Vyre are a German post-black metal band and this is their third album.
Vyre offer up a 52-minute sophisticated cocktail of electronically enhanced avant-garde/post-black metal, which has been further spiked with keyboards, synths, cello, and violin. Continue reading
This is the second album from Voidthrone, a US black metal band.
This is the follow up to the very enjoyable Spiritual War Tactics, which showcased the band’s keen ability when it came to dark, dissonant black metal that also employed doom and death metal elements very well. Of this album I said Continue reading
Body Void are a doom band from the US and this is their second album.
I love bands that play horrible, nihilistic, pitch-black doom/sludge, and Body Void are my latest discovery in this vein. If you’re a fan of bands such as Primitive Man, Khanate, Bongripper, CHRCH, and Keeper, for example, then this is very definitely for you. Continue reading
This is the debut demo from Pandrador, a death metal band from Poland.
Śmierć Baldura contains three songs, along with an intro track, and lasts 13 minutes in duration. Continue reading
Ails are a US black metal band and this is their debut album.
Featuring two members of the mighty Ludicra, Ails have produced 41 minutes of melodic depth and blackened substance. Continue reading
Micawber are a US death metal band and this is their third album.
This is modern death metal, full of punishing riffs, crushing grooves, sharp melodies, blasting drums, and belligerent growls. Continue reading
All My Sins are a Serbian black metal band and this is their latest release.
After the enjoyable Lunar/Solar from last year, we now have this new EP that gives us one track off an upcoming full length album, and one that’s exclusive to this current short release. Continue reading
Æpoch are a Canadian death metal band and this is their debut album.
Æpoch play progressive death metal, with additional elements of both black and thrash metal appearing in their sound here and there. Continue reading
This is the second album from French black metallers Abduction.
I liked Une Ombre Régit les Ombres a lot, so now that the band have returned with album number two, it’s time to get reacquainted with their characterful brand of black metal. Continue reading
None are a black metal band from the US and this is their second album.
We met None on last year’s self-titled debut album, and it comes as some surprise to see there’s a new one here already, (scheduled for release on the same day as the first, no less). Continue reading
