This is the debut album from Derais, a German funeral doom band.
This is dark, apocalyptic funeral doom, with long songs and deep atmospheres. Continue reading “Derais – Of Angel’s Seed and Devil’s Harvest (Review)”
Full of Hell – Trumpeting Ecstasy (Review)
Full of Hell are a US grindcore band, and this is their fifth album, (or third, if you don’t count their collaborative ones).
Full of Hell play grindcore that’s both primitive and innovative. Combing death metal, powerviolence, punk, crust, harsh electronics, and noise into a gruesomely violent and nasty grindcore package, Full of Hell are Continue reading “Full of Hell – Trumpeting Ecstasy (Review)”
Mindkult – Lucifer’s Dream (Review)
This is the debut album from one-man US doom metal band Mindkult.
This is the follow up to last years enticing EP Witch’s Oath, which was notable for its quality and individuality. Continue reading “Mindkult – Lucifer’s Dream (Review)”
Deny the Urge – As Darkness Falls (Review)
This is Deny the Urge’s third album. They’re from Germany and play death metal.
Deny the Urge’s debut album Subsequent Confrontation was a real underground gem of an album, but now, well over a decade later, it’s like listening to a different band. Which is understandable when you take a look at the Continue reading “Deny the Urge – As Darkness Falls (Review)”
Burke and Hare – Burke and Hare (Review)
Burke and Hare are a UK sludge metal band and this is their debut EP.
Here we have just over 12 minutes of ugly heaviness, just the we like it for this kind of sludge-driven hideousness. Continue reading “Burke and Hare – Burke and Hare (Review)”
Soul Remnants – Ouroboros (Review)
This is the third album from US death metallers Soul Remnants.
Ouroboros is the follow up to the crushingly enjoyable pitch-black slab of metal that was the band’s 2013 album Black and Blood, which made it into my best of 2013 end of year list. Continue reading “Soul Remnants – Ouroboros (Review)”
Poseidon – Prologue (Review)
Poseidon are a UK doom band and this is their debut album.
This is 45 minutes of progressive doom/sludge brought to us by ex-members of the phenomenal Light Bearer. Continue reading “Poseidon – Prologue (Review)”
Paradise Lost – One Second (Review)
This is a remastered version of Paradise Lost’s classic 1997 album One Second.
What can you say about this album if you haven’t already heard it? It’s just so good.
Following up the metal masterpiece that was 1995’s Draconian Times was always going to be a tricky proposition, but the band certainly didn’t opt for Continue reading “Paradise Lost – One Second (Review)”
Edguy – Monuments (Review)
Edguy are a long-running power/heavy metal band from Germany and this is a 25-year anniversary compilation album, (plus some other things).
Edguy are one of those bands that, for some reason, I’ve never actually heard before this release, despite being aware of them pretty much since they released their first album in 1995. I don’t normally review, (or listen to), Continue reading “Edguy – Monuments (Review)”
Expulsion – Nightmare Future (Review)
Expulsion are a US grindcore band and this is their debut release.
Consisting of members of bands such as Exhumed and Repulsion, (presumably where the name Expulsion came from?), as well as Gruesome, Intronaut, Phobia, and Lightning Swords of Death, it’s safe to say that there’s a wealth of experience that’s gone into this release.
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