Sphere are a death metal band from Russia and this is their debut album.
Here we have a band that are not afraid to throw a few different influences into the pot, resulting in an album that covers many bases in its relatively short playing time. Continue reading “Spheredemonis – The Revelation of the Pyramids (Review)”
Obriy are a Ukrainian death metal band and this is their debut release.
Old-school and full of huge grooves, this thunders out of the speakers with enviable presence and chunky, heavy riffs. Continue reading “Obriy – Altar of Utopia (Review)”
Inanimate Existence are a US progressive, technical, atmospheric death metal band and this is their fourth album.
Inanimate Existence return! I like this band a lot. 2014’s A Never-Ending Cycle of Atonement and then last year’s Calling from a Dream demonstrated a band that are not only willing to experiment and push their sound, but one that continued to develop and progress over time too.
Continue reading “Inanimate Existence – Underneath a Melting Sky (Review)”
Prezir are a US black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Contempt combines black, death, and thrash influences into a feral blackened mass of hate and violence. Continue reading “Prezir – Contempt (Review)”
Beneath are an Icelandic death metal band and this is their third album.
2014’s The Barren Throne was an album that stuck out with its brutal and precise delivery, yet also demonstrated the band’s use of subtle melody and nuanced riffing on occasion. Continue reading “Beneath – Ephemeris (Review)”
Orbseven is a one-man post-black metal band from the US and this is his fourth album.
2014’s .ismos. was a creative and novel album that took various aspects of avant-garde, experimental, and post-black metal and forged them into something quite enjoyable and satisfying. Continue reading “Orbseven – Cosmos out of Chaos (Review)”
It was a great pleasure recently to see Deny the Urge return to the fray with their long overdue new album As Darkness Falls. Effectively reinventing themselves on one hand, while capturing the sound and spirit of the 90s Floridian scene on the other, the album is more than just a mere homage, and offers 48 minutes of ripping death metal barbarity and darkness.
I had the chance to quiz guitarist/vocalist Henrik Osterloh about the background to As Darkness Falls, and the many challenges and issues that the band has endured over the years… Continue reading “Interview with Deny the Urge”
Centuries of Decay are a Canadian extreme metal band and this is their debut album.
This is extreme metal that’s both atmospheric and progressive, borrowing liberally from many extreme metal styles and sub-genres, including modern progressive metal, post-metal, death metal, and black metal. Continue reading “Centuries of Decay – Centuries of Decay (Review)”
The Lurking Fear are a death metal band from Sweden and this is their debut album.
Featuring members of God Macabre, Skitsystem, Disfear, and At the Gates, here’s a band comprised of people that know a thing or two about extreme music. Continue reading “The Lurking Fear – Out of the Voiceless Grave (Review)”
Arallu are black metal band from Israel and this is their sixth album.
Arallu are one of those rare, special bands that developed their own personality and style of attack very early on, and with every subsequent album they simply refine this more and more. Continue reading “Arallu – Six (Review)”
