Tongues are a black metal band from Denmark and this is their debut album.
The band’s 2014 EP Thelésis Ignis was an extremely strong first release, making it onto my best of 2104 end of year list. The EP showcased the band’s compelling mix of black, death, and doom metal, one which they have refined further for Hreilia. Continue reading “Tongues – Hreilia (Review)”
This is the debut album from The Last of Lucy, a progressive/technical death metal band from the US.
This is technical death metal, with flaming riffs and a predilection for chaos. Mixing in grindcore, mathcore, jazz, progressive, electronic, and classical influences, this is a complex and lethal strain of modern death metal. Continue reading “The Last of Lucy – Ashvattha (Review)”
Eternal Rest are an Australian technical death metal band and this is their second album.
This is technical death metal that’s relatively low key in how it shows off, choosing the usually superior route of concentrating on the actual songs themselves rather than ostentatious showmanship. A wise choice. Continue reading “Eternal Rest – A Death in the Darkness (Review)”
This is the latest EP from Indian progressive death metal band Eccentric Pendulum.
Featuring the vocalist of Gutslit and Godless, Eccentric Pendulum is a different affair to those worthy death metal bands. Continue reading “Eccentric Pendulum – Tellurian Concepts (Review)”
This is the third album from Polish technical death metal band Redemptor.
2014’s The Jugglernaut was a very enjoyable record, but it seems that Arthaneum sees the band step up their game considerably. Continue reading “Redemptor – Arthaneum (Review)”
Wargore are a Brazilian death metal band and this is their debut EP.
Here’s a fresh young band that seem to exist purely to worship the old-school metal gods. And why not? If Between Evil and Death is any indication, this is no bad thing. Continue reading “Wargore – Between Evil and Death (Review)”
Sisyphean are a Lithuanian black metal band and this is their debut album.
Sisyphean play black metal with atmospheric leanings and added melodic darkness. Continue reading “Sisyphean – Illusions of Eternity (Review)”
Annihilation are a Portugese progressive death metal band and this is their second album.
Starting off with their debut album of enjoyable Deicide worship Against the Storm, Annihilation returned a few years ago with a different, more complex direction on The Undivided. Continue reading “Annihilation – The Undivided Wholeness of All Things (Review)”
This is the second album from French death metallers Impureza.
Impureza play death metal mixed with Iberian musical influences. This means we get acoustic and flamenco guitars, folk melodies, and Spanish lyrics, all combined with a brutal/technical death metal core. Also featuring some additional guests Continue reading “Impureza – La Caída de Tonatiuh (Review)”
Come Back from the Dead are a Spanish death metal band and this is their latest EP.
This is old-school death metal played in the best of ways – filthy, nasty, and full of darkness. Caro Data Vermibus offers us 16 minutes of this ugliness. Continue reading “Come Back from the Dead – Caro Data Vermibus (Review)”
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