn’t what I expected…it’s fun, engaging and catchy but, at the same time, it’s straight up black metal. A very strong debut album that is hopefully a sign of more to come from them.

This Mortal Coil

Lynchpin

LYNCHPIN sheds the skin of their former selves, and anoints their bodies with the essence that births the serpentine hymns, and with the tongue of malice, creates a virulent strain of aggression in the sound of art.

Social Grace

BRAT

New Orleans is famous for a lot of things, but for me three come to mind—the humidity, the food, the music. As for the music, of course, there is the jazz, but the Big Easy also has a thriving underground metal scene. BRAT is a product on that scene, and they are solid ambassadors.

Inferno

Speedkiller

Overall, “Inferno” from SPEEDKILLER is a solid debut. Fusing Black and Thrash, it will appeal to a wide range of extreme metalists. If you weren’t there for their 2020 EP, it’s not too late to join the descent.

The Moon Lights the Way

Grain of Pain

From their EPK, “GRAIN OF PAIN hails from Finland, delivering a powerful blend of dark […]

Dawn Of Reckoning

Valfreya

VALFREYA deliver an excellent symbiosis of symphonic Black Metal and Folk Metal, with a spine-chilling melodic framework and led by an amazing vocalist

From Hell I Rise

Kerry King

“From Hell I Rise” is not a reincarnation of SLAYER, it is a continuation and modernization of a sound that influenced generations of Metal musicians and fans all over the Globe

Wild Fever

The Hazytones

THE HAZYTONES are slow. Just to put it all into context, THE HAZYTONES are too slow for Stoner Rock. On the other end of the spectrum, they are just not slow enough for pure Doom Metal.

Serpent's Kiss

Ironbound

“Serpent’s Kiss” is a fine example of Polish NWOTHM. What becomes clear when the guitars come in is that the guitarists have taken a leaf out of the massive book of IRON MAIDEN.

Freaks

Avralize

What I suspect is that when you have the chance to see them live, you will become on of the “Freaks” in the audience, because I feel that the songs on the album lend themselves brilliantly to being live favourites.

D’muata

Perchta

What impressed me most about the band and the album was how vast and wide their songwriting skills were. At times, it was fairly straightforward rage and anger, like you might expect from Black Metal. But they inject a lot more into the music, including tones of melancholy, and even tones of beguilement. If you take the plunge and become immersed in the album, you will exit the experience a different person.

The Savage Winds of Wisdom

Black Lava

This was a fantastic album, with a highly polished combination of technical elements, heavy weight, and an equal dose of harrowing elements you associate with Black Metal. It’s all wrapped up in a package that is so tight, you couldn’t squeeze in between the layers if you were as thin as paper.

Oath

MONO

For me, what the album does best is dive deeply into the themes of paradoxes, serving as a reflection of the contradictions and complexities that many of us encounter in life. The songs weave together opposing elements, swells and contractions, creating a sound that mirrors the nature of our experiences, and explores the tension between hope and despair. In many ways, it captures the very essence of the human condition.

Ravenous

Waste a Saint

What about some melodic and fuzzy fusion between Classic Rock, Acid Rock with a taste of the 70s?

Pirates II: Armada

Visions of Atlantis

The Austrian pirates are back, so pay your respects or flee!

Tuomio

Verikalpa

If you want a new experience into Finnish Fol Metal, this release is for you!

The Dismal Advance

Shock Withdrawal

A very good Old School Grindcore/Death Metal release, indeed.

Muerte

Hacavitz

The pioneers of Blackened Death Metal of Mexico are back, and what a very good release!

Tides Of Decay

Garden of Stone

A mix between Heavy/Doom Metal and Melodic Death Metal that has potential.

Alter

Dialith

Maybe this North American Symphonic Metal act can be creating a new way into the genre.

Five Steps on the Sun

DarWin

Overall, this was a delightful album where the collection of well-known musicians took favor in songwriting over wild musicianship. They showed restraint from the skills taking over the vibe on the album, which was a collection of smooth, easy-listening tunes that will start your day positively.

Paragnosis

Paragnosis

What impresses me most about the band and the album is the careful songwriting. I mentioned this before, it is tightly wound, but at the same time, it takes a breath when it needs to find the fuel to keep going. More than anything else, the band just sounds like they have fun working together as a trio, and it shows in their craft.

Requiem

Hell Boulevard

This was a fantastic album. It is thick with many elements, including powerful riffs, backing symphonics and electronics, and lead by the great voice of Matteo Fabbiani. There is something here for every Metalhead, whether they want juicy riffs, catchy choruses, substantial weight, or melody.

Heaven Tonight

Alicate

From their EPK, “During the Pandemic, work also started on new material for ALICATE. The […]

Death Wytch (Reissue)

Deathwytch

The lingering question that I have is that taken as a whole the album is disjointed, and disconnected. I have to wonder, is this on purpose? I think it is, and although it had some good frightening sounds as Black Metal should, it was too amateur in the end.

Afterlifelines

Rage

German power metal band Rage have been around for an impressive forty years now. To […]

Screaming Steel

Durbin

”Screaming Steel” Durbin's fourth solo album continues his mission to deliver Heavy Metal to the world

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