This is the twelfth album from US solo black metal act Panopticon.
Brought to us by a singular artist’s vision, but aided and bolstered by multiple guest collaborators, Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet is a 66-minute exploration of sound that offers up an unmissable experience. Panopticon‘s new record is remarkable. Continue reading “Panopticon – Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet (Review)”
This is the debut album by UK doom band Dromos.
A 46-minute funeral doom album that consists of three mammoth songs? Yes please. Brought into the world by current/ex-members of Eihort, Final Dose, Mutagenic Host, and more, Dromos deliver a doom metal feast across the massive Failing Light. Continue reading “Dromos – Failing Light (Review)”
Gozu are a stoner/grunge band from the US and this is their sixth album.
Three years after Remedy, Gozu VI has arrived to rock your socks off. Across 47 minutes Gozu’s new record has arrived to show you a good time, while also making you feel something too. Continue reading “Gozu – Gozu VI (Review)”
This is the second album from French black metallers Galibot.
Galibot provide the listener with a quality outing of melodic black metal to explore. Catabase contains 42 minutes of material, and it’s worth getting your teeth into. Continue reading “Galibot – Catabase (Review)”
This is the third album from US death metallers Frozen Soul.
Frozen Soul play old-school death metal. Across 36 minutes No Place of Warmth the band assault the listener with a barrage of riffs, growls, and deathly beats that are near-guaranteed to get bodies moving hard. Continue reading “Frozen Soul – No Place of Warmth (Review)”
Yoth Iria are a Greek black metal band and this is their third album.
Following on from the well-received As the Flame Withers and Blazing Inferno, Yoth Iria have now returned to once more grace us with their personable take on black metal. Gone with the Devil contains 46 minutes of new material. Continue reading “Yoth Iria – Gone with the Devil (Review)”
This is the fifth album from UK progressive rock band Black Orchid Empire.
Black Orchid Empire revealed themselves to be one of the best contemporary heavy/progressive rock bands around on 2023’s Tempus Veritas, and also showed their chops in the live environment at last year’s Mangata Festival. All of which is to say that the new 48-minute LORE promises great things. Does it deliver? Continue reading “Black Orchid Empire – LORE (Review)”
Lago are a US death metal band and this is their third album.
Lago had a series of strong releases, (2014’s Tyranny, a 2016 split with Calm Hatchery, and 2018’s Sea of Duress), but it’s been a looooong time since then. Which is why, when the 42-minute Vigil appeared, it carried Continue reading “Lago – Vigil (Review)”
This is the latest EP from Swedish grindcore band Gadget.
A decade since The Great Destroyer, Gadget finally return. With two new members on vocals and guitar/vocals respectively, Coerced is the world’s first taste of the new Gadget. Has it been worth the wait? Continue reading “Gadget – Coerced (Review)”
Manchester’s hot ticket is tonight is Dragged into Sunlight, and people have turned out in force. As usual, their merch queue is ridiculous, and it stays ridiculous for a ridiculous amount of time. Good for them. They’re not the only tasty treat on this gnarled bill though; first comes death metal most foul. Continue reading “Dragged into Sunlight/Vacuous/Plague Pit – Club Academy, Manchester – 30/05/26 (Live Review)”
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