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Church of Misery – Born Under a Mad Sign (Review)

This is the sixth or seventh album, (depending on who you ask), from Japanese doom metal band Church of Misery.

Born Under a Mad Sign is a 55-minute Black Sabbath-influenced slab of humungous doom metal. It sounds pretty much exactly as you’d expect it to with this description, but it works well, and this is a very enjoyable album that should also find favour with fans of bands such as Electric Wizard, Sleep, Corrosion of Conformity, Orange Goblin, Trouble, etc. Continue reading “Church of Misery – Born Under a Mad Sign (Review)”

AVKRVST – The Approbation (Review)

AVKRVST are a Norwegian progressive rock/metal band and this is their debut album.

The Approbation is a 49-minute exploration of progressive rock and metal, played professionally and delivered with a contemporary sheen. Continue reading “AVKRVST – The Approbation (Review)”

Memorrhage – Memorrhage (Review)

This is the debut album from US metal band Memorrhage.

Now here’s an album I couldn’t miss out on. Brought to us by a member of Cara Neir, Memorrhage is a tribute to the 90s metal scene, specifically nu-metal and the related styles around this, including hardcore, metalcore, and industrial. Yep, I had to hear this. Continue reading “Memorrhage – Memorrhage (Review)”

Geld – Currency // Castration (Review)

Geld are an Australian hardcore band and this is their third album.

Currency // Castration is a 23-minute album of punk intensity and scathing riffs. Geld are a bundle of riotous energy, and they’re here to loudly cause mayhem. Continue reading “Geld – Currency // Castration (Review)”

Aodon – Portraits (Review)

This is the third album from Aodon, a black metal band from France.

Portraits is the follow up to 2020’s 11069, and features 46 minutes of sleek, quality material. If you liked 11069, then Portraits is the upgraded version. Continue reading “Aodon – Portraits (Review)”

Scar Symmetry – The Singularity Phase II – Xenotaph (Review)

This is the seventh album from Scar Symmetry, a melodic death metal band from Sweden.

The Singularity Phase II – Xenotaph is a big album that’s bold and ambitious. but has the skill and ability to back up its vision. Mixing together melodic death metal with heavy and power metal, this is a feast of metallic fun for any fan of this sort of music. Continue reading “Scar Symmetry – The Singularity Phase II – Xenotaph (Review)”

Stellar Circuits – Sight to Sound (Review)

This is the second album from US progressive metallers Stellar Circuits.

Sight to Sound contains 48 minutes of music that’s professional and accomplished. Stellar Circuits’ modern take on metal is a technical form of progressive music that also borrows from a few other styles here and there. Continue reading “Stellar Circuits – Sight to Sound (Review)”

Godflesh – Purge (Review)

Godflesh are a UK industrial post-metal band and this is their ninth album.

Following on from 2017’s Post Self, Purge contains 44 minutes of new material delivered in that inimitable way that only Godlfesh can. Continue reading “Godflesh – Purge (Review)”

Miasmes – Répugnance (Review)

Miasmes are a French black metal band and this is their debut album.

After how much I enjoyed last year’s debut EP Vermines, Répugnance is an album I have been looking forward to. The band have delivered the goods, as I was hoping they would, and Répugnance gives us 42 minutes of new material, (or mostly new – Pestilence makes a reappearance from the EP). Continue reading “Miasmes – Répugnance (Review)”

Torture Rack – Primeval Onslaught (Review)

This is the third album from US death metallers Torture Rack.

It’s been five years since Malefic Humiliation, and since then that album has continued to grow on me over time, like a creeping rot. Yep, I’m ready for Primeval Onslaught. Continue reading “Torture Rack – Primeval Onslaught (Review)”