No Funeral and Livid are both from the US and have joined up for this split release.
No Funeral are up first, offering two tracks lasting 19 minutes. I haven’t encountered No Funeral before, but their sludgy doom is so laden with Continue reading “No Funeral/Livid – Split (Review)”
This is the second album from Neverending Winter, a Russian black metal band.
Here we have 27 minutes of interesting black metal, with punk, progressive, and folk elements mixed in. Continue reading “Neverending Winter – Хиус (Review)”
Canyon of the Skull are an instrumental doom band from the US and this is their second album.
The Desert Winter contains one single track that lasts a whopping 37 minutes. Continue reading “Canyon of the Skull – The Desert Winter (Review)”
Obriy are a Ukrainian death metal band and this is their debut release.
Old-school and full of huge grooves, this thunders out of the speakers with enviable presence and chunky, heavy riffs. Continue reading “Obriy – Altar of Utopia (Review)”
The Shape are a US metal band and this is their fourth album.
Mixing modern metal, metalcore, thrash metal, nu-metal, and groove metal into their sound, this is an enjoyable romp through a landscape that sees many different complementary influences touched upon. Continue reading “The Shape – The World Away (Review)”
Inanimate Existence are a US progressive, technical, atmospheric death metal band and this is their fourth album.
Inanimate Existence return! I like this band a lot. 2014’s A Never-Ending Cycle of Atonement and then last year’s Calling from a Dream demonstrated a band that are not only willing to experiment and push their sound, but one that continued to develop and progress over time too.
Continue reading “Inanimate Existence – Underneath a Melting Sky (Review)”
Prezir are a US black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Contempt combines black, death, and thrash influences into a feral blackened mass of hate and violence. Continue reading “Prezir – Contempt (Review)”
This is the latest EP from First Signs of Frost, a modern rock band from the UK.
Inspired by the likes of Deftones, Glassjaw, and the less-harsh aspects of Periphery and Sikth, this short EP is 18 minutes of emotive and anthemic modern music that’s played with obvious passion. Continue reading “First Signs of Frost – The Shape of Things to Come (Review)”
Twisted Illusion are a progressive rock band from the UK and this is their second album.
This is a sprawling, ambitious piece of work. At almost 100 minutes in length, this is a double album full of progressive delights and lesser-travelled journeys. Continue reading “Twisted Illusion – Insight to the Mind of a Million Faces (Review)”
Archelon are a post-metal/sludge band from the UK and this is a compilation of their first two EPs.
Archelon’s sound is one that mixes that of Knut and Neurosis with a decent helping of Isis, alongside a dash of Zao and old Mastodon. Continue reading “Archelon – I // II (Review)”
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