This is the second album from Doodswens, a black metal band from the Netherlands.
Doodswens comes to us with a refreshed lineup, (including a member of Dödsrit/Ossaert), and 37 minutes of occult black metal. Doodswens know how to put on a live show, but how does this Continue reading “Doodswens – Doodswens (Review)”
This is the third album from Mexican black metal band Muerto.
Muerto play a modern, hybrid form of gloomy black metal, that mixes together elements of sludge, dissonance, and post-black metal. The 36-minute Eclipsed Realms is the end result, and it is a Continue reading “Muerto – Eclipsed Realms (Review)”
Abrams are a rock band from the US and this is their sixth album.
Loon offers up a tight 37 minutes of infectious rock music, although this is not completely the same Abrams that we’ve encountered previously. Loon showcases a different facet of the Abrams sound, and it does this exceedingly well. Continue reading “Abrams – Loon (Review)”
This is the thirteenth album from progressive/post-rock band Crippled Black Phoenix.
Crippled Black Phoenix’s latest record is the 66-minute Sceaduhelm. Ranging from accessible chorus-driven delights to delicate atmospheric grace, and much around these, Sceaduhelm is as absorbing as it is high quality. Continue reading “Crippled Black Phoenix – Sceaduhelm (Review)”
Reeking Aura are a death metal band from the US and this is their second album.
This is the follow up to 2022’s Blood and Bonemeal. With nine tracks and 32 minutes of material, On the Promise of the Moon is a shade shorter than the last record, while still possessing two more songs. This references Reeking Aura’s refreshed lineup, but Continue reading “Reeking Aura – On the Promise of the Moon (Review)”
This is the fifth album from German solo black metal act Non Est Deus.
Brought to life by the artist behind Kanonenfieber and Leiþa, Blessings and Curses contains 41 minutes of melodic black metal. Across this record the listener is treated to a Continue reading “Non Est Deus – Blessings and Curses (Review)”
This is the sixth, and final, album from the US doom/heavy metal band Spirit Adrift.
So, the final Spirit Adrift album – the end of an era. Since 2016’s Chained to Oblivion, all the way across a decade of doom and heavy metal, through Curse of Conception, Divided by Darkness, Enlightened in Eternity, and penultimately 2023’s Ghost at the Gallows, Spirit Adrift have Continue reading “Spirit Adrift – Infinite Illumination (Review)”
This is the third album from Scottish folk black metal band Cnoc an Tursa.
Brought into the world by current/ex-members of Barshasketh and Ruadh, A Cry for the Slain contains 44 minutes of folk-enriched black metal. The promo blurb states that this is for fans of Primordial, Winterfylleth, Saor, and Forefather, so with that in mind, it’s Continue reading “Cnoc an Tursa – A Cry for the Slain (Review)”
This is the fifth album from German black metallers Ultha.
So, Ultha, (who are likely the best contemporary black metal band in the world), have only gone and unexpectedly released a monster of a new album in the 74-minute A Light so Dim. This is a record you need to hear if Continue reading “Ultha – A Light so Dim (Review)”
This is the third album from US stoner/sludge metal band Witch Ripper.
2023’s The Flight After the Fall was a thoroughly enjoyable progressive stoner sludge album, so it’s with some expectation that the coming of Through the Hourglass is greeted. Across 44 minutes of new material, Witch Ripper Continue reading “Witch Ripper – Through the Hourglass (Review)”
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