This is the ninth album from Finnish melodic death/doom band Hanging Garden.
Isle of Bliss contains 48 minutes of engaging material. Hanging Garden’s mix of death and doom metal is heavily melodic, carries a Gothic flavour, and has an occasional blackened edge. It makes for a compelling record that should appeal to fans of a Continue reading “Hanging Garden – Isle of Bliss (Review)”
Winterfylleth are a UK black metal band and this is their ninth album.
2024’s The Imperious Horizon feels like it came out yesterday, but here we are again anyway, a brand new Winterfylleth record. Whereas its predecessor was icy, The Unyielding Season Continue reading “Winterfylleth – The Unyielding Season (Review)”
This is the third album from US black metal band Iron Firmament.
In the Land of Pre-Human Kings contains 42 minutes of atmospheric black metal, brought to the world by a band that clearly understand the style. Iron Firmament bring a range of influences together on this record, resulting in music that’s sure to Continue reading “Iron Firmament – In the Land of Pre-Human Kings (Review)”
This is the seventh album from Norwegian doom/stoner metal band Kal-El.
Hot on the heels of Astral Voyager Vol. 1 from last year, Kal-El have now returned with the promised second instalment of this double album. Astral Voyager Vol. 2 brings us 43 minutes of new material, so get ready to rock. Continue reading “Kal-El – Astral Voyager Vol. 2 (Review)”
This is the second album from Canadian death metallers Egregore.
It Echoes in the Wild is brought to us by current/ex-members of Mitochondrion and Funeral Circle, and is a light-swallowing maelstrom of black/death metal horror. Egregore have a well-developed personality, and this record allows them 48 minutes to express this freely. The results are Continue reading “Egregore – It Echoes in the Wild (Review)”
This is the fifth album from Portuguese metal/post-black metal band Gaerea.
It’s been very interesting to watch Gaerea develop over the years, peaking their black metal assault on 2022’s Mirage, before adding in a few different textures and influences on 2024’s very well-received Coma. The latter was the band’s biggest stylistic shift until that point. Loss delivers an even larger Continue reading “Gaerea – Loss (Review)”
Poison the Well are a hardcore band from the US and this is their sixth album.
When such an iconic band releases a brand new record 17 years after their last one, it’s a time of expectation, hope, and excitement, but also concern, and even suspicion. Can Poison the Well come close to their previous quality levels? Will time have dulled their unique edge? Do we need another Poison the Well album? Continue reading “Poison the Well – Peace in Place (Review)”
This is the seventh album from Netherlands hardcore band Vitamin X.
I haven’t caught up with Vitamin X since 2012’s About to Crack, so a reunion with their energetic and charismatic blend of hardcore and thrash metal is long overdue. With Ride the Apocalypse we get 28 minutes of new material from the band, and it rips, rages, and tears its way through the running time across 17 high-octane tracks. Continue reading “Vitamin X – Ride the Apocalypse (Review)”
This is the fourth album from UK black/crust band Wolfbastard.
Wolfbastard have shown over and over again just how potent they are at violently spewing forth their particular strain of venom. Satanic Scum Punks doesn’t let the side down, unleashing 29 minutes of Continue reading “Wolfbastard – Satanic Scum Punks (Review)”
This is the third album from German progressive/post-metal band Monosphere.
Amnesia contains 42 minutes of music that sits somewhere between progressive and post-metal. The promo blurb references Cult of Luna and The Ocean, which should act as a decent starting point for the Monosphere sound, albeit one that doesn’t tell the whole story. Continue reading “Monosphere – Amnesia (Review)”
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