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Graveborn – Metempsychosis
February 27, 2026
Take a close look at the album cover for clues of what you might find musically. Deep shades of purple and blue swirls chase each other’s tails high in the canopy while a single person watches. It’s like magic in many ways. Their musicianship…is stellar, and they are able to breathe new life into the genre by taking bold steps on both sides of the aisle. It will leave you drained by the end, utterly spent.
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Dimwind – The Carrion Waltz
February 27, 2026
As you might imagine, this is a highly personal album, and some people say a cancer diagnosis invokes the same feelings as the five stages of grieving. The music reflects these various stages well. Much of the album was dark, mired in shadows, and reflective of some very dark times in life. In that regard, it was interesting to listen to, and I found myself absorbed in the movements. It’s something anyone who has had a health scare can relate to, and which of us haven’t?
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Hyshtral - Ad Infinitum
February 27, 2026
In the 30 plus minutes that HYSHTRAL needs to get through “Ad Infinitum”, you will be thrown all over the place emotionally. One thing is for sure, the band definitely starts with their best song, as “Cell In Hell” is simply put a corker of a tune.
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Motljus – För evigt
February 26, 2026
This album was a scene of devastation, destruction, regret, and anger. But it was also a scene of serenity and peace, the latter two are just harder to find. Like any mind puzzle, if you are able to block out some of the thick never-ending aggression, you will discover the beauty within. It just makes you work harder to find the soft core.
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Frozen Ocean – Askdrömmar
February 25, 2026
Black Metal has grown in leaps and bounds over the past decade, and there isn’t one thing that fans haven’t embraced lately. Synths? Why not. Gothic and Progressive leanings? Sure, throw them in also. The result is an uncommon but pleasing album that will shake up everything you thought you knew about Black Metal.
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Melancholie – Winterkronieken
February 25, 2026
After a second listen, I came to appreciate the album more. The lengthy songs can be intimidating to a listener whose attention span might not be long enough, but I kept finding subtle nuances on the album. These nuances suggest a grand storyteller, and musician. I have to say I enjoyed the outright melodies more than the aggressive blueprint of Black Metal, but there is a great balance on the album between the two.
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Nemorous – What Remains When Hope Has Failed
February 25, 2026
If you take a look at the unassuming cover for the album, it might not tempt you to open it up and listen to it. But, as the saying goes, don’t judge a book by its cover. In considering the album title, when optimism, belief, or the expectation that things will get better is gone… what’s left of us? I prefer the defiant interpretation over the bleak one, where your will to live is hardened and you drag yourself off of the floor and fight back. If we have no fight left, what is there to live for? These questions you can ponder while you take in the album’s beauty and starkness.
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Tjaktjadálvve – Encompassing Nothingness
February 25, 2026
This album will steal your hope, harden your soul, and leave you feeling nothing by the end. That’s the album title, “Encompassing Nothingness.” As the cold winds fade at the end, so does your sense of self, and you melt into the earth to become one with the void.
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Decipher – Thelema
February 24, 2026
What the album did best, was create an aggressive and harrowing listening experience that was dark and nefarious, and the band is clearly talented. However, it lacked a bit in diversity, and there is room within the genre to explore more.
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Cave - Into The Promised Land
February 24, 2026
Hailing from Ludwigsburg Germany,Cave are no strangers to the music scene. They are a group […]
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Austen Starr - I Am The Enemy
February 24, 2026
Austen Starr is a singer and songwriter from Boston USA.She grew up in the late […]
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Void of Light – Asymmetries
February 23, 2026
This was indeed an emotionally heavy album, and that might be its best feature. There wasn’t a lot of diversity in their music though. Instead, they seem to want to drive the riffs right through your living room walls and straight down your throat.
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Godoviir - Artificial Dream
February 23, 2026
I've listened to a lot of progressive rock and metal over the years, and while "ARTIFICIAL DREAM" didn't have the WOW! factor to really make an impression on me to stick with me forever, I adore the messages brought by Igor and GODOVIIR.
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Phobocosm - Gateway
February 23, 2026
This did NOT feel like a forty-minute album. Four hours maybe?
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Varmia – lauks
February 22, 2026
Overall, one of the first things I often complain about is an album without much diversity, but in this case, the diverse shifts are a bit more subtle and nuanced. The aggressiveness is its best feature, and it rarely lets up, sprinting the mile in record time. It’s progressive in nature because of how it starts, stops, and even moves throughout the album, and this was an album that can burn a hole in your soul.
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Vanishment – And Now We Die
February 22, 2026
“And Now We Die” offers an interesting mixture of Heavy Metal and Thrash Metal. The highlights of the album are the guitar riffs and the solos
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Stam1na - Apnea
February 21, 2026
I may sound like a Finnish weeb here, but Stam1na is just another reason why Finland is the capital of metal.
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Star.Gate - The Moment Of A Lifetime
February 20, 2026
If you are a fan of this kind of Neoclassical Metal in general, or in this case what STAR.GATE is feeding us on “The Moment Of A Lifetime”, I guess that you’re in for a treat. It will be no surprise that I feel that this album will really speak to you. Why? Because everything that STAR.GATE does fits.
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Worm Shepherd - Dawn of the Iconoclast
February 20, 2026
Breakdown Count?™
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Enisum – Autumn Embrace
February 19, 2026
The best part about the album was how well the artists connected visuals with the music. The song titles came to life before my eyes, and I could almost follow the tale by watching with my eyes. The album cover tells a lot about what you might find here in your listening experience…hues of orange leaves tell me it’s mid-fall and the mist that hangs low with mountain spires rising sharply in the background. It’s an inviting scene, but also one that might be marked with danger. Will you step into the forest?
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Funeral Skies – Fragment Through Hollow Eternity
February 18, 2026
This was an absolutely fantastic album. Not only is the trio musically gifted at their instruments, they write melodies that are straightforward, high reaching, and just a joy to listen to. Pop this in on a long drive, and the time will pass peacefully.
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De l'Abîme Naît l'Aube – Rituel: Initiation
February 18, 2026
This is an album that will crush your very soul, with equal helpings of death, disease, rot, and the kind of desolation that sinks into your mind and you can’t crawl out of. Once its blackness reaches you, its grip is firm, and can’t be broken. A warning…if you are already feeling bad, this is not the cure.
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Echoes of Amara / Sincerely Yours - Nothing Happened Here
February 18, 2026
"Nothing Happened Here" is a small but mighty sampler to sink your teeth into once your Valentine's Day sweets are gone.
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Thus Defiled - Wings of the Nightstorm (Reissue)
February 17, 2026
Whereas the musical style definitely is Black Metal, THUS DEFILED aren’t afraid to venture out into Thrash and/or Heavy metal territory when the songs demand it. That is where the real power lies within THUS DEFILED.
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Imperatore - The Lionspirit
February 17, 2026
The sound that “The Lionspirit” is showing off is superb, is exactly what this kind of music needs. The bombastic and epic parts are being blasted through your speakers, which does happen all through the album.
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Black Magic Tree – Terra
February 17, 2026
BLACK MAGIC TREE has the capability to write songs that come from listening to a lot of different bands that have coloured the Rock scene throughout the decades, and they have made it into a beautiful melting pot on “Terra”.
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Redenção Pelas Chamas - Redenção Pelas Chamas
February 17, 2026
I never knew how great black metal in Portuguese sounded up until today.
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Siechknecht – Pestmond
February 16, 2026
Siechknecht’s “Pestmond” is one of those albums that make you glad to be alive. It’s tough and bold and it’s also melodic and inspiring.
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Parallel Minds – Cairn
February 14, 2026
This album was lengthy and the 60+ minutes of run time did seem to have some concept qualities. Their musicianship was excellent, but I found it difficult to really be able to dig into their sound. Normally, I love mashups…this one just didn’t do much for me and just wasn’t overly memorable.
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Unmother – State Dependent Memory
February 13, 2026
This was a positively creepy and frightening album that used some unconventional techniques, and had some progressive leanings. The tortured sounds were so vivid, you could feel them on your own body. Tread lightly here…I feel it’s like a Pandora’s box that once you open, you can never again close.
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Malefic - Impermanence
February 13, 2026
The newest album by Atlanta, Georgia blackened/death metal band Malefic, Impermanence, definitely has a lot to like about […]
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Burial Gift – MMXXV
February 12, 2026
Hailing from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, they self-describe as “blackish.” Their record label further comments: […]
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Velothian – Mythic Dawn
February 11, 2026
The Black Metal genre has become quite expansive lately, and VELOTHIAN take full advantage of that. The vocals are pretty straightforward in terms of how they are delivered, but the music takes the album to a whole different place. The “conflict” between the two varying styles actually works very well together. This was an excellent album.
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Banisher – Metamorphosis
February 11, 2026
Overall, the album didn’t pull any punches or stray too far from the path and the seemingly uncompromising vision of the band. If you are in the mood for continued shots of aggression and deep beatings, this is for you.
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Metalodon - Indestructible
February 11, 2026
You know that feeling when you see an album cover, and you just sit there knowing that the music inside is going to be bad or at least entertaining?
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Crossover - Miserere
February 10, 2026
So long as symphonic pirate isn’t your bag, this album is sure to please.
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