Christ Dismembered are an Australian black metal band and this is their debut album.
With a duration of only 28 minutes, this album goes for the throat big time. Yes, it’s time for some raw second wave black metal, and Christ Dismembered play their brand of misanthropic hatred very well. Continue reading “Christ Dismembered – Christ Dismembered (Review)”
Demonical are from Sweden and this is their fifth album. They play death metal.
Featuring members of the mighty Centinex, (whose singer and drummer have joined the band for this release too), Demonical play a darkly melodic version of Swedish death metal. Having Continue reading “Demonical – Chaos Manifesto (Review)”
Thecodontion are a black metal band from Italy and this is their debut demo.
At only 13 minutes in length, the duration of this demo is still enough to get across the sheer blackened fury of the band. This is intense stuff. Continue reading “Thecodontion – Thecodontia (Review)”
Dreamarcher are a Norwegian metal band and this is their latest EP.
Dreamarcher’s 2016 self-titled debut album was notable for its atypical approach to emotive heavy music. It was an enjoyable album, and Harding is even more so.
The impressive musical skills of the jazz-trained band members are put to good use across these 18 minutes of non-standard delivery and passionate intensity. Continue reading “Dreamarcher – Harding (Review)”
This is the debut album from Romanian death metal band Vorus.
We’ve encountered Vorus before with the very solid Chamber of Laments demo from last year. Since then, what was once a solo project has now doubled its band members, and birthed a full eight tracks of old-school death metal devastation. Continue reading “Vorus – The Wretched Path (Review)”
Entropy Coding is a one woman symphonic metal project from Italy, and this is her debut album.
This is sumptuous symphonic metal with power and progressive metal influences. The artist behind the band handles keyboards and composition duties, while many different guests fill the other necessary roles across the tracks. Continue reading “Entropy Coding – Tales of the Moon (Review)”
Veiled are a black metal band from the US and this is their debut album.
Black Celestial Orbs features 40 minutes of the deepest, darkest black metal. This is music that swallows light and exudes mystical malice on a cosmic scale. Continue reading “Veiled – Black Celestial Orbs (Review)”
Eye of Solitude are from the UK and Marche Funèbre are from Belgium. They have teamed up to offer this doom-filled split release.
I’m a big fan of Eye of Solitude’s work, although it seems that somehow I seem to have missed out on the band’s last album. Regardless, Continue reading “Eye of Solitude/Marche Funèbre – Split (Review)”
Abyssus are a death metal band from Greece and this is their latest EP.
I’m a huge fan of Abyssus. Their old-school death metal just really, really does it for me. Have a look at this, this, this, and this. Top band. Continue reading “Abyssus – Unleash the Storm (Review)”
Balmog are a Spanish black metal band and this is their third album.
Balmog play the kind of black metal that’s dark and violent, but with the depth and substance of something much more sinister and blackly majestic. Continue reading “Balmog – Vacuum (Review)”
