Darkest Hour are a US metal band and this is their eleventh album.
Hot on the heels of 2024’s Perpetual | Terminal, Darkest Hour are now back with the 42-minute Suffer Divine. Darkest Hour long ago perfected their template for combining hardcore and melodic death metal, and this fusion has resulted in so much quality output from the band over the years. What will this new record bring us? Continue reading “Darkest Hour – Suffer Divine (Review)”
This is the second album from UK solo black metal band Noctule.
The artist behind Noctule, (from Svalbard), brings us 39 minutes of melodic black and death metal on Extinguish Thy Flame. The music of Noctule has taken an assured step forward with this new record. Continue reading “Noctule – Extinguish Thy Flame (Review)”
This is the latest EP from UK metallers Red Method.
Vol 1: As in Life contains 29 minutes of material. Red Method blend nu-metal, metalcore, and industrial elements into their metallic cocktail, (as well as a smattering of occasional deathcore and djent), manifesting as a sound that’s nicely dark and heavy. Continue reading “Red Method – Vol 1: As in Life (Review)”
This is the third album from US melodic death/doom metal band Fires in the Distance.
Circadian Promise is the 49-minute follow up to 2023’s well-received Air Not Meant for Us. Bringing with them a new guitarist/lead vocalist, (from Obsidian Tongue), Fires in the Distance continue on their melodic doom metal journey. Continue reading “Fires in the Distance – Circadian Promise (Review)”
This is the debut album from US grindcore band Kuzu Knot.
Deceitful Above All Things contains 34 minutes of merciless grinding darkness, but of a rarefied sort. Kuzu Knot’s music is abrasive and harsh, but is also a good deal more than just this. Continue reading “Kuzu Knot – Deceitful Above All Things (Review)”
This is the seventh album from legendary Swedish melodic death metallers At the Gates.
After the tragic death of the band’s iconic singer Tomas Lindberg, this is the final album from the legendary At the Gates. Bringing us 44 minutes of material, The Ghost of a Future Dead is a scorching swansong from the band. Continue reading “At the Gates – The Ghost of a Future Dead (Review)”
This is the ninth album from Finnish melodic death/doom band Hanging Garden.
Isle of Bliss contains 48 minutes of engaging material. Hanging Garden’s mix of death and doom metal is heavily melodic, carries a Gothic flavour, and has an occasional blackened edge. It makes for a compelling record that should appeal to fans of a Continue reading “Hanging Garden – Isle of Bliss (Review)”
This is the fifth album from Portuguese metal/post-black metal band Gaerea.
It’s been very interesting to watch Gaerea develop over the years, peaking their black metal assault on 2022’s Mirage, before adding in a few different textures and influences on 2024’s very well-received Coma. The latter was the band’s biggest stylistic shift until that point. Loss delivers an even larger Continue reading “Gaerea – Loss (Review)”
This is the seventh album from UK metal band Sylosis.
Following on from 2023’s extremely strong A Sign of Things to Come, The New Flesh contains 50 minutes of new material from Sylosis. It’s heavy, riffy, and good fun all-round. Continue reading “Sylosis – The New Flesh (Review)”
MØL are a post-black metal band from Denmark and this is their third album.
With 2018’s Jord and then 2021’s Diorama, MØL have established themselves as quality purveyors of sharp, shiny post-black metal. Now, with the 44-minute Dreamcrush, they consolidate their position, offering up their most polished and well-rounded album to date. Continue reading “MØL – Dreamcrush (Review)”
