This is US blackened doom band Atriarch’s fourth album.
The band’s last album An Unending Pathway was a notable, individual, and very engaging release from 2014, managing to combine elements of doom, black metal, and deathrock effectively and enjoyably. Continue reading “Atriarch – Dead as Truth (Review)”
Owlcrusher are a blackened doom/sludge band from the UK and this is their debut album.
Here we have some truly ugly, colossally heavy music, the likes of which you don’t stumble upon too often. Which, for the listener’s sanity and well-being, is probably a good thing. Continue reading “Owlcrusher – Owlcrusher (Review)”
Vihamieli are a Finnish black metal band and this is their debut album.
Vihamieli play their black metal in the traditional, second wave way, full of blasphemous hatred and icy winds. Continue reading “Vihamieli – Kuolevain Veri Uinuu Ikuisuuteen (Review)”
Blood of the Prophets are a death metal band from the US and this is their second album.
This is a modern brand of extremity, one that mixes elements of modern, melodic, technical death metal, and deathcore together into a sci-fi themed 24 minutes. Continue reading “Blood of the Prophets – The Stars of the Sky Hid from Me (Review)”
Helpless are a UK hardcore/grindcore band and this is their debut album.
Here we have 22 minutes of intense grinding mayhem. It’s feral and violent, but not without a dangerous intelligence. Continue reading “Helpless – Debt (Review)”
Poison Blood are a US black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Consisting of members of Horseback and Krieg, this is 19 minutes of old-school darkness. Continue reading “Poison Blood – Poison Blood (Review)”
Ovakner are a Spanish death/crust band and this is their debut EP.
Mixing old-school death metal with a firm helping of crust and some quite emotive elements, this is an energetic and filthy slab of crushing aggression and surprising depth.
Northern Plague are a black/death metal band from Poland and this is their second album.
I enjoyed Northern Plague’s 2014 debut album Manifesto, so it’s with high expectations that I approached their new work Scorn the Idle. Continue reading “Northern Plague – Scorn the Idle (Review)”
Incantation are a legendary US death metal band and this is their eleventh album.
Pioneers of combining death metal’s fiery intensity with monolithic doom influences, Profane Nexus is the sound of a band that know exactly what they need to do to put out a great death metal record, and then just get down to the business of doing it. Continue reading “Incantation – Profane Nexus (Review)”
Dawn of Disease are a death metal band and this is their fourth album.
I wasn’t expecting a new Dawn of Disease album so soon after last year’s enjoyable Worship the Grave, but I’m certainly not complaining about it. Continue reading “Dawn of Disease – Ascension Gate (Review)”
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