Borders are a djent/technical metal band from the UK. This is their latest EP.
Djent/modern technical metal is always so hit and miss. For every one band that gets it right, it seems like there’s a hundred that just release plastic-sounding, lifeless tosh. Continue reading “Borders – Diagnosed (Review)”
Nightrage are a melodic death metal band from Greece and this is their seventh album.
I always seem to enjoy an album that has high amounts of both aggression and melody, and The Venomous has both. The band’s upbeat and aggressive formula works a treat. Continue reading “Nightrage – The Venomous (Review)”
This is a collaborative release by two US one-man experimental artists; Gridfailure and Megalophobe.
As I always say when I encounter anything involving Gridfailure – this isn’t usually my cup of tea, but Gridfailure always deliver the goods, (here, here, here, and here). Continue reading “Gridfailure & Megalophobe – Dendritic (Review)”
Methane are a Swedish groove metal band and this is their debut album.
The Devil’s Own is an album full of choice riffs, Southern metal vibes, and assured attitude.
Recalling years past when bands like Pantera and Lamb of God ruled the roost with their belligerent Continue reading “Methane – The Devil’s Own (Review)”
Nomadic Rituals are an Irish doom band and this is their second album.
I’m going to start this review with all of my cards on the table, as they say; this is a great album and Nomadic Rituals deserve to be far higher profile than they currently are.
Now that’s out of the way, we can proceed. Continue reading “Nomadic Rituals – Marking the Day (Review)”
This is the debut album from Haze of Summer, a Russian black metal project.
Essentially a one-man band fleshed out with guests acting as session musicians, Znoi is a little over half an hour of melodic/post-black metal that takes influence from the bright, modern approach to the style as championed Continue reading “Haze of Summer – Znoi (Review)”
Between the Buried and Me are a US progressive metal band.
This album documents the band playing the entirety of their last album, Coma Ecliptic, live in San Diego. Continue reading “Between the Buried and Me – Coma Ecliptic: Live (Review)”
Cloud Rat are a grindcore band from the US and Crevasse are a Dutch/German hardcore band.
Hot on the heels of their recent split with Moloch, Cloud Rat turn up again with over 5 minutes of their imaginative, sophisticated grind.
Sophisticated grind? How is that possible? Well, it Continue reading “Cloud Rat/Crevasse – Split (Review)”
Time Walk are a US metalcore band and this is their latest EP.
Heaviness, thy name is Time Walk.
Combining muscular hardcore from Continue reading “Time Walk – Beyond Eternity’s Grasp (Review)”
This is the second album by Hladomrak, a Swedish black metal band.
The band’s 2013 debut album was an enjoyable slab of cold-as-ice black metal that used melody well in its dark, frozen approach to the blackened style. Continue reading “Hladomrak – Arctic Hysteria (Review)”
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