Rorcal are a Swiss post-black/doom metal band and this is their seventh album.
Rorcal are a shapeshifting band that are more than worthy of your attention, (here, here, here, here, here). In other words, when they release something, it always rewards investigation. So what grim shape does Mahre take? Continue reading “Rorcal – Mahre (Review)”
This is the second album from French black metallers Galibot.
Galibot provide the listener with a quality outing of melodic black metal to explore. Catabase contains 42 minutes of material, and it’s worth getting your teeth into. Continue reading “Galibot – Catabase (Review)”
This is the third album from Spanish black metallers Aversio Humanitatis.
It has been six long year’s since 2020’s Behold the Silent Dwellers, but now comes its 34-minute successor, To Become the Endless Static. Aversio Humanitatis have produced a top tier album that’s sure to find favour with fans of bands such as Deathspell Omega, Misþyrming, Panzerfaust, and Selbst. Continue reading “Aversio Humanitatis – To Become the Endless Static (Review)”
This is the third album from Mexican black metal band Muerto.
Muerto play a modern, hybrid form of gloomy black metal, that mixes together elements of sludge, dissonance, and post-black metal. The 36-minute Eclipsed Realms is the end result, and it is a Continue reading “Muerto – Eclipsed Realms (Review)”
This is the fourth album from Norwegian solo black metal act Misotheist.
Brought to us by the artist behind Diabolus, Mecum Semperterne!, Enevelde, and Kråbøl, De Pinte contains 41 minutes of violent otherworldly black metal. Misotheist carve a space into black metal’s crowded landscape that belongs purely to De Pinte. This is an album that Continue reading “Misotheist – De Pinte (Review)”
This is the second album from Italian black metal band Gorrch.
Across 37 minutes Gorrch rage with furious intensity, and do so with a slithering dissonance that’s born of arcane venom. Stillamentum is vicious, but not without nuance or layers. In fact, there’s a quite a lot under the surface of the claustrophobic nightmarescape that Stillamentum portrays. Continue reading “Gorrch – Stillamentum (Review)”
This is the fifth album from US solo black metal band Serpent Column.
Following on from 2024’s Tassel of Ares, Aion of Strife contains 50 minutes of new material from the esteemed Serpent Column. Prepare yourself for overstimulating oblivion. Continue reading “Serpent Column – Aion of Strife (Review)”
Another year, another list. 2025 followed 2024 as it was meant to, and brought with it a plethora of new metal albums to get excited about. Continue reading “Wonderbox Metal End of Year List – Best Metal of 2025”
This is the debut album from international, (Iceland/US), black metallers Martröð.
Martröð is brought to us by current/ex-members of Chaos Moon, Häxanu, Osgraef, Ringarë, Manetheren, Vörnir, Wormlust, and a whole lot more. Draumsýnir Eldsins contains four songs spread over 37 minutes, and takes the listener on a journey into spectral dissonance. Continue reading “Martröð – Draumsýnir Eldsins (Review)”
This is the seventh album from Yellow Eyes, a black metal band from the US.
I last caught up with Yellow Eyes on their 2019 record Rare Field Ceiling, so the unexpected unveiling of Confusion Gate is a welcome surprise. With a 61-minute duration it’s the band’s longest album by a decent margin, so let’s embark on this journey and see what awaits us. Continue reading “Yellow Eyes – Confusion Gate (Review)”
