Ails are a US black metal band and this is their debut album.
Featuring two members of the mighty Ludicra, Ails have produced 41 minutes of melodic depth and blackened substance. Continue reading “Ails – The Unraveling (Review)”
Month: April 2018
Talbot – Magnetism (Review)
Talbot are a stoner/doom band from Estonia, and this is their third album.
Talbot are a band that are playing their own brand of stoner/doom metal. Mixing the complimentary parts of stoner, doom, psychedelic, sludge, and post-metal together into an enjoyable 42-minute trip, this is an album to sit back and sink into. Continue reading “Talbot – Magnetism (Review)”
Midas Fall – Evaporate (Review)
Midas Fall are a UK ambient post-rock band and this is their fourth album.
The music of Midas Fall is a thing of shimmering, ethereal beauty, replete with resonant emotion and resplendence. Continue reading “Midas Fall – Evaporate (Review)”
Feto in Fetus – From Blessing to Violence (Review)
This is the third album from Feto in Fetus, a Polish grindcore band.
Here we have 18 tracks of brutal deathgrind; 34 minutes of savage, nasty extremity. Continue reading “Feto in Fetus – From Blessing to Violence (Review)”
Skinned – Shadow Syndicate (Review)
Skinned are a death metal band from the US and this is their fifth album.
Here we have the latest release from this veteran band; 39 minutes of brutal death metal that’s not without moments of melody or macabre atmosphere. Continue reading “Skinned – Shadow Syndicate (Review)”
Aborted Fetus – The Ancient Spirits of Decay (Review)
This is the sixth album from Russian death metallers Aborted Fetus.
Aborted Fetus have returned with another offering of brutal death metal. I enjoyed both Private Judgement Day and The Art of Violent Torture, so it’s always welcome to hear more ugly brutality from this band. Continue reading “Aborted Fetus – The Ancient Spirits of Decay (Review)”
Interview with Messa
The second album from Messa is upon us. Feast for Water is an exemplary collection of songs, showing exactly how to produce dark and evocative music. Forged from doom metal’s despondent wastes, and enriched with ambient, drone, jazz, progressive, experimental, and even some black metal elements, the album is a comprehensive journey into watery landscapes filled with rich meaning and emotive atmosphere.
I highly recommend this album for anyone into quality music. Let’s find out a little more about the band below… Continue reading “Interview with Messa”
Organectomy – Domain of the Wretched (Review)
Organectomy are a New Zealand death metal band and this is their debut album.
Now that’s what you call an album cover. Oh yeah.
Organectomy play brutal death metal, but it’s not without nuance. Survive the Continue reading “Organectomy – Domain of the Wretched (Review)”
Micawber – Beyond the Reach of Flame (Review)
Micawber are a US death metal band and this is their third album.
This is modern death metal, full of punishing riffs, crushing grooves, sharp melodies, blasting drums, and belligerent growls. Continue reading “Micawber – Beyond the Reach of Flame (Review)”
Gateway – Boundless Torture (Review)
Gateway is a one man death/doom band from Belgium and this is his latest EP.
Oh, now this is delightfully nasty stuff. Raw and underground, and reeking of torturous horror, the 23 minutes of music on this EP seems to crawl slowly out of the speakers to drown the listener in pain and malevolence. Continue reading “Gateway – Boundless Torture (Review)”
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