Seventh Genocide are an Italian post-black metal band and this is their second album.
Now this is quite the ambitious and expansive work. 59 minutes of post-black metal, delivered with passion and no small amount of skill. Continue reading “Seventh Genocide – Toward Akina (Review)”
Vile Creature are a Canadian doom duo and this is their second album.
This is a themed album that comes with a short story. It’s an ambitious concept, but seems to have been pulled off quite naturally by the band across this 42 minutes. Continue reading “Vile Creature – Cast of Static and Smoke (Review)”
Abigor are a cult Austrian black metal band and this is their tenth album.
Höllenzwang (Chronicles of Perdition) gives the listener 36 minutes of minimalist Satanic black metal. Continue reading “Abigor – Höllenzwang (Chronicles of Perdition)(Review)”
Novaria are an atmospheric metal band from the Netherlands and this is their debut EP.
This is an interesting and enjoyable mix of progressive, atmospheric, and post-metal. These are only starting points, however, as Novaria mix a lot of different things together on EP1. Continue reading “Novaria – EP1 (Review)”
Rotting Kingdom are a death/doom metal band from the US. This is their debut EP.
This EP contains 24 minutes of bleak, despondent metal. Rotting Kingdom’s music is grim and mournful, with a darkness of delivery that comes through in everything they do. Continue reading “Rotting Kingdom – Rotting Kingdom (Review)”
Genocide Pact are a US death metal band and this is their second album.
This is heavy, crushing death metal, played in the old-school style with nods towards bands like Bolt Thrower, Incantation, and Dismember. Continue reading “Genocide Pact – Order of Torment (Review)”
Living Altar are a Lithuanian black/death metal band and this is their debut EP, (after a demo and a split).
This is bestial black/death metal that takes no prisoners with its venomous assault and violent tendencies. Continue reading “Living Altar – Scythes Towards Psyche (Review)”
Endorphins Lost are from the US and Osk are from Canada. They have teamed up for this short and savage grindcore split.
Endorphins Lost give us four tracks of barely contained rage lasting around just as many minutes. Continue reading “Endorphins Lost/Osk – Split (Review)”
This is the fifth album from Finnish death/doom band Hooded Menace.
Whenever I have a craving for death/doom, Hooded Menace can always be relied upon to satisfy it. 2015’s Darkness Drips Forth was a very enjoyable trip into Hooded Menace’s dark world, and now it’s time to revisit it as they unleash 42 minutes of new material. Continue reading “Hooded Menace – Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed (Review)”
Towards Atlantis Lights is an international project that plays atmospheric doom metal. This is their debut album.
Featuring members of Pantheist, Aphonic Threnody, Dea Marica, Arrant Saudade, and Void of Silence, a lot of experience and expertise has clearly been poured into this album. Continue reading “Towards Atlantis Lights – Dust of Aeons (Review)”
