Firtan are a German black metal band and this is their fifth album.
Following on from 2022’s Marter and 2024’s Ethos, Helios brings us 60 minutes of well-crafted atmospheric black metal and post-blackened might. It is a record that reeks of high quality. Firtan have obviously put a lot of energy and care into its creation, and the results pay off. Continue reading “Firtan – Helios (Review)”
This is the third album by Crown Magnetar, a US death metal/deathcore band.
Crown Crown Magnetar’s brand of deathcore is on the more extreme side of the spectrum. The Hollowing of Godflesh delivers a heavy dose of brutal punishment across 29 unforgiving minutes. Continue reading “Crown Magnetar – The Hollowing of Godflesh (Review)”
This is the ninth album from Chelsea Wolfe, a solo alternative rock artist from the US.
Chelsea Wolfe’s new record delivers 40 minutes of darkly expressive music for the listener to fall deeply for. The Dark is a record that once encountered, is not soon forgotten. Continue reading “Chelsea Wolfe – The Dark (Review)”
Spirit Possession are a black metal band from the US and this is their third album.
Brought to us by a member of Black Curse/Ulthar, Cathedral Speech contains 43 minutes of engaging blackened mayhem. Spirit Possession are not your average black metal band, so get ready to inject something notable into your listening habits. Continue reading “Spirit Possession – Cathedral Speech (Review)”
This is the sixth album by Italian power metallers Frozen Crown.
Frozen Crown are one of the absolute best in the business. Although 2024’s War Hearts didn’t ascend to the same stratospheric heights as 2023’s phenomenal Call of the North, it was still a great album, one that continues to get better with every spin. So, across ten tracks of new material, what does new record The Legend of the Six Kings have to offer us? Continue reading “Frozen Crown – The Legend of the Six Kings (Review)”
Death. Void. Terror. are a black/death/doom metal band from Switzerland, and this is their third album.
This new record follows hot on the sulphurous heels of last month’s EP To the Great Monolith 2.5. So, what do these strange, otherworldly travellers have in store for us this time? The answer, is something unexpectedly special. Something, in fact, to shake you out of your complacency and really, truly, feel the music. Continue reading “Death. Void. Terror. – To the Great Monolith III: Rifts (Review)”
Rorcal are a Swiss post-black/doom metal band and this is their seventh album.
Rorcal are a shapeshifting band that are more than worthy of your attention, (here, here, here, here, here). In other words, when they release something, it always rewards investigation. So what grim shape does Mahre take? Continue reading “Rorcal – Mahre (Review)”
This is the second album by UK extreme metal band Burner.
Burner bring us 48 minutes of material to abandon all hope to on No One Is Coming to Save Us. Playing a hybrid style that’s as effective as it is unexpectedly multifaceted, Burner’s new record is a real powerhouse. Continue reading “Burner – No One Is Coming to Save Us (Review)”
This is the second album from UK solo black metal band Noctule.
The artist behind Noctule, (from Svalbard), brings us 39 minutes of melodic black and death metal on Extinguish Thy Flame. The music of Noctule has taken an assured step forward with this new record. Continue reading “Noctule – Extinguish Thy Flame (Review)”
This is the eleventh album from German progressive metal band The Ocean.
After 2023’s Holocene, The Ocean have returned a changed band, with a new drummer, two new guitarists, and two new vocalists. Bringing us 72 minutes of new material, Solaris is big, bold, and vast in scale and ambition. Continue reading “The Ocean – Solaris (Review)”
