Invoker are a Swiss hardcore band and this is their debut album.
This is an enjoyable combination of classic, old-school hardcore and modern new-school thought. Continue reading “Invoker – Four Wall Nightmare (Review)”
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Darkest Hour – Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora (Review)
Darkest Hour are a US metal band and this is their ninth album.
Darkest Hour are one of the original and best proponents of combining hardcore, metal and thrash.
One of the first to take the Continue reading “Darkest Hour – Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora (Review)”
Goya – Harvester of Bongloads (Review)
Goya are a doom metal band from the US and this is their third album.
Here we have 40 minutes of blissfully hypnotic stoner doom metal, replete with grand fuzzy riffs, psychedelic noodling and more dark, hazy atmosphere than you can shake a bong at. Continue reading “Goya – Harvester of Bongloads (Review)”
Winter Deluge – Devolution-Decay (Review)
This is the second album from this New Zealand black metal band.
Winter Deluge play malevolent black metal that takes its cues from the second wave.
With enough blackened distortion, blasting Continue reading “Winter Deluge – Devolution-Decay (Review)”
Disperse – Foreword (Review)
Foreword is Disperse’s third album. They play progressive rock/metal and are from Poland.
Disperse take elements from both old and new progressive music and incorporate them into their thoroughly modern take on the style.
Complexity, syncopation and Continue reading “Disperse – Foreword (Review)”
Neman – The Path of Thorns (Review)
Neman are a death metal band from Montenegro and this is their debut demo.
Featuring the vocalist of Hostis and Abhoth, Neman play death metal that mixes heaviness with melody.
With blast beats, rolling riffs and some Continue reading “Neman – The Path of Thorns (Review)”
Obscure Devotion – Ubi Certa Pax Est (Review)
This is the third album from Italian black metal band Obscure Devotion.
Obscure Devotion play sophisticated occult black metal with a mature, yet still fiery approach to extreme music. Continue reading “Obscure Devotion – Ubi Certa Pax Est (Review)”
Reaping Asmodeia – Impuritize (Review)
This is the second album from Reaping Asmodeia, a technical death metal band from the US.
I find it so easy to like this kind of thing. It’s hyper-modern, with withering technicality, hard-as-nails brutality and enough progressive depth to keep things interesting…Reaping Asmodeia have delivered a monster of an album. Continue reading “Reaping Asmodeia – Impuritize (Review)”
Ever Circling Wolves – Of Woe or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Gloom (Review)
This is the second album by Finnish doom band Ever Circling Wolves.
Ever Circling Wolves play gritty, underground doom metal with some sludge elements thrown in for good measure. If that sounds a bit too simplistic it actually is, as there’s a lot more on offer here than you might expect. Continue reading “Ever Circling Wolves – Of Woe or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Gloom (Review)”
Inferno – Gnosis Kardias (of Transcension and Involution) (Review)
Inferno are a black metal band from the Czech Republic and this is their seventh album.
The last time we encountered Inferno it was on their previous album – Omniabsence Filled by His Greatness. This album made a very good impression on me and it’s one I’ve listened to many times over the years. Continue reading “Inferno – Gnosis Kardias (of Transcension and Involution) (Review)”
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