This is the debut album from Monads, a funeral doom band from Belgium.
Ahhh, funeral doom. You’ll never leave me, right? No matter what happens, I’ll always have you to turn to in times of loss and hopelessness? Right?
Right?
Month: March 2018
Itnuveth – Tales and Legends of Wolves (Review)
Itnuveth are a black metal band from Spain and this is their fourth album.
This is pagan black metal that takes elements of Viking and folk metal into its blackened embrace. Hearty and full of obvious passion, this is an enjoyable listen for anyone that likes underground black metal with a medieval flavour. Continue reading “Itnuveth – Tales and Legends of Wolves (Review)”
Napalm Death – Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs (Review)
Napalm Death are a UK grindcore band and this is their latest album.
This is a compilation double album that brings together various rare, cover, bonus, compilation, and split release tracks all in one place. Stretching back as far as 2004, this album boasts 31 songs and has a total duration of 94 minutes. Continue reading “Napalm Death – Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs (Review)”
Gravehill – The Unchaste, the Wicked, & the Profane (Review)
This is the fourth album from US death metallers Gravehill.
2014’s Death Curse was a very tasty serving of rotting metallic delights, and now the band are back with another mouldy 43 minutes of atavistic death metal. Continue reading “Gravehill – The Unchaste, the Wicked, & the Profane (Review)”
Systemik Viølence – Anarquia-Violência (Review)
This is the latest EP from Systemik Viølence, a blackened hardcore punk band based in Portugal.
Brutally old-school punk is mixed with something like Darkthrone’s rawest nightmares to create short, blistering songs of dark intensity and suprising catchiness. Continue reading “Systemik Viølence – Anarquia-Violência (Review)”
Hell to Pay – Bliss (Review)
Hell to Pay are a US hardcore band and this is their debut album.
Here we have 29 minutes of hardcore mixed with elements of metal, grindcore, death metal, and crust. About a third of the running time is taken up by the last track, leaving most of the other songs as Continue reading “Hell to Pay – Bliss (Review)”
Memoriam – The Silent Vigil (Review)
Memoriam are a UK death metal band and this is their second album.
Featuring ex-members of the mighty Bolt Thrower, as well as many other notable groups, (including Napalm Death and Continue reading “Memoriam – The Silent Vigil (Review)”
The Iron Gates – The Story Thus Far (Review)
This is the debut EP from US metalcore band The Iron Gates.
Here we have 20 minutes of thrash-influenced metalcore that strikes a balance between Darkest Hour‘s razor-sharp thrash, Killswitch Engage’s groove, and something a little more along the melodic death metal lines, (Amon Amarth?); there’s a pleasing aggression to parts of these songs. Continue reading “The Iron Gates – The Story Thus Far (Review)”
Dark Buddha Rising – II (Review)
This is the latest EP from Dark Buddha Rising, a psychedelic doom band from Finland.
Specialising in songs that are long, expressive, layered, and absorbing, this is the follow up to 2015’s very enjoyable Inversum. Continue reading “Dark Buddha Rising – II (Review)”
Of Feather and Bone – Bestial Hymns of Perversion (Review)
Of Feather and Bone are a US death metal band and this is their second album.
Now here’s a grim and nasty record to satisfy your underground death metal cravings. Continue reading “Of Feather and Bone – Bestial Hymns of Perversion (Review)”
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