This is the debut album from Scottish post-metal band Void of Light.
Featuring the vocal talent behind Ageless Summoning and Of Spire and Throne, (and more), Void of Light have arrived to bring us 48 minutes of post-metal in the form of the gargantuan Asymmetries. Continue reading “Void of Light – Asymmetries (Review)”
This is the twelfth album from US sludge/post-metal band Neurosis.
Ten years since 2016’s Fires Within Fires, nobody was expecting the return of Neurosis this month. Armed with the formidable talents of Aaron Turner, (Isis/Old Man Gloom/Sumac) on guitar and vocals, this new Neurosis album is Continue reading “Neurosis – An Undying Love for a Burning World (Review)”
Nightmarer are an international death metal band and this is their latest EP.
Following on from 2023’s Deformity Adrift, Nightmarer have returned with four new tracks of brutal avant-garde death metal. Hell Interface is a 21-minute granite-hard slab of dissonant blades and venomous technicality. Continue reading “Nightmarer – Hell Interface (Review)”
Lera are an Italian post-metal band and this is their debut album.
Containing a graceful mix of post-metal, doom, and post-rock, Rêverie is a 40-minute journey into intricacy and heaviness. Lera have produced a record that is worth spending time with, unravelling its charms and secrets. Continue reading “Lera – Rêverie (Review)”
This is the debut album from US post-metal band Idle Heirs.
Featuring the singer of Coalesce, Life Is Violence brings us a 51-minute journey into absorbing post-metallic worldbuilding. It’s well-written, professionally executed, and passionately delivered. Continue reading “Idle Heirs – Life Is Violence (Review)”
This is the sixth album from US doom/sludge band Rwake.
The Return of Magik contains 54 minutes of a progressive and atmospheric mix of sludge, doom, and post-metal. With three guitarists, two vocalists, and the select use of a range of instruments and ideas, Rwake have created an impressive record. Continue reading “Rwake – The Return of Magik (Review)”
An Evening with Knives are a stoner/post-metal band from the Netherlands, and this is their third album.
With an intriguing album cover and band name, and a promo blurb that saying it is for fans of Cult of Luna, Amenra, Neurosis, and Isis, I had to give End of Time a listen. Continue reading “An Evening with Knives – End of Time (Review)”
This is the fourth album from Irish doom band Nomadic Rituals.
I really like Nomadic Rituals. Both 2017’s Marking the Day and 2021’s Tides were strong and charismatic takes on sludge/doom metal, with Marking the Day being especially good. So, it’s great to now have the 43-minute Fust appear. Continue reading “Nomadic Rituals – Fust (Review)”
Wren are a UK sludge/post-metal band and this is their third album.
I was introduced to Wren on their 2015 split with Irk, and I’ve been a fan ever since. They followed that with the enjoyable EP Host in 2016, and then by their debut full length, (and particular favourite of mine), Auburn Rule in 2017. Groundswells followed in 2020, and continued their string of quality releases. Which brings us up to date with the 36-minute Black Rain Falls. Continue reading “Wren – Black Rain Falls (Review)”
This is the debut album from Scottish post-metal/rock band Beneath a Steel Sky.
The promo blurb recommends the 40-minute Cleave for fans of bands such as Isis, Cult of Luna, Russian Circles, Cave In, and Mogwai, which should give you a good starting point for Beneath a Steel Sky’s material. This is good stuff, and worth your attention. Continue reading “Beneath a Steel Sky – Cleave (Review)”
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