Blissful Stream is a one-man doom project from Sweden. This is his debut EP.
This is lo-fi doom rock with a distinctly ancient feel to it. Ascending Demons offers up 15 minutes of this, with downbeat riffs and the some old-school death/doom-styled melodies mixed in. Continue reading “Blissful Stream – Ascending Demons (Review)”
This is the eleventh album by Dark Tranquillity, a melodic death metal band from Sweden.
Now this is the stuff. Dark Tranquillity know what they’re doing. I’ve been a fan of this band for a long, long time, but somehow haven’t kept up with their last couple of outings, so it feels great to reconnect with them on this release. Continue reading “Dark Tranquillity – Atoma (Review)”
Venom Prison are a UK death metal band and this is their debut album.
Mixing heavy death metal with a whiff of the hardcore good stuff, Venom Prison are an aggressive and nasty piece of work.
The band seem to have quite a few strings to their bow. We mainly get high-energy brutality, powered Continue reading “Venom Prison – Animus (Review)”
The End are a death metal band from the US. This is their debut EP.
Featuring ex-members of Massacre and Death, this is 13 minutes of old-school Floridian death metal that sees the band take their Death/Massacre backgrounds and use them to craft a brutal assault that also takes more current influences into account. Continue reading “The End – Age of Apocalypse (Review)”
This is the debut album from US doom metal band Northern Crown.
I thoroughly enjoyed Northern Crown’s first EP In the Hands of the Betrayer, so when their debut album popped up, I was keen to give it a listen.
The band play traditional doom metal with a good smattering of heavy metal throughout, although it should also be noted that they have started to branch out from this, here and there, marking an increased confidence and comfortableness with how they approach their material. Continue reading “Northern Crown – The Others (Review)”
Boarstusk is a one-man black Metal doom band from the US. This is his debut album.
After an atmospheric electronic intro, we’re introduced to Boarstusk’s brand of doom-infused black metal. This is ancient, unspeakably raw Continue reading “Boarstusk – Boarstusk (Review)”
Keitzer are a death metal/grindcore band from Germany and this is their sixth album.
Keitzer’s previous album, The Last Defence, was one that I particularly enjoyed and have returned to again and again since its release. It was a top display of angry grindcore mixed with death metal rhythm. Ascension picks up where The Last Defence left off, and then goes further down the sonic avenues of extreme metal.
Ascension’s songs are, on average, Continue reading “Keitzer – Ascension (Review)”
Foetal Juice are a UK death metal band and this is their debut album.
This is brutal death metal with a professional, heavy sound. Across 35 minutes the band brutally rape your senses and stab you with frozen shit over and over again.
Does that sound like something you would like? DOES IT? Continue reading “Foetal Juice – Masters of Absurdity (Review)”
Unearthed Elf is a one man doom/heavy/power metal project from the US. This is his debut album.
Having a sightly unusual mix of doom, heavy and power metal, Into the Catacomb Abyss is an unexpected listen in a few different ways. Continue reading “Unearthed Elf – Into the Catacomb Abyss (Review)”
Octopurath are a brutal death metal band from France. This is their debut EP.
Featuring members of Eradikal Insane, this is a 15 minute calling card of utter brutality and crushing death metal.
This is dense and heavy, with Continue reading “Octopurath – Spawned Beyond the Oneiric Abyss (Review)”
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