This is the latest EP from US death metallers Spinebreaker.
I was beginning to wonder if we’d ever get anything more from Spinebreaker. I really enjoyed 2016’s Ice Grave, but that was a very long time ago now, and I’d pretty much given up hope of anything new. That was, until Cavern of Inoculated Cognition appeared out of the blue to stomp me flat. Continue reading “Spinebreaker – Cavern of Inoculated Cognition (Review)”
This is the second album from Indonesian post-black metal band Numeron.
Road to Valhalla is a 43-minute exploration of atmospheric black metal and blackgaze, delivered in a post-black metal package that’s passionately performed. Numeron have produced a well-crafted slice of expressive darkness. Continue reading “Numeron – Road to Valhalla (Review)”
Enforced are a crossover thrash metal band from the US and this is their third album.
Following on from 2021’s well-regarded Kill Grid, War Remains lands with the impact of a bombshell. Enforced’s new album is a force to be reckoned with. Continue reading “Enforced – War Remains (Review)”
This is the second album from UK sludge/doom metal band Wallowing.
Boasting the drummer of the amazing King Goat in their ranks, Wallowing play a sci-fi-themed mix of blackened sludge, doom, and noise. Continue reading “Wallowing – Earth Reaper (Review)”
This is the second album from US death/doom metal band Fires in the Distance.
Air Not Meant for Us is a 50-minute journey into melodic death/doom waters from Fires in the Distance, who feature an ex-member of Xenosis in their ranks. Continue reading “Fires in the Distance – Air Not Meant for Us (Review)”
This is the second album from Canadian/Finnish heavy metallers Smoulder.
Featuring seven tracks running 42 minutes in length, Violent Creed of Vengeance is a thoroughly enjoyable slab of epic heavy metal. Break out the swords and get ready for adventure! Continue reading “Smoulder – Violent Creed of Vengeance (Review)”
This is the second album from Dawn of Ouroboros, a progressive black/death metal band from the US.
Following on from 2020’s well-received The Art of Morphology, Velvet Incandescence brings us 46 minutes of new material from Dawn of Ouroboros, who feature members of Botanist and Cailleach Calling. Continue reading “Dawn of Ouroboros – Velvet Incandescence (Review)”
Blood Star are a heavy metal band from the US and this is their debut album.
Featuring a member of Visigoth, First Sighting provides us with a 33-minute journey into the past. First Sighting is a well-written slab of traditional heavy metal. The band ply their trade with passion and obvious skill, and the Continue reading “Blood Star – First Sighting (Review)”
This is the debut album from Belgian sludge/post-metal band Predatory Void.
Featuring current and ex-members of Amenra, Carnation, Living Gate, Cobra the Impaler, Oathbreaker, and Aborted, Seven Keys to the Discomfort of Being is a 43-minute multifaceted trip into extreme metal darkness. Continue reading “Predatory Void – Seven Keys to the Discomfort of Being (Review)”
This is the third album from German death metal band Infecting the Swarm.
(Deep breath…)
BRUTAL!
DEATH!
METARRRGGHHHH!
Now, here’s an album I have been looking forward to. Both Continue reading “Infecting the Swarm – Pulsing Coalescence (Review)”
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