This is the fourth album from Finnish heavy/power metallers Battle Beast.
Well, this is unexpected. I assumed, for some reason, that upon pressing play I was going to be listening to the latest Nightwish clone. I was wrong. Battle Beast are a different proposition, one which is extremely special too. Continue reading “Battle Beast – Bringer of Pain (Review)”
Endogenic are a Norwegian metal band and this is their debut album.
Endogenic play groove/thrash metal with a sprinkling of death metal added in here and there for good measure. Following on from the likes of Pantera, Lamb of God, etc., Hunter is 41 minutes of hard-rocking riffs, tasty grooves and loud beats. Continue reading “Endogenic – Hunter (Review)”
Panikk are a thrash metal band from Slovenia and this is their second album.
Panikk play old-school thrash metal influenced by the US scene. Fans of Anthrax, Forbidden, Exodus, etc. should lap this up. Continue reading “Panikk – Discarded Existence (Review)”
Ghost Season are a modern metal band from Greece. This is their debut album.
I enjoyed their 2014 EP Ghosts Like Her, so it’s good to see the band putting out their first full-length release.
However, a lineup change, including a new singer, mean that the Ghost Season of 2017 is a different beast to that of their first EP. Continue reading “Ghost Season – Like Stars in a Neon Sky (Review)”
This is the second album from US thrashers Power Trip.
Nightmare Logic is the follow up to 2013’s well-received Manifest Decimation. Power Trip return better than ever, armed with enough tasty riffs to power a small nation. Continue reading “Power Trip – Nightmare Logic (Review)”
Xibalba are a US metalcore band and this is their latest EP.
I liked 2015’s Tierra y Libertad, and on this new short EP, Xibalba continue the theme of merging death metal, hardcore and sludge metal influences together to create some monstrously heavy metallic music. Continue reading “Xibalba – Diablo, Con Amor… Adios. (Review)”
This is the eighth album by Combichrist, a Norwegian/US industrial metal band.
Combichrist are one of those bands that I’ve been aware of since they came out, but I’ve always managed to unintentionally avoid listening to. As this is their eighth album I’m quite late to the Combichrist party, but I’m glad I’ve finally experienced their quite personable brand of industrial metal. Continue reading “Combichrist – This Is Where Death Begins (Review)”
This is the second album from Danish djent band Ghost Iris.
Blind World mixes the progressive, technical and modern metal strains together with the djent style into 39 minutes of heavy beats, complex riffs and catchy songs.
The vocals mix guttural shouts and Continue reading “Ghost Iris – Blind World (Review)”
Iron Reagan are a crossover band from the US. This is their third album.
Made up of current and ex-members of bands such as Municipal Waste, Cannabis Corpse, Mammoth Grinder, Darkest Hour and Deathcrown, Crossover Ministry is 18 tracks spread across 29 minutes of riotous metallic hardcore thrash. Continue reading “Iron Reagan – Crossover Ministry (Review)”
This is the debut album from Australian instrumental metal band Vipassi.
Śūnyatā is 30 minutes of instrumental music that combines elements of progressive, technical and death metal together to form an engaging and thoughtful listening experience.
Atheist, Cynic and Death are the Continue reading “Vipassi – Śūnyatā (Review)”
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