This is the debut album from Jagged Mouth, a sludge/doom metal band from the US.
With the kind of scathingly high-pitched vocals that can strip skin at 100 paces, Jagged Mouth don’t mess around. This is slow and heavy sludge/doom that doesn’t care for being nice or pleasant in any way. Continue reading “Jagged Mouth – Louring (Review)”
This is the second album from Italian post-black metallers Sedna.
I recall Sedna from their enjoyable, if brief, split with Dementia Senex. Lasting just under 8 minutes, their contribution was a quality listen, which made me excited to hear this full-length.
This time we get a full 50 minutes Continue reading “Sedna – Eterno (Review)”
Testament are a legendary thrash metal band from the US. This is their 11th studio album, (12th if you count First Strike Still Deadly).
With the bigger bands in the metal scene it’s easy to say something like “and here’s a band that need no introduction”, but I feel this really is true of Testament. Where would you start? After decades of service to the Metal Gods they’re Continue reading “Testament – Brotherhood of the Snake (Review)”
Vashna are an Italian blackened death metal band and this is their debut EP.
Dense and murky, it’s immediately obvious to anyone with any hearing left after the band begin their assault that this is not music for the average metal fan.
This is the darkest and ugliest of death metal that’s Continue reading “Vashna – Know the Way to Embrace the Darkness (Review)”
Void of Vision are an Australian metalcore band and this is their debut album.
Void of Vision play modern metalcore with an edge of djent here and there. It’s clearly pissed off and has a message to send, one tied to a well-placed brick.
The songs are full of energy and rage, controlled by the band Continue reading “Void of Vision – Children of the Chrome (Review)”
Teksti-TV 666 are an alternative rock band from Finland. This is a compilation album of sorts, consisting of three EPs that the band have previously released.
This is an interesting and irregular release. It’s kind of a mix of bubblegum-pop with Continue reading “Teksti-TV 666 – 1, 2, 3 (Review)”
Dreamarcher are a metal band from Norway and this is their debut album.
What do you get if you take jazz-trained musicians and get them to unleash mayhem via emotive post-whatever distortion and passionate delivery? You get Dreamarcher. Their eponymous debut is Continue reading “Dreamarcher – Dreamarcher (Review)”
This is the ninth album by Swedish brutal death metallers Deranged.
If you’ve been into death metal for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard of Deranged. Here, they present their ninth album in all of its bloody glory. Continue reading “Deranged – Struck by a Murderous Siege (Review)”
Blissful Stream is a one-man doom project from Sweden. This is his debut EP.
This is lo-fi doom rock with a distinctly ancient feel to it. Ascending Demons offers up 15 minutes of this, with downbeat riffs and the some old-school death/doom-styled melodies mixed in. Continue reading “Blissful Stream – Ascending Demons (Review)”
This is the eleventh album by Dark Tranquillity, a melodic death metal band from Sweden.
Now this is the stuff. Dark Tranquillity know what they’re doing. I’ve been a fan of this band for a long, long time, but somehow haven’t kept up with their last couple of outings, so it feels great to reconnect with them on this release. Continue reading “Dark Tranquillity – Atoma (Review)”
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