Verthebral are a death metal band from Paraguay and this is their debut album.
Verthebral play 90s-styled death metal with an infectious assault and honest passion. Continue reading “Verthebral – Regeneration (Review)”
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Falaise – My Endless Immensity (Review)
This is the second album from Falaise, a black metal band from Italy.
A very much enjoyed the band’s debut album As Time Goes By, which was an hour of enjoyable blackgaze melancholy, with dark atmosphere and depressive moods. Continue reading “Falaise – My Endless Immensity (Review)”
Samot – Across the Abyss (Review)
Samot are a blackened death metal band from Chile and this is their debut EP.
With a rumbling, old-school sound, this is a cobweb-strewn blend of old-school death metal and equally old-school black metal. The music combines both of these effectively and naturally, making for an enjoyable release of atavistic darkness. Continue reading “Samot – Across the Abyss (Review)”
Counterfeit Culture – Deathwish (Review)
Counterfeit Culture are a US metalcore band and this is their latest EP.
Counterfeit Culture mix melodic hardcore with heavier metalcore, and have produced an EP that may be short, but is not without impact. Continue reading “Counterfeit Culture – Deathwish (Review)”
Rope and Knife/Metal Eater – Split (Review)
This is a split between two US bands – Rope and Knife play black metal and Metal Eater play grindcore.
Rope and Knife are up first, and offer us two tracks with a total playing time of just under eight minutes. Continue reading “Rope and Knife/Metal Eater – Split (Review)”
Spheredemonis – The Revelation of the Pyramids (Review)
Sphere are a death metal band from Russia and this is their debut album.
Here we have a band that are not afraid to throw a few different influences into the pot, resulting in an album that covers many bases in its relatively short playing time. Continue reading “Spheredemonis – The Revelation of the Pyramids (Review)”
No Funeral/Livid – Split (Review)
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)”
Neverending Winter – Хиус (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 – The Desert Winter (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 – Altar of Utopia (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)”
