CHRCH and Fister are both US doom/sludge bands, and they have teamed up for this hefty split release.
CHRCH start us off. Prior to this they were an unknown entity here at Wonderbox Metal, which is definitely something to be rectified in light of this split. Continue reading “CHRCH/Fister – Split (Review)”
This is the latest EP from Serbian black metallers Aura Mortis.
Here we have 18 minutes of music spread out over two tracks. Aura Mortis’ black metal is raw and melodic, with grim vocals and frosted aggression. Continue reading “Aura Mortis – Proclamation of the Sardonic Flame (Review)”
Sisyphean are a Lithuanian black metal band and this is their debut album.
Sisyphean play black metal with atmospheric leanings and added melodic darkness. Continue reading “Sisyphean – Illusions of Eternity (Review)”
Batushka are a Polish black metal band and this is their debut album.
Batushka are a black metal band with few peers. A bold claim, perhaps, but the material on Litourgiya is unlike that of most black metal bands, despite being recognisably of the genre. Continue reading “Batushka – Litourgiya (Review)”
Unfold are a post-hardcore band from Switzerland and this is their fourth album.
Unfold play a mixture of hardcore, metal, and sludge, all wrapped up in emotive intensity and sophisticated heaviness. Continue reading “Unfold – Banshee O Beast (Review)”
This is the debut EP from Daeva, a blackthrash band from the US.
Featuring members of Unrest and Trenchrot, this is 20 minutes of frenzied blackened thrash metal. Continue reading “Daeva – Pulsing Dark Absorptions (Review)”
Apotelesma are a doom metal band from the Netherlands and this is their debut album.
This is dark, atmospheric doom metal that has several corrupting influences from black metal’s more atmospheric strains. Continue reading “Apotelesma – Timewrought Kings (Review)”
This is the latest EP from Australian atmospheric black metallers Greytomb.
Greytomb create expansive black metal, full of thoughtful guitars, post-black metal resplendence, and cosmic explorations. Continue reading “Greytomb – Monumental Microcosm (Review)”
This is album is a collaboration between The Body, an experimental sludge band from the US, and Full of Hell, a grindcore band, also from the US. It’s the second time these two malignant entities have teamed up to create an album together.
Knowing just how awesome both The Body and Full of Hell are individually, how could you not want to listen to this? Continue reading “The Body & Full of Hell – Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light (Review)”
This is the debut album from Daxma, a doom/post-metal band from the US.
Now here’s an album with a lot to offer fans of nuanced, expressive music. Daxma’s mix of post-metal, doom, and neoclassical is something that should be savoured and enjoyed at length and with appreciative focus. Continue reading “Daxma – The Head Which Becomes the Skull (Review)”
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