This is the debut album from Australian post-rock/drone band Black Aleph.
Here we have a compelling work of post-rock and drone, one that’s enriched with doom elements and has a dark atmospheric weight that’s enthralling. Now, with that sort of description you might be expecting a monstrous record of sprawling song lengths from Black Aleph, but you’d be mistaken, as Apsides is a mere 29 minutes long. Continue reading “Black Aleph – Apsides (Review)”
This is the sixth album from UK progressive rock band Dawnwalker.
2022’s House of Sand was such a good record. Two years later, we have The Knowing, which delivers 38 minutes of new material. On this new record the mastermind behind the band has been joined by a new collective of musicians, and a fresh sound. Continue reading “Dawnwalker – The Unknowing (Review)”
This is the third album from US blackened extreme metallers Immortal Bird.
It’s been a long time since 2019’s Thrive on Neglect and an even longer time since 2015’s Empress/Abscess, (a standout release of that year), so it’s a real treat to have Immortal Bird back with us. Continue reading “Immortal Bird – Sin Querencia (Review)”
This is the latest EP from Persecutory, a Turkish black metal band.
It’s been quite some time since I caught up with Persecutory. 2016’s Perversion Feeds Our Force, in fact. They’re had two albums released in the meantime, neither of which I’ve heard, so The Glorious Persecution is as good a time as any to get reacquainted with the band’s aggressive sound. Continue reading “Persecutory – The Glorious Persecution (Review)”
Oryx are a sludge metal band from the US and this is their fourth album.
I enjoyed 2021’s Lamenting a Dead World a great deal, so I knew I had to check out Primordial Sky. Across 41 minutes Oryx once again deliver a weighty slab of blackened sludge doom that’s more expressive than most. Continue reading “Oryx – Primordial Sky (Review)”
Escuela Grind are a hardcore/grindcore band from the US and this is their third album.
Following on from 2022’s promising Memory Theatre comes the 30 minutes of Dreams on Algorithms. On their new record, Escuela Grind live up to that promise and then some. Continue reading “Escuela Grind – Dreams on Algorithms (Review)”
Feral are a death metal band from Sweden and this is their fourth album.
Following on from last year’s tasty split with Crawl, (Made as Those Who Are No Longer Alive), we now get 46 minutes of new material from Feral in the shape of To Usurp the Thrones. Continue reading “Feral – To Usurp the Thrones (Review)”
This is the third album from Swedish death metal band Carnosus.
2023’s very enjoyable Visions of Infinihility made a splash in the death metal pond, and now Wormtales is here to capitalise. Let’s see what Carnosus have for us this time around. Continue reading “Carnosus – Wormtales (Review)”
This is the second album from US death/doom metal band Mother of Graves.
2021’s In Sombre Dreams marked Mother of Graves as ones to watch, a band playing affecting doom/death that showed great promise. The following year they delivered on this promise with the impressive Where the Shadows Adorn. Now, two years later, The Periapt of Absence appears, providing us with 45 minutes of new material to explore. Let’s dig in and see what Mother of Graves have for us this time around. Continue reading “Mother of Graves – The Periapt of Absence (Review)”
This is the second album from Austrian death/doom metal band Endonomos.
Endonomos II – Enlightenment contains 49 minutes of death/doom, although this tag is a bit misleading. Endonomos’ music is far richer and more emotive than many playing that style, and benefits from a base of traditional doom that’s unexpected. This makes Endonomos II – Enlightenment a much rarer gem than you’d normally find within the death/doom arena. Continue reading “Endonomos – Endonomos II – Enlightenment (Review)”
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