This is the debut album from Swedish metal band Curse of Cain.
Now here’s an interesting and unexpected release. Curse of Cain‘s 42 minutes weaves a compelling post-apocalyptic story that cooks together a bunch of different ingredients that probably shouldn’t work, but actually does. The end result is tasty and satisfying. Continue reading “Curse of Cain – Curse of Cain (Review)”
This is the tenth album from veteran US death metal band Cattle Decapitation.
Following on from 2015’s The Anthropocene Extinction and 2019’s Death Atlas, the mighty Cattle Decapitation return with 53 minutes of new material on Terrasite. Continue reading “Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite (Review)”
This is the debut album from Canadian experimental metal band Vvon Dogma I.
The Kvlt of Glitch contains 45 minutes of modern music that combines aspects of progressive, technical, avant-garde, industrial, and nu-metal. Elements of djent, electronica, ambient, and orchestral sounds enrich the music too, making for a very textured, unusual, and multifaceted release. Continue reading “Vvon Dogma I – The Kvlt of Glitch (Review)”
Unearth are a metalcore band form the US and this is their eighth album.
Following on from 2018’s Extinction(s), Unearth continue to deliver the metalcore goods. Their tried-and-tested brand of melodic death metal-meets-thrash-meets-hardcore is on fine fiery form, and The Wretched; The Ruinous is a very enjoyable 37-minute slab of old-school metalcore heaviness. Continue reading “Unearth – The Wretched; The Ruinous (Review)”
Hellish Form are a doom/sludge band from the US and this is their second album.
Embrace the atmospheric nightmare sludge of Hellish Form. If you do, you won’t regret it. Featuring members of Body Void, Elder Devil, and Keeper, Deathless contains 48 minutes of the good stuff. If by good stuff you mean a compelling mood-focused mix of funeral doom, sludge, and drone, of course. Continue reading “Hellish Form – Deathless (Review)”
Thanatomass are a black metal band from Russia and this is their debut album.
Ever wondered what 44 minutes of elemental blackened cruelty and severity sounds like? Then wonder no more, as on Hades Thanatomass bring us an album that’s surely the aural equivalent of the underworld after which it is named. Continue reading “Thanatomass – Hades (Review)”
This is the fifth album from Moonreich, a French black metal band.
Moonreich’s aggressive brand of modern black metal is always good to hear. Following on from 2018’s Fugue and 2019’s Wormgod, Amer contains 43 minutes of new material from this enjoyable band. Continue reading “Moonreich – Amer (Review)”
This is the tenth album from French one-man black metal band Esoctrilihum.
Astraal Constellations of the Majickal Zodiac is a monster of a release. It’s actually three albums in one, essentially, with a total of 130 minutes of material spread across all three. It’s always interesting and enjoyable to catch up with this artist’s work, (for example Continue reading “Esoctrilihum – Astraal Constellations of the Majickal Zodiac (Review)”
This is the debut album from UK power metallers Battle Born.
Following on from their 2020 self-titled debut EP, Battle Born have returned to bring TRVE METAL back into our hearts. Blood, Fire, Magic and Steel brings us 45 minutes of the stuff, and it is glorious. Continue reading “Battle Born – Blood, Fire, Magic and Steel (Review)”
This is the debut EP from international black metal act Blvgth.
Across 19 minutes Blvgth showcase their dark talents, and showcase them very well they certainly do. Continue reading “Blvgth – From Behind the Frosted Sun (Review)”
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