This is the debut demo from US death metal band Draghkar.
Short, filthy and with an underground fuzzy sound, the first steps into the world by Draghkar are rooted in the old-school, but not necessarily fully defined by it. Continue reading “Draghkar – World Unraveled (Review)”
Bereft are a blackened doom band from the US and this is their latest album.
Have you ever wanted to listen to a band like Yob or Pallbearer, but wished that they had a darker, blacker side? Enter Bereft.
So, imagine Continue reading “Bereft – Lands (Review)”
This is Norse’s third album. They are a black metal band from Australia.
Norse have always stuck out as being a bit different from your run-of-the-mill black metal. 2014’s Pest was a very enjoyable slab of individualised blackened filth, full of interesting ideas and unusual riffs and structuring. This is continued and refined on The Divine Light of a New Sun. Continue reading “Norse – The Divine Light of a New Sun (Review)”
Earth Rot are an Australian blackened death metal band and this is their second album.
As Earth Rot’s last EP Chthonian Virtues was one of my favourite releases from 2016, I was very excited to hear Renascentia.
If you haven’t encountered Earth Rot Continue reading “Earth Rot – Renascentia (Review)”
This is the third album from Astral Winter, an Australian one-man black metal band.
2013’s Perdition was quite a treat; a heavily atmospheric ambient/neo-classical release that’s enjoyed a lot of airtime in this household.
It’s now time for Forest of Silence, and Continue reading “Astral Winter – Forest of Silence (Review)”
This is the second album by US technical death metallers Replacire.
I always enjoy a new techdeath release, especially when you never really know what you’re going to get when you press play.
In its dark heart this is a highly aggressive and Continue reading “Replacire – Do Not Deviate (Review)”
This is the third album from Corpus Diavolis, a French black metal band.
Featuring a member of Eradikal Insane, this is occult black metal in the vein of 1349, Marduk and Watain.
It’s hard not to Continue reading “Corpus Diavolis – Atra Lumen (Review)”
Viscera/// are an Italian experimental post-metal band and this is their third album.
The tag post-metal can mean almost anything at this stage in the game, and on 3: Release Yourself Through Desperate Rituals, Viscera/// show that they can pull off almost any style you want to name under its protective aegis.
In simple terms, I Continue reading “Viscera/// – 3: Release Yourself Through Desperate Rituals (Review)”
This is the debut album from Australian atmospheric black metal band Somnium Nox.
Terra Inanis is the follow up to the band’s very enjoyable first release Apocrypha. Continue reading “Somnium Nox – Terra Inanis (Review)”
Buckshot Facelift are a grindcore band from the US and this is their fourth album.
Here we have over 40 minutes of well-written deathgrind. The band take the brief, energetic bursts of punk and grindcore, and entwine them with the staying power of death metal, making for an album that exists on both worlds. Continue reading “Buckshot Facelift – Ulcer Island (Review)”
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