Darkest Hour are a US metal band and this is their eleventh album.
Hot on the heels of 2024’s Perpetual | Terminal, Darkest Hour are now back with the 42-minute Suffer Divine. Darkest Hour long ago perfected their template for combining hardcore and melodic death metal, and this fusion has resulted in so much quality output from the band over the years. What will this new record bring us? Continue reading “Darkest Hour – Suffer Divine (Review)”
This is the third album from Belgian progressive metal band Hippotraktor.
Roll up, roll up! Come one, come all! Have you had your fill of 2024’s Stasis, and crave something new? Sure you have, and Annihilist is here to satisfy your needs! Seven songs, 38 minutes; get it while it’s hot! Continue reading “Hippotraktor – Annihilist (Review)”
Entheos are a progressive metal band from the US and this is their fourth album.
Entheos made somewhat of a splash with 2023’s Time Will Take Us All, which means many people are looking forward to see what Empty on the Inside has to offer. Across 41 minutes, Entheos showcase an updated sound that works remarkably well for them. Continue reading “Entheos – Empty on the Inside (Review)”
This is the fourth album from US post-rock band Shy, Low.
Existing somewhere between post-rock and post-metal, Shy, Low’s music is a thoroughly immersive affair. Purity Spiral spends 47 minutes engaged in comprehensive instrumental worldbuilding, to remarkable effect. Continue reading “Shy, Low – Purity Spiral (Review)”
This is the seventh album from Swedish heavy metallers Ram.
Ram are ferociously good, let’s get that right in the open straight away. They’ve been absent a good many years though, silent since 2019’s The Throne Within. Thankfully, they have now seen fit to return to us, gifting unto us a worthy heavy metal tribute in the form of the 44-minute Against. Buckle up, as this one’s a beast. Continue reading “Ram – Against (Review)”
This is the sixth album by Italian power metallers Frozen Crown.
Frozen Crown are one of the absolute best in the business. Although 2024’s War Hearts didn’t ascend to the same stratospheric heights as 2023’s phenomenal Call of the North, it was still a great album, one that continues to get better with every spin. So, across ten tracks of new material, what does new record The Legend of the Six Kings have to offer us? Continue reading “Frozen Crown – The Legend of the Six Kings (Review)”
This is the second album by UK extreme metal band Burner.
Burner bring us 48 minutes of material to abandon all hope to on No One Is Coming to Save Us. Playing a hybrid style that’s as effective as it is unexpectedly multifaceted, Burner’s new record is a real powerhouse. Continue reading “Burner – No One Is Coming to Save Us (Review)”
This is the eleventh album from German progressive metal band The Ocean.
After 2023’s Holocene, The Ocean have returned a changed band, with a new drummer, two new guitarists, and two new vocalists. Bringing us 72 minutes of new material, Solaris is big, bold, and vast in scale and ambition. Continue reading “The Ocean – Solaris (Review)”
Mother of Millions are a Greek progressive metal band and this is their fifth album.
2024’s Magna Mater was a fantastic record, so the enigmatically titled T has a lot to live up to. Mother of Millions haven’t just reproduced that sterling record though, as T offers something that’s clearly Mother of Millions, but also has a personality distinct from its predecessor. Continue reading “Mother of Millions – T (Review)”
This is the fourth album by UK sludge metallers Remote Viewing.
Fusing doomy sludge heaviness with noise rock urgency and dynamics, Remote Viewing are here to cause damage and drag you down into the filth. Launching 40 minutes of material right at your uncaring face, State Violence will not be ignored. Continue reading “Remote Viewing – State Violence (Review)”
