Ende – Emën Etan (Review)

EndeThis is the third album from Ende, a black metal band from France.

Ende play raw, occult black metal. Having come to my attention with their second album The Rebirth of I, hearing Emën Etan reminds me just how much I enjoyed that release, and I really must listen to it again soon. Continue reading “Ende – Emën Etan (Review)”

Morbid Flesh – Rites of the Mangled (Review)

Morbid FleshMorbid Flesh are a Spanish death metal band and this is their second album.

This is the band’s follow up to their very enjoyable 2014 EP Embedded in the Ossuary. Continue reading “Morbid Flesh – Rites of the Mangled (Review)”

Cut Up – Wherever They May Rot (Review)

Cut UpCut Up are a death metal band from Sweden and this is their second album.

This is the kind of death metal album that just steamrolls all over you as soon as you press play. It’s a relentlessly savage monster throughout the playing time, showing no let up in its bloody commitment to knock you over and flatten you to a mushy corpse. Continue reading “Cut Up – Wherever They May Rot (Review)”

Attalla – Glacial Rule (Review)

AttallaThis is the second album from stoner/sludge band Attalla.

Sometimes you just get a craving for some rocking, riff-focused stoner/sludge metal, and for times like that the new Attalla album Glacial Rule is quite the tonic. Continue reading “Attalla – Glacial Rule (Review)”

Virulent Depravity – Fruit of the Poisoned Tree (Review)

Virulent DepravityVirulent Depravity are a technical death metal band from the US and this is their debut album.

Who doesn’t love some head-turning dizzying techdeath now and again?

Although the album cover Continue reading “Virulent Depravity – Fruit of the Poisoned Tree (Review)”

Telekinetic Yeti – Abominable (Review)

Telekinetic YetiTelekinetic Yeti are a US stoner/doom metal band and this is their debut album.

With a heady whiff of stoner, Clutch and Black Sabbath-esque vibes, Telekinetic Yeti deliver over 40 minutes of psychedelic doom rock/metal for the listener’s delectation. Add in some Red Fang and Mastodon and you have a very full album. Continue reading “Telekinetic Yeti – Abominable (Review)”

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)”