This is the fifth album from US heavy metallers Black Sites.
2021’s Untrue and 2024’s The Promised Land? were both quality metal records, so For Eternity appearing on the horizon was most welcome. Black Sites keep regularly pumping out good music, and album number five is no different in this regard. With a new lineup in tow, Black Sites deliver a masterclass in song-based heavy metal. Continue reading “Black Sites – For Eternity (Review)”
This is the eighth album from Norwegian black metal solo act Mork.
This is old-school Norwegian black metal, played by a musician that knows the style inside out. He’s aided on Monolitt by a drummer and additional vocalist; so combined, Monolitt is an easily enjoyable listen for fans of classic black metal. The latest Mork album has arrived, fully formed and ready to assert its dominance. Does it have the power to? Continue reading “Mork – Monolitt (Review)”
This is the fifth album from US doom metallers Khemmis.
If you’re a fan of Khemmis, then a new record from the band is a big deal. If you’re not, you must check out Absolution, Hunted, Desolation, and Deceiver, as well as this new one. We’re in self titled territories here, which usually Means Something. So what does the 44 minutes of new material on Khemmis have to offer? Continue reading “Khemmis – Khemmis (Review)”
Yoth Iria are a Greek black metal band and this is their third album.
Following on from the well-received As the Flame Withers and Blazing Inferno, Yoth Iria have now returned to once more grace us with their personable take on black metal. Gone with the Devil contains 46 minutes of new material. Continue reading “Yoth Iria – Gone with the Devil (Review)”
This is the sixth, and final, album from the US doom/heavy metal band Spirit Adrift.
So, the final Spirit Adrift album – the end of an era. Since 2016’s Chained to Oblivion, all the way across a decade of doom and heavy metal, through Curse of Conception, Divided by Darkness, Enlightened in Eternity, and penultimately 2023’s Ghost at the Gallows, Spirit Adrift have Continue reading “Spirit Adrift – Infinite Illumination (Review)”
This is the third album from Scottish folk black metal band Cnoc an Tursa.
Brought into the world by current/ex-members of Barshasketh and Ruadh, A Cry for the Slain contains 44 minutes of folk-enriched black metal. The promo blurb states that this is for fans of Primordial, Winterfylleth, Saor, and Forefather, so with that in mind, it’s Continue reading “Cnoc an Tursa – A Cry for the Slain (Review)”
This is the third album from US stoner/sludge metal band Witch Ripper.
2023’s The Flight After the Fall was a thoroughly enjoyable progressive stoner sludge album, so it’s with some expectation that the coming of Through the Hourglass is greeted. Across 44 minutes of new material, Witch Ripper Continue reading “Witch Ripper – Through the Hourglass (Review)”
This is the seventh album from Norwegian doom/stoner metal band Kal-El.
Hot on the heels of Astral Voyager Vol. 1 from last year, Kal-El have now returned with the promised second instalment of this double album. Astral Voyager Vol. 2 brings us 43 minutes of new material, so get ready to rock. Continue reading “Kal-El – Astral Voyager Vol. 2 (Review)”
This is the second album from Canadian death metallers Egregore.
It Echoes in the Wild is brought to us by current/ex-members of Mitochondrion and Funeral Circle, and is a light-swallowing maelstrom of black/death metal horror. Egregore have a well-developed personality, and this record allows them 48 minutes to express this freely. The results are Continue reading “Egregore – It Echoes in the Wild (Review)”
Triumpher are a Greek heavy metal band and this is their third album.
Piercing the Heart of the World brings 45 minutes of epic heavy metal into existence. Triumpher are a revelation in steel, a colossal fist in the face of mediocrity, and an exemplar of metallic might ascendant. Now, after that hyperbole, (well-deserved), let’s Continue reading “Triumpher – Piercing the Heart of the World (Review)”
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