Misery Loves Co. are a Swedish industrial metal band and this is their fourth album.
This is the band’s first album in a mere 19 years, so not much expectation riding on this at all…
As soon as the album starts, it’s immediately Continue reading
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Y-Incision/Treasonist – Mechanical Perdition – Split (Review)
Both hailing from the US, Y-Incision and Treasonist each play variants of grindcore.
Y-Incision open the split with 10 minutes of material – 6 songs, one of which is a Treasonist cover. Continue reading
Blood Incantation – Hidden History of the Human Race (Review)
This is the second album from US death metal band Blood Incantation.
2016’s Starspawn was a very notable album, making it onto my end of year list for that year too. As such, there’s been plenty of excitement and expectation for Hidden History of the Human Race. Despite only having four tracks, this new release has not disappointed at all. Continue reading
Strigoi – Abandon All Faith (Review)
This is the debut album from UK death metal band Strigoi.
Brought to us from the guitarist of Paradise Lost, rising out of the ashes of his Vallenfyre project, he’s joined on Srigoi by members of both bands, (one of which is also an ex-member of Extreme Noise Terror), giving us 44 minutes of engaging and individual death metal. Continue reading
Brume – Rabbits (Review)
Brume are a doom band from the US and this is their second album.
I loved 2017’s Rooster, so much that I placed it on my best of list of that year. We now have its successor, which features 43 minutes of new music spread out over 5 tracks. Continue reading
Fjords – Onirica (Review)
Fjords are a progressive metal band from the UK and this is their debut album.
Onirica is an interesting and wide-ranging album, spanning, as it it does, elements of melodic doom and death metal, (think bands such as Katatonia, Opeth, and Agalloch), as well as more modern progressive and atmospheric metal. The end result is a curious mix of old and new, wrapped up in a professional, polished package that allows the band to be displayed in their best light. Continue reading
Unfathomable Ruination – Enraged and Unbound (Review)
This is the third album from UK death metallers Unfathomable Ruination.
Enraged and Unbound is a contains a monstrous 43 minutes of brutal, technical death metal. Continue reading
Lord Mantis – Universal Death Church (Review)
Lord Mantis are from the US and play Blackened Sludge Metal. This is their fourth album.
2014’s Death Mask was a tortured nightmare of evil sludge, pretty much as foul as the style gets. Five years later the band have returned, infecting the world with 44 minutes of new material that’s as virulent and as nasty as ever. Continue reading
Avatarium – The Fire I Long For (Review)
This is the fourth album from doom rockers Avatarium, who are from Sweden.
2017’s Hurricanes and Halos was a quality album that stood out from other ostensibly similar bands playing this sort of style. On The Fire I Long For, however, there’s the impression that the band have really come into their own. Continue reading
Moanaa – Torches (Review)
Moanaa are a Polish post-metal band, and this is their latest EP.
Both 2014’s Descent and 2016’s Passage made great impressions, so when a new 26-minute EP appeared, it was a time of rejoicing. This EP contains three tracks – two original cuts and a Placebo cover, the latter of which features a guest vocalist. Continue reading
