Wastes are a French funeral doom band and this is their debut album.
Into the Void of Human Vacuity is essentially one long song that lasts 45 minutes, divided, (for some reason), into seven tracks. Continue reading “Wastes – Into the Void of Human Vacuity (Review)”
This is the debut EP from this US one-man black metal project.
Here we have a short, vicious slice of underground, raw black metal. However, all is not what it might initially seem to be with Cimejes. Continue reading “Cimejes – Summoning Warrior Possession (Review)”
Ravens are a post-rock band from Ireland and this is their debut release.
This release contains two songs, has less than 9 minutes of music, and is instrumental in nature. It’s basically to whet the appetite. Continue reading “Ravens – Comfort Is a Slow Death/Freedom from Worry and the Fear (Review)”
Paganizer are a Swedish death metal band and this is their tenth album.
Now here’s a band that are both prolific and consistently enjoyable. Swedish death metal is a distinct soft spot of mine, and Paganizer have more than proven over the years that they can deliver the goods. Continue reading “Paganizer – Land of Weeping Souls (Review)”
Gridfailure is a one-man experimental noise project from the US. This is his latest album.
Shedding the collaborations and guests of his more recent previous work, Scathed is 53 minutes of unfiltered insight into the mind of this prolific and terrifying artist. Continue reading “Gridfailure – Scathed (Review)”
Australian dark death metallers Contaminated are about to unleash their debut album on the world, and what a beast it is. Final Man contains 34 minutes of pestilent, disgustingly ugly death metal, the likes of which you rarely find these days.
Rotting aesthetics aside, the band have obviously got a talent for their death metal songwriting too, as the album is full of thick, weighty slabs of brutality and darkness, all presented to the listener in ripe, virulent, plague-ridden promise. Contaminated are well worth braving sickness for.
So put on your protective gear and get stuck in – Contaminated are waiting for you… Continue reading “Interview with Contaminated”
Miss May I are a US metalcore band and this is their sixth album.
Harking back to the early 00s when the NWOAHM was arguably at its strongest, Miss May I are working their hardest to keep the sound and spirit of these times alive and well on Shadows Inside. I must say, it’s working. Continue reading “Miss May I – Shadows Inside (Review)”
The Summoned are a US death metal band and this is their second album.
I love The Summoned’s past work, so now that we finally have a new album from them, it’s great to hear. Continue reading “The Summoned – Sessions (Review)”
Iced Earth are a US power/heavy metal band and this is their 12th album.
A new Iced Earth album is always an event. After being around for almost 30 years at this point, this is a band that know what they’re doing. Continue reading “Iced Earth – Incorruptible (Review)”
Dodecahedron are a black metal band from the Netherlands and this is their second album.
Much like the recent Ulsect album, (a band that share members with Dodecahedron), Kwintessens is devoted to harrowing nightmarescapes and disturbing atmospheres. Whereas Ulsect Continue reading “Dodecahedron – Kwintessens (Review)”
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