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Babylon

Dirkschneider & The Old Gang

There is no escaping the fact that this is easy listening Heavy Metal, very simple, quite direct and with the ability to put a smile on your face.

Infinite Measure, Finite Existence

Jester Majesty

JESTER MAJESTY is showing us as listeners that they are capable of making music that is not standard, and certainly not boring.

Catarsi

Saüc

SAÜC have made a very decent and solid attempt with “Catarsi” and should be able to attract the attention of a lot of the traditional Heavy Metal enthusiasts as well as those who are not afraid of something new.

Semper

Nihili Locus

Overall, this was a despondent listening experience that had just enough anger to take the listener through a couple of different emotions. The raging elements were intense, in a way that makes them real. The somber tones served as a reminder that much of life is not one-sided, rather a bevy of experiences that we will all go through. You gotta hang on for the ride, no matter how dark it gets…and the album is that darkness.

El despertar dels morts

God’s Funeral

Overall, this was a solid album in the steep traditions of Doom/Death Metal. It wasn’t anything overly original, but you get what you would expect here, and that is fine. The slow pace and near-death vocals kick you when you are down, and stomp on your head to make sure it stays there.

Verminous Contempt

Plague Curse

This was a thoroughly evil album that championed the best of what Death and Black Metal can offer to fans. The songs were hasty, plowed through all barriers, and the vocals were filthy and disgusting…everything a good blackened death metal album should be.

Doomed

Defacement

I found the album nearly exactly as advertised…psychological collapse, disillusionment, and torment, and then some. The fleeting moments of melody might serve as that last fray of sanity to keep you from completely going under, but this was an extremely dark and dreadful affair.

Insatiable Lust for Death

Kontusion

Overall, this was a solid album to listen to. The band forges their own path through the annals of Death Metal, not content to rest on what the forefathers did, and also not giving any fucks if you like their brand of brutality or not. For that, I say bravo, gentlemen.

The Beep Test

God Alone

I’ll say one thing about the band and the album…they are original. Are they too original to appeal to a wide audience? Probably. But they are also fun, and the music has life. Life it too short to waste it on genre discussions, so I say throw your caution to the wind and dive in. You may find that you are a new fans of their music.

The Dead Don't Run

Sanity's Rage

What can you expect as you start to listen to “The Dead Don't Run”? Well, one thing is for sure, this will wake you up. The Thrash Metal assault of SANITY’S RAGE is full of energy, very enthusiastic and uplifting, and will have you taking notice from the first note until the last.

Apolitical Ecstasy

Jelusick

Their first album “Follow The Blind Man” was reviewed by me for Metal Temple when it was released in 2023. And the conclusion was quite clear; I thought it was a good album, but that the band needed to grow in the songwriting department. Well, they apparently have listened to my advice, and although they’re not there yet, the tunes that I get to hear on “Apolitical Ecstasy” are quite the improvement.

Elegy

Death Has Spoken

This was a dreadfully delightful album, and the sheer weight of the songs, infused with supporting emotion, leaves the listener feeling drained, and hopeless. It was an intense listening experience, in terms of each song piling on more and more burden on your already frail back. Take a trip into the desperate mind of “Elegy (a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead)” and you will see what is on the other side.

Surge Of Cruelty

Cytolysis

I might not be the most devoted Death Metal enthusiast, but I know what I like, and “Surge Of Cruelty” has a musical substance that I find very good indeed.

High Risk

Hyperstrike

“High Risk” is a Power Metal album, but the album sound is very versatile and leaves plenty of room for other genres and inspirations

Kill All Idols

Desaster

“Kill All Idols” is a smart mixture of Black and Thrash Metal with influences from the early 80s and a few Punk/Hardcore twists

Sempiternal Decay

Cancerbero

Cancerbero’s Sempiternal Decay is not just another death metal album it’s a ritual carved in riffs, sweat, and fire.

Mara Comes and Darkness Shall Reign

Schreigarm

There are parts of “Mara Comes and Darkness Shall Reign” that positively terrify me, and other parts that just soothe the hell out of me (no pun intended).

From Ashes

Bogwife

“From Ashes” is a solid return . . . from the ashes for BOGWIFE. Part Doom rocker, part blues jam, the album hits multiple sweet spots.

Indoor Enthusiast

Tuesday The Sky

It’s hard not to compare Jim’s solo work with the work of FATES WARNING, and I do seem some parallels. Like the infamous Progressive band, some of the songs are more about the ambiance than sonority and riffs in your face. This gives you pause to think, and reflect, and those are the top two qualities I took away from the album.

Phantasmagoria

Phenomy

“Phantasmagoria” is a whirlwind of different emotions and levels of intensity, but there is one thing that all songs have in common; they all sound bloody good and just right. This makes PHENOMY into a very interesting prospect for any adventurous Metalhead or Heavy Rocker.

Chronicle Of A Shipwreck

Born Divided

It doesn’t matter whether BORN DIVIDED plays fast and furious, slow and deliberate or is hovering somewhere in between, everything on “Chronicle Of A Shipwreck” is as it should be.

The Real Me (single)

Rick Hughes

It’s a magical trip back to 1982 with a band that defined a generation as Canadian rocker Rick Hughes has devilishly (wink, wink, get it) reunited Brad Gillis, Rudy Sarzo and Tommy Aldridge for the first single/video setting the tone of his new solo album “Redemption”.

Burning Sands (single)

Wings of Steel

WINGS OF STEEL are back with vengeance on the third single “BURNING SANDS” from their highly anticipated album WINDS OF TIME due for independent release on October 17th.

Transcendence

Radiant Thought

This was a solid album. What struck me most was the amount of passion and confidence the trio has in their performances. The music has soul, emotion, and gives the listeners pause to consider their own personal journey through life.

The Tyranny of Decay

Lycantrophilia

This was a solid album to listen to. It wasn’t overly original, or even overly technical, but the keyboards and the orchestral elements did give it some more life. Still, as I mentioned, the music was just too thin at times, and the band could have taken more chances while still hanging onto their sound.

I Found the Love That I Was Looking For

Wounds of Recollection

The beauty in this album lies mostly in its paradox. Conventional wisdom would suggest that the deep chasm of extremes on the album seem impossible to occupy the same space, yet they do. The raging vocals rise like a tidal wave that threatens to roll right over you, while warm melodies bubble underneath, keeping you safe. Taken as a whole, it lavishes in wonder, and in darkness.

2.5 – Nighttime

Ars Onirica

Although only an EP, this album was quite memorable. It had a mix of anger, some sadness, and best of all, hope, and the way the artist combined them was done with great timing. Overflowing with magic, indeed.

Release Me

Blackwood

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The Long Way Home

November

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Neurogenesis

Phaeton

I’ve always maintained that instrumental bands have to work harder at their craft, because the lack of vocals is one more thing they have to find a replacement for. Lead guitar breaks can take the place of vocals, as can keyboards. They do a solid job of this on the album, but it’s a little thin at times, even a little light. They have the chops, that’s for sure. It might be a matter of just sharpening things up a bit.

Lhotse

Brevine

What keeps the album from sinking into unrelenting bleakness is its remarkable sense of melody and restraint. Just when the walls of noise threaten to overwhelm, the music opens into passages of calm reflection: clean guitar lines shimmering through the haze, bass tones carrying an almost mournful weight, and melodies that feel fragile but determined to endure. This is Post Metal at its most evocative…an album that sounds like standing among ruins, feeling both the weight of what has been lost and the faint hope of what might be rebuilt.

Вечность

Gnot

I really connected with the way that aggression was mixed with melody. It’s a formula that a lot of bands use these days, but not all of them do it as well as GNOT. They interweave them into each song in such a way that they are locked together, like separate strings that together make an article of clothing. If you remove one, you damage it permanently. What a gorgeously contentious sound they have created on “Eternity.”

Insoucient Metaphysical Granduer

Skjolden

This was a fantastic album…Melo Death, combined Black Metal. Carl kept your interest by creating songs that were energetic and speedy, but also with a lot of emotional depth. Both the lyrics and the cover art are excellent as well, and it’s clear that he presents a total package here.

A Funeral of Being

My Last Promise

For me, “A Funeral of Being” is an excellent descriptor of the duality of our existence. Consider the phrasing of the album title We all try our best, most of the time, so why does it seem like we are always getting beat down, and can’t get ahead? Maybe that’s the pessimist in me talking. In any case, the album is an absolute depressive affair that is fueled by raw emotion.

Australopithecus

My Purest Heart For You

This is an album that seems relatively easy to assimilate, but it presents as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. There are a lot of mysteries within, and the story goes deeper than just tortured screams over melancholy, solemn music. In many ways, I don’t want to unravel them. I would rather leave them there for the next listener.

A Break of the Wide Valley

Basarabian Hills

During the day, the forest can be a welcomed and warming place…a place where someone can connect with nature, a place to rest among the trees, plants, and even wildlife. But at night, it can be quite the opposite. This album encapsulated both of these opposing feelings quite well, and it leaves the listener enveloped in the deep mysteries of the forest.

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Babylon

Dirkschneider & The Old Gang

Infinite Measure, Finite Existence

Jester Majesty

Catarsi

Saüc

Semper

Nihili Locus

El despertar dels morts

God’s Funeral

Verminous Contempt

Plague Curse

Doomed

Defacement

Insatiable Lust for Death

Kontusion

The Beep Test

God Alone

The Dead Don't Run

Sanity's Rage

Apolitical Ecstasy

Jelusick

Elegy

Death Has Spoken

Surge Of Cruelty

Cytolysis

High Risk

Hyperstrike

Kill All Idols

Desaster

Sempiternal Decay

Cancerbero

Mara Comes and Darkness Shall Reign

Schreigarm

From Ashes

Bogwife

Indoor Enthusiast

Tuesday The Sky

Phantasmagoria

Phenomy

Chronicle Of A Shipwreck

Born Divided

The Real Me (single)

Rick Hughes

Burning Sands (single)

Wings of Steel

Transcendence

Radiant Thought

The Tyranny of Decay

Lycantrophilia

I Found the Love That I Was Looking For

Wounds of Recollection

2.5 – Nighttime

Ars Onirica

Release Me

Blackwood

The Long Way Home

November

Neurogenesis

Phaeton

Lhotse

Brevine

Вечность

Gnot

Insoucient Metaphysical Granduer

Skjolden

A Funeral of Being

My Last Promise

Australopithecus

My Purest Heart For You

A Break of the Wide Valley

Basarabian Hills

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