Godflesh are a UK industrial post-metal band and this is their eighth album.
Combining rumbling industrialised dub beats with heavy guitars and no small amount of emotive beauty, the latest Godflesh release is a rusting cyborg constructed from so many clashing parts of pieces that in any other band’s hands it probably wouldn’t work. Godflesh, of course, know exactly what they’re doing. Continue reading “Godflesh – Post Self (Review)”
This is the second album from hardcore band Sect, featuring an international lineup.
Here at Wonderbox Metal we know that you like the kind of ultra-aggressive jagged violence that’ll strip you of skin at 100 paces, so we try to please by bringing you the nastiest of the metal/hardcore/grind worlds. With that in mind, it’s time for Sect. Continue reading “Sect – No Cure for Death (Review)”
Earth Drive are a Portuguese doom rock/metal band, and this is their debut album.
Now this is the stuff. Involved, textured, and full of emotive delivery, this is an album that will worm its way into your head and stay there. Continue reading “Earth Drive – Stellar Drone (Review)”
Void of Sympathy are a melodic death/groove metal band from Poland. This is their debut EP.
Here we have 20 minutes of enjoyable upbeat aggression, with a fiery heart and some decent riffs. Continue reading “Void of Sympathy – Lost in Thoughts (Review)”
Eternal Rest are an Australian technical death metal band and this is their second album.
This is technical death metal that’s relatively low key in how it shows off, choosing the usually superior route of concentrating on the actual songs themselves rather than ostentatious showmanship. A wise choice. Continue reading “Eternal Rest – A Death in the Darkness (Review)”
This is a split between two black metal bands that I hold in very high esteem; Paramnesia from France, and Ultha from Germany.
Paramnesia are the first band, offering up a 20-minute track named VI. Continue reading “Paramnesia/Ultha – Split (Review)”
This is the second album from solo atmospheric black metal band Ovnev.
Following on from 2016’s Cycle of Survival comes a further 42 minutes of atmospheric black metal provided by the enigmatic entity that is Ovnev. Continue reading “Ovnev – Incalescence (Review)”
This is a split between Greek black metallers Insanity Cult and Isolert.
Starting off with Insanity Cult – who we know from 2015’s As My End Unfolds… – the split gets off to a strong start with Thorns of Solitude, which is five minutes of raw, traditional, second wave-influenced black metal. Continue reading “Insanity Cult/Isolert – Towards the Great Dissolution – Split (Review)”
This is the latest EP from US one man black metal band Cryostasium.
This is black metal that mixes raw, depressive, and psychedelic elements, with ambient, experimental, and atmospheric moments. The end result is this 26 minute EP, which is engaging and highly immersive. Continue reading “Cryostasium – Starbound (Review)”
Mhönos are a doom band from France and this is their latest album.
LXXXVII contains 44 minutes of ritualistic, droning doom. This is not music for those with a frail constitution. Continue reading “Mhönos – LXXXVII (Review)”
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