Nyss are a French black metal band and this is their second album.
Nyss’s 2017 debut album Princesse Terre (Three Studies of Silence and Death) was an atmospheric and raw slice of blackened art that struck a chord with me, and I’ve returned to it many times since. Continue reading “Nyss – Dépayser (Review)”
Voëmmr are a black metal band from Portugal and this is their second album.
This is raw, underground black metal that’s rooted firmly in the 1990s, but that hasn’t gone down a copycat route. Dark and aggressive, but also expressive and emotive, this is music to get lost in a violent trance too. Continue reading “Voëmmr – O Ovnh Intot Adr Mordrb (Review)”
God’s Bastard are a black metal band from the US and this is their debut EP.
Whatever happened to Floods, I hear you ask? Well, the answer, partly at least, is that their former guitarist/vocalist ended up joining forces with the drummer of Krallice/Woe to produce this rather fine new project. Continue reading “God’s Bastard – Last Standing Village (Review)”
Mental Cruelty are a German deathcore band and this is their second album.
Violently mixing elements of slam and, (more importantly), menacing atmosphere into their deathcore brew, Mental Cruelty offer up 34 minutes of sheer brutality, and belligerent aggression. Continue reading “Mental Cruelty – Inferis (Review)”
Borders are a modern metal band from the UK. This is their debut album.
Borders impressed with their 2017 EP Diagnosed, so I’m pleased to see this full length appear. Continue reading “Borders – Purify (Review)”
This is the second album from US black/speed metal band Bewitcher.
2016’s Bewitcher made an impression, and Under the Witching Cross looks set to cement that impression, with pounding beats and driving anthems. Continue reading “Bewitcher – Under the Witching Cross (Review)”
Call of the Void are a US hardcore/grindcore band and this is their third album.
I’ve been a fan of Call of the Void since their 2015 album Ageless, which was then firmly cemented by their last EP AYFKM. Continue reading “Call of the Void – Buried in Light (Review)”
This is the third album from one man French black metal band Sühnopfer.
After 2014’s very enjoyable Offertoire, Hic Regnant Borbonii Manes provides us with 52 minutes of new material that tears into the airwaves with streaks of melodic colour and a frenzied heart of darkness. This is misanthropic, furiously melodic black metal with a Medieval feel and theme, propelled by rage and very aggressive screams. Continue reading “Sühnopfer – Hic Regnant Borbonii Manes (Review)”
Inanimate Existence are a US progressive death metal band and this is their fifth album.
Inanimate Existence have always impressed. Their blend of progressive, technical, and atmospheric death metal has always been well-written, inventive, and thoroughly enjoyable. So far, they have a prolific streak of high quality work, and Clockwork only adds to this, I’m pleased to report. Continue reading “Inanimate Existence – Clockwork (Review)”
This is the third album from the US heavy metal band Spirit Adrift.
Spirit Adrift’s journey so far has been an enjoyable and interesting one, from the doom metal lengthy epics of Chained to Oblivion, via the streamlined doom/heavy metal hybrid that was Curse of Conception, to now this latest Continue reading “Spirit Adrift – Divided by Darkness (Review)”
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