Dissimulator – Lower Form Resistance (Review)

Dissimulator - Lower Form ResistanceThis is the debut album from Dissimulator, a Canadian death/thrash metal band.

Brought to us by current and ex-members of bands such as Atramentus, Beyond Creation, and First Fragment, Lower Form Resistance delivers 42 minutes of material from Dissimulator. Continue reading “Dissimulator – Lower Form Resistance (Review)”

Spectral Voice – Sparagmos (Review)

Spectral Voice - SparagmosThis is the second album from US death/doom band Spectral Voice.

Featuring members of Black Curse and Blood Incantation, Spectral Voice play the sort of humungous death doom that crushes mountains and destroys villages. Sparagmos boasts 46 minutes of material that’s as distressing as it is rewarding. Continue reading “Spectral Voice – Sparagmos (Review)”

Voidceremony – Threads of Unknowing (Review)

Voidceremony - Threads of UnknowingThis is the second album from US death metallers Voidceremony.

Featuring members of Decrepisy, Cauldron Black Ram, Mournful CongregationAtramentus, Worm, and First Fragment, it’s clear a lot of talent and experience has gone into Threads of Unknowing, and this is reason enough to check out Voidceremony. Then the promo blurb goes and tells me Continue reading “Voidceremony – Threads of Unknowing (Review)”

Worm – Bluenothing (Review)

Worm - BluenothingThis is the latest EP from Worm, a blackened death/doom band from the US.

Worm return! After the monstrous slab of blackened doom malevolence that was 2021’s Foreverglade, Worm are back with 27 minutes of foul new material. Continue reading “Worm – Bluenothing (Review)”

Oriflamme – L’égide Ardente (Review)

Oriflamme - L'égide ArdenteThis is the debut album from Canadian black metal band Oriflamme.

Oriflamme’s black metal combines furious intensity with atmospheric appeal. When the band play fast they play with fire and vigour, but when they slow down is when the real dark magic happens. Continue reading “Oriflamme – L’égide Ardente (Review)”

Atramentus – Stygian (Review)

Atramentus - StygianThis is the debut album from Atramentus, a doom metal band from Canada.

Stygian is a monster of dark funeral doom. Three tracks sprawl out over 45 minutes, promising nothing but glacial moods and barren hopelessness, and delivering. There are two colossal songs that bookend a shorter ambient piece. Continue reading “Atramentus – Stygian (Review)”