This is the fourth album from German black metallers Sun Worship.
Brought to us by a member of both the mighty Ultha and Unru, Upon the Hills of Divination contains 41 minutes of modern black metal. Hold on tight and prepare yourself, as this one’s a special one. Continue reading “Sun Worship – Upon the Hills of Divination (Review)”
This is the second album from French death metallers Ad Vitam Infernal.
Le Ballet des Anges contains 33 minutes of old-school death metal brutality. If you like bands such as Morbid Angel, Immolation, Hate Eternal, and Deicide, then there’s a good chance you’ll like what Ad Vitam Infernal unleash on their new record. Continue reading “Ad Vitam Infernal – Le Ballet des Anges (Review)”
This is the debut album from US grindcore band Earthburner.
Brought to us by members of The Atlas Moth, Broken Hope, Canyon of the Skull, Gloryhole Guillotine, and Sanguisugabogg, (and featuring guests from Immolation and Napalm Death), Earthburner deliver a fearsome deathgrind assault. Permanent Dawn is 21 minutes of grinding aggression that unexpectedly culminates in a Corrosion of Conformity cover. Continue reading “Earthburner – Permanent Dawn (Review)”
This is the second album from UK post-metal band Codespeaker.
Featuring current/ex-members of Dvne and Frontierer, Codespeaker have arrived ready to flatten with all of the considerable weight they can bring to bear. Taking influence from the post-metal giants of Neurosis, Cult of Luna, and Isis, Codespeaker have crafted a 51-minute journey into darkness. I’ll also mention bands such as Bossk, Briqueville, and Hundred Year Old Man as appropriate reference points too. Continue reading “Codespeaker – Scavenger (Review)”
This is the ninth album from US experimental sludge band The Body.
The Body are an always intriguing and shapeshifting band. Whether it’s their albums, (such as No One Deserves Happiness, I Have Fought Against It, but I Can’t Any Longer, or I’ve Seen All I Need to See), or their collaborations, (such as Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light with Full of Hell Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back with Uniform), The Body always produce something worth hearing. Continue reading “The Body – The Crying out of Things (Review)”
This is the third album from Swiss black metal solo band Paysage D’Hiver.
Die Berge contains a colossal 103 minutes of atmospheric/ambient black metal for the listener to feast upon greedily. The artist behind Paysage D’Hiver has created an album to fall deeply into, never to return. Continue reading “Paysage D’Hiver – Die Berge (Review)”
Another year, another Damnation Festival. As always, the organisers are to be commended for putting on one of the UK’s premier metal festivals. I’ve been coming here most years for almost two decades now, and I’ve never yet had a bad day.
There are three stages. Two smaller stages that clash with each other, and a main stage that clashes with nothing. Continue reading “Damnation Festival 2024 – BEC Arena, Manchester – 02/11/24 (Live Review)”
Make Them Suffer are an Australian metalcore band and this is their fifth album.
Make Them Suffer contains 39 minutes of keyboard/electronics-enriched metalcore, laced with deathcore elements. I’ve never heard Make Them Suffer before, but they’ve impressed me with this new album of theirs. Continue reading “Make Them Suffer – Make Them Suffer (Review)”
Yoth Iria are a Greek black metal band and this is their second album.
2021’s As the Flame Withers was a notable entrance into the world by Yoth Iria, one brought to us by an ex-member of both Rotting Christ and Varathron – Jim Mutilator. Yoth Iria have now returned, with the 36-minute Blazing Inferno. Over 10 minutes shorter than its predecessor, (while having the same number of tracks), and featuring an almost completely different lineup, what does the Yoth Iria of 2024 have to offer us? Continue reading “Yoth Iria – Blazing Inferno (Review)”
The Spirit are a German black/death metal band and this is their fourth album.
Songs Against Humanity contains 42 minutes of material that combines the melodic strains of both black and death metal. It’s essentially Scandinavian melodic black metal with elements of death metal that provide a technical edge in places. Continue reading “The Spirit – Songs Against Humanity (Review)”
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