Huntsmen are a US post-metal band and this is their debut album.
Huntsmen mix doom, stoner, and progressive American metal into their textured post-metal melting pot, resulting in 41 minutes of engaging material. Continue reading “Huntsmen – American Scrap (Review)”
Oceans of Slumber are a progressive metal band from the US and this is their third album.
I have only the briefest of familiarity with Oceans of Slumber, based on seeing just part of their set at the 2016 Damnation Festival. They impressed me, so it’s great to finally be able to properly listen to and absorb some of their recorded material. Continue reading “Oceans of Slumber – The Banished Heart (Review)”
Forming the Void are a progressive stoner/sludge metal band and Pyreship are a post-metal band, both are from the US.
Forming the Void open the split with a single six and a half minutes of pleasant and personable modern progressive stoner metal. Continue reading “Forming the Void/Pyreship – Split (Review)”
This is the third album from French progressive metal band Eryn Non Dae.
Has it really been 6 years since 2012’s Meliora was released? Admittedly I only discovered it in 2104, but still. Ye gods! Meliora was a hugely distinctive and individual release, one that made a strong impression with me and that I’ve enjoyed exploring and getting to know over the years. Continue reading “Eryn Non Dae – Abandon of the Self (Review)”
This is the second album from Belgian post-metallers Hemelbestormer.
Having enjoyed 2016’s Aether, listening to A Ring of Blue Light was a no-brainer really. On this second release Hemelbestormer’s atmospheric metal has not disappointed. Continue reading “Hemelbestormer – A Ring of Blue Light (Review)”
Sixes are a doom/sludge band from the US and this is their debut album.
You know that you can never, ever have enough filthy, ugly doom, right? I mean, it’s just not possible.
Enter Sixes.
Methistopheles is a colossal 62 minutes of feedback, Earth-shaking distortion, apocalyptic melodies, and throat-destroying vocals. And boy does it grab you and not let go until the bitter end. Continue reading “Sixes – Methistopheles (Review)”
Lowered are a blackened doom band from the US and this is their debut album.
Lowered play black/sludge/doom metal with skill, talent, and no small amount of grim mood. Continue reading “Lowered – Lowered (Review)”
My Deathbed is a one man depressive black metal band from Greece. This is his second album.
Opening with a 24-minute monster of a track, My Deathbed offers us 51 minutes of bleak, depressive black metal. Continue reading “My Deathbed – My Deathbed (Review)”
Another cold night in Manchester, and another quality show beckons. Paradise Lost are always going to be a decent draw, and tonight the venue is packed and enthusiastic. Continue reading “Paradise Lost/Outshine/King Goat – Manchester Gorilla, 23/02/18 (Live Review)”
This is the fifth album from US sludge metal band Ilsa.
Ilsa are well-known around these parts for being prime suppliers of dirty, heavy, riff-driven kicking metallic sludge. 2015’s The Felon Claw and 2012’s Intoxicantations in particular were both huge, crushing records which still get regular rotation from yours truly. Continue reading “Ilsa – Corpse Fortress (Review)”
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