This is the debut album from Danish blackened death metallers Vile Retribution.
With a strong melodic streak, Global Chaos mixes death and black metal together across 41 minutes. Continue reading “Vile Retribution – Global Chaos (Review)”
Dying Whale – Last Moments of Misery (Review)
Dying Whale are a US hardcore band and this is their latest release.
Last Moments of Misery is a 34 minute mix of hardcore, punk, metal and sludge.
Starting with a firm punk/hardcore base to their music, metal and sludge influences are liberally thrown over the top of it to get the end result that they want. Continue reading “Dying Whale – Last Moments of Misery (Review)”
Ghost Iris – Blind World (Review)
This is the second album from Danish djent band Ghost Iris.
Blind World mixes the progressive, technical and modern metal strains together with the djent style into 39 minutes of heavy beats, complex riffs and catchy songs.
The vocals mix guttural shouts and Continue reading “Ghost Iris – Blind World (Review)”
I Am – Life Through Torment (Review)
This is the debut album from US deathcore band I Am.
Life Through Torment is 28 minutes of aural thuggery that blends groovy heaviness with savage extremity.
Mixing 90s styled metalcore with elements of modern deathcore, this is Continue reading “I Am – Life Through Torment (Review)”
Iron Reagan – Crossover Ministry (Review)
Iron Reagan are a crossover band from the US. This is their third album.
Made up of current and ex-members of bands such as Municipal Waste, Cannabis Corpse, Mammoth Grinder, Darkest Hour and Deathcrown, Crossover Ministry is 18 tracks spread across 29 minutes of riotous metallic hardcore thrash. Continue reading “Iron Reagan – Crossover Ministry (Review)”
Ecferus – Shamaniacal Essence (Review)
This is the latest EP by one man US black metal project Ecferus.
2015’s Prehistory was an album that I enjoyed so much that I regularly return to it. Evoking the grandeur and wonder of the natural world from a black metal perspective; Prehistory, and its follow up Pangaea, are both albums that I heartily recommend. Continue reading “Ecferus – Shamaniacal Essence (Review)”
Question – Gnosis Primordial (Review)
This is the latest EP by Mexican death metal band Question.
I was suitably impressed with Question’s 2014 debut album Doomed Passages, so it’s good to have some new material from them now.
Doomed Passages was an album that had its own Continue reading “Question – Gnosis Primordial (Review)”
Vipassi – Śūnyatā (Review)
This is the debut album from Australian instrumental metal band Vipassi.
Śūnyatā is 30 minutes of instrumental music that combines elements of progressive, technical and death metal together to form an engaging and thoughtful listening experience.
Atheist, Cynic and Death are the Continue reading “Vipassi – Śūnyatā (Review)”
Mercy Isle – Undying Fire (Review)
Mercy Isle are an American/Dutch symphonic metal band and this is their debut album.
Mercy Isle play their brand of melodic, symphonic metal with the core of a rock band and the catchiness of a pop act.
A frequent issue I have with a lot of Continue reading “Mercy Isle – Undying Fire (Review)”
Naddred – Sluagh (Review)
This is the debut demo of Naddred, a black metal band from Ireland.
Naddred play classic black metal, influenced by the second wave and with enough spite and malice for the listener to feel it coming off the tracks in sickly, corrupt waves.
The songs, of which there are four that collectively last Continue reading “Naddred – Sluagh (Review)”
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