Thecodontion are a black metal band from Italy and this is their debut album.
Having enjoyed by 2018’s demo Thecodontia, and the 2019 follow up EP Jurassic, I was quite excited by the prospect of Thecodontion’s debut album. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Black/Death metal
Fornicus – Sulphuric Omnipotence – (Review)
Fornicus are a black/death metal band from the US and this is their third album.
I enjoyed both 2014’s Storming Heaven and 2016’s Hymns of Dominion, but it seems that on Sulphuric Omnipotence Fornicus have taken things up a notch, and now my attention is well and Continue reading
Impenitent – Impenitent (Review)
Impenitent are a blackened death metal band from the UK and this is their debut album.
Here we have some raw, underground stuff from the bottom of the underworld. It’s an hour of technical black/death metal, played with skill and passion, which sounds as if the recording of the album was recently found locked in some obscure vault somewhere after many, many years. Continue reading
Polemicist – Zarathustrian Impressions (Review)
Polemicist are a black/death metal band from the US and this is their debut album.
Polemicist mix black and death metal with a heavy metal influence, to create songs that have an epic feel, but without the epic lengths. Continue reading
Ragnell – Rebirth in Darkness (Review)
This is the second album from Ragnell, a black/death metal band from Mexico.
This is an enjoyable mix of black and death metal, with the ratio skewed towards to the black side a bit more than the death one. Continue reading
Serpents Athirst/Genocide Shrines/Trepanation/Heresiarch – Scorn Coalescence – Split (Review)
This four way split is between Serpents Athirst and Genocide Shrines from Sri Lanka, and Trepanation and Heresiarch from New Zealand. Each offer up a single track. Continue reading
Black Shroud – Death Culture (Review)
This is the debut album from Black Shroud, a blackened death metal band from the US.
Black Shroud play a black/death metal hybrid that focuses on muscular death metal backed up by blackened aspects that provide an extra layer of grimness and macabre atmosphere. This blurring of the black/death lines in Black Shroud’s capable hands makes for an enjoyable and satisfying listening experience. Continue reading
Itheist – Itheist (Review)
Itheist are a UK black/death metal band and this is their debut album.
Previously named Aetherium Mors, this is the band’s first release under its new moniker. This is modern, dissonant black metal that’s been hybridised with death metal and energised with melodic darkness. Continue reading
Hiss from the Moat – The Harrier (Review)
Hiss from the Moat are an Italian blackened death metal band and this is their second album.
It’s been quite a while since 2013’s Misanthropy was released, but it made a very good impression on me, so its follow up, The Harrier, is a record I was pleased to see make its way into my hands. Continue reading
Kaleikr – Heart of Lead (Review)
Kaleikr are an Icelandic black/death metal band and this is their debut album.
This is black metal that’s progressive and emotive. Heart of Lead is an album that you can almost visibly see change as it develops and unfolds. As it runs through its playing time, Kaleikr’s music becomes increasingly darker and more unhinged. Continue reading
