None are a black metal band from the US and this is their second album.
We met None on last year’s self-titled debut album, and it comes as some surprise to see there’s a new one here already, (scheduled for release on the same day as the first, no less). Continue reading “None – Life Has Gone on Long Enough (Review)”
Bloodmoon are a progressive doom/sludge band from the US and this is their second album.
Here we have 47 minutes of progressive doom metal, played well, and delivered with misanthropic glee and darkness in abundance. Continue reading “Bloodmoon – Supervoid Trinity (Review)”
Between the Buried and Me are a progressive extreme metal band from the US. This is their eighth album.
There are very few bands out there that truly carve their own path into the crowded metal arena, but Between the Buried and Me are definitely one of them. They have been one of my favourite bands since 2003’s The Silent Circus, and they have never let me down yet. Continue reading “Between the Buried and Me – Automata I (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)”
Monotheist are a progressive death metal band from the US and this is their debut album.
I first heard of Monotheist man many moons ago, and due to reasons that escape me, I thought they were on about their fourth album by now. So, when I picked up this for review, I thought it would be a great time to finally hear what they sound like; imagine my Continue reading “Monotheist – Scourge (Review)”
Horizon Ablaze are a Norwegian progressive black/extreme metal band and this is their third album.
Horizon Ablaze play a brand of extreme metal that largely consists of atmospheric/progressive/avant-garde black metal, (among other things). It’s an impressive and well-delivered proposition, that’s for sure. Continue reading “Horizon Ablaze – The Weight of a Thousand Suns (Review)”
Letters from the Colony are a progressive metal band from Sweden and this is their debut album.
This is complex music, fusing modern progressive and technical metal influences with djent elements to create experimental extreme metal. Vignette is notable for many things, one of which is that it largely takes from the strengths of these styles and leaves the weaknesses floundering in the dust, which is not an easy feat to achieve. Continue reading “Letters from the Colony – Vignette (Review)”
This is the debut album from Conjurer, a sludge/post-metal band from the UK.
Here we have 44 minutes of music that combines contemporary, doom, sludge, progressive, black, and post-metal. The material on Mire offers up everything from slow, monolithic crawls, to focused blast beats, meaning that Conjurer cover Continue reading “Conjurer – Mire (Review)”
Estuarine is a one-man death metal project from the US. This is his third album.
Sic Erat Scriptum is the ambitious follow up to 2015’s equally ambitious Lucid/Entheogen. Continue reading “Estuarine – Sic Erat Scriptum (Review)”
Bleeding Gods are from the Netherlands and this is their second album. They play symphonic blackened death metal.
With a suitably epic album concept based around the twelve labours of Hercules, this is epic blackened death metal replete with some thrash metal elements and a strong symphonic backbone. Continue reading “Bleeding Gods – Dodekathlon (Review)”
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