This is the second album from Icelandic black metallers Vafurlogi.
Following on from 2024’s Í Vökulli Áþján, Gneisti af eldi Guðs delivers 49 minutes of new material. Now rounded out to a full band, Vafurlogi’s black metal has been greater developed. The band were already in a good place with their music, but now they’ve taken things up a step. Continue reading “Vafurlogi – Gneisti af eldi Guðs (Review)”
This is the third album from UK post-rock band Million Moons.
You Be Good, I Love You contains 56 minutes of atmospheric instrumental post-rock. Million Moons invite the listener to feel something on this record, and it’s an invitation you shouldn’t say no to. Continue reading “Million Moons – You Be Good, I Love You (Review)”
This is a the debut album from Temple ov Ahriman, a solo black metal band from the US.
Aided by a session drummer, this solo act delivers 43 minutes of well-crafted black metal on Heretics of Consensual Reality. The first record by Temple ov Ahriman is one that you should absolutely check out if you’re a fan of an old style played both very well and with good ideas. Continue reading “Temple ov Ahriman – Heretics of Consensual Reality (Review)”
This is the debut album from Icelandic black metallers Forsmán.
Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur is the 46-minute follow up to 2021’s promising debut EP Dönsum i Logans Ljóma. Containing members of Misþyrming and Múr, Forsmán’s brand of esoteric black metal is a very potent one. Continue reading “Forsmán – Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur (Review)”
This is the debut album from US grindcore band Fake Dust.
Decrepitizing Din of the Cerebral Psyopticon assaults the listener with 20 minutes of withering material spread out across 19 tracks. Fake Dust are not messing around. This is a ferocious mix of grindcore and powerviolence that will knock your socks off. Continue reading “Fake Dust – Decrepitizing Din of the Cerebral Psyopticon (Review)”
This is the seventh album from US progressive rock band Elder.
Following on from 2022’s Innate Passage now comes the 54-minute Through Zero. Elder have put together a sprawling new record that twists and turns with a life of its own. This is a record that’s worth abandoning extremity for, bathing instead in its heart of gloriously warm heavy rock. Continue reading “Elder – Through Zero (Review)”
This is the fourth album from Scottish death metal band Scordatura.
Featuring the vocalist of Party Cannon in their ranks, Scordatura play brutal death metal, and they play it hard. Across 28 belligerent minutes Led into Oblivion is a record that wants to absolutely destroy everything and leave no trace. It succeeds in this too, very nicely in fact. Continue reading “Scordatura – Led into Oblivion (Review)”
This is the second album from Brazilian progressive doom/post-metal band Loneshore.
Nothing Left to Deconstruct contains 52 minutes of immersive soundscapes for the listener to explore. Loneshore’s music is a mix of styles, which can be loosely termed as a combination of progressive doom and post-metal. Whatever you call it though, it’s pretty damn good. Continue reading “Loneshore – Nothing Left to Deconstruct (Review)”
Lost in Kyiv are a French post-rock band and this is their fifth album.
Lost in Kyiv play immersive post-rock, and deliver 41 minutes of quality music on We’re All Going to be Fine. This record is a premier release for post-rock fans, boasting the sort of material that makes repeated spins an absolute pleasure. Continue reading “Lost in Kyiv – We’re All Going to Be Fine (Review)”
This is the fourth album from French solo black metal act Inherits the Void.
From 2021’s Monolith of Light to 2023’s The Impending Fall of the Stars to Scars of Yesteryears, the artist behind Inherits the Void seems to refine and tweak his vision for atmospheric/melodic black metal just that little bit more with every release. Which brings us to The Silent Abscission. It is the longest Inherits the Void album so far at 47 minutes in length, so what does this new record have to offer fans of this quality act? Continue reading “Inherits the Void – The Silent Abscission (Review)”
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