This is the debut album from Danish black metal one-man project Råttkung.
This is a band that we’ve encountered before, (Dark Is the Beginning, Unborn Undead), and that has impressed on both occasions.
Unborn Undead saw the music just starting to develop some elements of atmospheric black metal, and I’m pleased to say that Continue reading “Råttkung – Metamorphosis (Review)”
Voidthrone are a US black metal band and this is their debut album.
Voidthrone play dissonant, uneasy, black metal with elements of doom and death metal mixed in.
If you smash together Ulcerate, Gorguts, Deathspell Omega and Wolvhammer and then Continue reading “Voidthrone – Spiritual War Tactics (Review)”
Deathinition are a Polish thrash metal band and this is their debut album.
Here we have around 40 minutes of charismatic music. Thrash and groove metal collide to create an enjoyable album that’s worth exploring. Think classic Anthrax and Testament with some groove metal modernity added in. Continue reading “Deathinition – Online (Review)”
This is the latest release from US hardcore bruisers Primal Rite.
This is a twisted crossover mix of hardcore and metal, weaving punk and death/thrash influences together into three furiously ugly tracks. Continue reading “Primal Rite – Sensory Link to Pain (Review)”
This is the debut album from Sloth Herder, a blackened grindcore band from the US.
Sloth Herder are a murky underground monster that’s slowly been rising up through the underworld over the last few years to claim its victims. With No Pity, No Sunrise, they’re finally ready to make their big assault. Continue reading “Sloth Herder – No Pity, No Sunrise (Review)”
This is the debut album of French death metal band Creeping Fear.
Approaching a band with a name like Creeping Fear you might expect some kind of music that’s full of slow-building malevolence and sinister atmosphere…Well, you might, if you didn’t already know that Onward to Apocalypse is packed with Continue reading “Creeping Fear – Onward to Apocalypse (Review)”
In the Company of Serpents are a doom/sludge band from the US and this is their third album.
We’re familiar with the work of In the Company of Serpents from their 2014 EP Merging in Light. This was a delightfully heavy and fuzzed-up example of pitch-black doom, and now the band have returned to once more pulverise everything before them, but this time in a slightly different way. Continue reading “In the Company of Serpents – Ain-Soph Aur (Review)”
Behind the Sun are a Progressive Metal band from the US. This is their debut EP.
Behind the Sun play extreme metal that takes a progressive view of its influences, delivering half an hour or so of modern music that engages and satisfies. Continue reading “Behind the Sun – Post Solis (Review)”
Gjendød are a Norwegian black metal band and this is their debut album.
After Gjendød’s debut last year, we now have some more material from them in the form of their first full-length, Nedstigning. Continue reading “Gjendød – Nedstigning (Review)”
Temple of Nihil are a black metal band from Russia and this is their debut EP.
Temple of Nihil specialise in occult black metal with a tasty guitar tone and a daemonic persona. Continue reading “Temple of Nihil – Soul Extremist (Review)”
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