Wistful is a one man post-black metal project from Portugal and this is his second album.
Metempsychosis contains 41 minutes of dark, blackened music. Mixing together post-metal and blackgaze into an ambient black metal core, this is wonderfully evocative and emotive post-black metal that’s filled to the brim with sorrow, despondency, and feelings of aching loss. Continue reading “Wistful – Metempsychosis (Review)”
ISA is a one man death metal project from the US and this is his debut album.
Chimera contains 41 minutes of music that draws from a twisted death metal base, but builds progressive, technical, and psychedelic elements into it. This basic description really doesn’t do this album justice, however. Continue reading “ISA – Chimera (Review)”
Hostile Array are a post-hardcore band from the US and this is their debut album.
This album contains 32 minutes of crisp, punchy music. With good songs and a mature presence, this is an album that doesn’t outstay its welcome and makes a very favourable impression. Continue reading “Hostile Array – Hostile Array (Review)”
Hivetower are a US metal band and this is their debut EP.
I like this, it has character. On the longer side for an EP, (31 minutes), Hivetower have produced the type of metal album that pilfers willingly from a few different scenes and styles, while still managing to have a personality of its own. Continue reading “Hivetower – Lunacy (Review)”
Tomb Mold are a Canadian death metal band and this is their second album.
This is an interesting release. Ostensibly old-school death metal that reeks of the underground and has a filthy, ugly delivery, there’s also a firmly atypical and non-standard side to these songs which makes Manor of Infinite Forms definitely stand out from the pack. Continue reading “Tomb Mold – Manor of Infinite Forms (Review)”
Gaerea are a Portuguese black metal band and this is their debut album.
On Unsettling Whispers Gaerea have crafted 42 minutes of black metal that’s distinctly non-standard and in many ways is quite…unsettling. Continue reading “Gaerea – Unsettling Whispers (Review)”
Duir are an Italian folk/black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Here we have 31 minutes of music that’s largely rooted in black metal, but has a firm folk side to it. Continue reading “Duir – Obsidio (Review)”
This is the thirteenth album from Canadian death metal veterans Kataklysm.
I hugely enjoyed 2015’s Of Ghosts and Gods, and loved being able to catch the band live on that tour, so this new album is warmly anticipated. Continue reading “Kataklysm – Meditations (Review)”
Bleeding Through are a metalcore band from the US and this is their eighth album.
Bleeding Through were always one of the absolute best of the metalcore bands that appeared in the early 00s. Not only were they brutally aggressive, with a truly harsh side to their sound that was rarely matched by some of their contemporaries, but they also married this up with some first-rate songcraft, and a relatively unusual inclusion, (at the time), of Gothic keyboards. Continue reading “Bleeding Through – Love Will Kill All (Review)”
Baume is a one man black metal band from France. This is his debut EP.
Here we have a very expressive and instantly enthralling black metal release. Experimenting with sounds, textures, and atmospheres, the songs on Les Années Décapitées are well-written and extremely enjoyable. Continue reading “Baume – Les Années Décapitées (Review)”
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