This is the third album from Swedish sludge metal band Vak.
The Islands contains 50 minutes of progressive sludge metal. Taking in parts of doom, sludge, stoner, psychedelic, and progressive rock, Vak build musical structures that are unusual and impressive. Continue reading “Vak – The Islands (Review)”
This is the third album from French black metallers Loth.
Loth play a modern form of atmospheric black metal that nonetheless benefits from history’s tutelage. Across 41 minutes the band capably show what they’re capable of, and 616 is a rewarding album that fans of the style would do very well to spend some time with. Continue reading “Loth – 616 (Review)”
This is the third album from Greek melodic thrash/death metal band Bio-Cancer.
Strap yourself in and get ready for a wild ride. This isn’t the thrash metal of the 80s, although it’s absolutely influenced by it. Imagine early Kreator, only with increased intensity, and then throw in a energetic melodic death metal influence, and you’ll have a rough idea of where Bio-Cancer operate from. Continue reading “Bio-Cancer – Revengeance (Review)”
Broken Pillars are an Iranian black metal band, and this is their debut EP.
To start with I’m going to just lazily regurgitate some of the promo blurb for Of Pillars and Primordial Myth, as it sets the scene nicely for this EP – “Broken Pillars’ music can be described as the Persian response to Hellenic black metal. The songs contain slow yet deliberate doomy-sounding guitar riffing accompanied by grandiose symphonic arrangements. The music can be described as chants trying to reawaken an empire lost to the cruelties of time.” Continue reading “Broken Pillars – Of Pillars and Primordial Myth (Review)”
This is the second album from one-man US black metal band Białywilk.
Zmora contains 30 minutes of atmospheric black metal, brought to us by an ex-member of Vukari. On Zmora the artist provides us with a rich expression of atmospheric music. Documenting the struggles of sleep deprivation and insomnia, it’s a journey into Białywilk’s passionate style. Continue reading “Białywilk – Zmora (Review)”
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