Cemetery Winds – Unholy Ascensions (Review)

Cemetery WindsThis is the debut album from Finnish one-man, (rounded out with some session members), death/black metal project Cemetery Winds.

This is a competent and engrossing mix of old-school death and black metal. This sits Continue reading “Cemetery Winds – Unholy Ascensions (Review)”

Fange – Pourrissoir (Review)

FangeThis is the second album form French sludge metallers Fange.

I enjoyed the group’s debut EP Poisse, so it’s good to catch up with them once more for their second album.

This is pitch-black sludge ugliness, with some noise tendencies. Think Primitive Man, Full of Hell and Continue reading “Fange – Pourrissoir (Review)”

Creeping Flesh – Scorched (Review)

Creeping FleshThis is the latest demo from Swedish death metallers Creeping Flesh.

I like Creeping Flesh a lot. Their 2015 EP Rising Terror was a firmly enjoyable slab of the Swedish style of death metal, and it stuck out in my mind as a superior release from the genre. Continue reading “Creeping Flesh – Scorched (Review)”

Cadaveris – The Ceremony of Worshiping (Review)

CadaverisCadaveris are a Russian black metal band and this is their debut album.

This is half an hour of orthodox, occult black metal that comes across as a malevolent mix of Watain, Marduk, Mayhem and Dark Funeral.

Performed and executed with the passion of Continue reading “Cadaveris – The Ceremony of Worshiping (Review)”

Coldfells – Coldfells (Review)

ColdfellsColdfells are a blackened doom band from the US. This is their debut album.

This is a blackened doom release that really does blur the line between the two styles. Is this doom metal with a distinctly blackened feel to it, or is this black metal with a doom metal veneer? Possibly more the latter than the former, but either way, the Continue reading “Coldfells – Coldfells (Review)”

Mourners Lament – We All Be Given (Review)

Mourners LamentMourners Lament are from Chile and this is their debut album. They play doom/death.

If you’re a fan of the old-school Peaceville bands from the UK that made such an impact with their doom/death metal, then Mourners Lament will be right to your tastes. Continue reading “Mourners Lament – We All Be Given (Review)”