Ice Age are a Swedish thrash metal band and this is their debut album.
This is old-school thrash metal, with some elements of power metal thrown in for good luck. Having said that, with songs as strong as the ones on Breaking the Ice, luck is not required here. Continue reading “Ice Age – Breaking the Ice (Review)”
This is the second album from Jupiterian, a Brazilian atmospheric doom/sludge band.
Offering a beguiling mixture of oppressive darkness and vivid resplendent beauty, Jupiterian weave their textured sound around a core of intensity that sees this album be as compelling as it is affecting. Continue reading “Jupiterian – Terraforming (Review)”
Dragonhammer are an Italian power metal band and this is their fourth album.
This is a band named Dragonhammer. I mean, how can you not want to listen to them? There’s more to Dragonhammer than just their enticing name, however. Continue reading “Dragonhammer – Obscurity (Review)”
Turma are an Italian metal band and this is their second album.
Mixing thrash and groove metal into a modern delivery, with just a hint of deathcore and djent, this is 24 minutes of heavy metalcore. Continue reading “Turma – Kraken (Review)”
The Walking Dead Orchestra are a French death metal band and this is their second album.
Savagery, thy name is The Walking Dead Orchestra. Okay, so it doesn’t quite just fall off the tongue, but you get the idea. Continue reading “The Walking Dead Orchestra – Resurrect”
Kadaverdisciplin are a Swedish black metal band and this is their debut album.
Inspired by the second wave Swedish sound of the 90s, Kadaverdisciplin have updated this with a modern delivery for 2017 and then unleashed their virulent blackened plague on the world with a clear enthusiasm for the harm that it causes. Continue reading “Kadaverdisciplin – Death Supremacy (Review)”
This is the eighth album from Ukrainian one-man black metal band Raventale.
Planetarium contains four songs spread out over 39 minutes. It’s atmospheric black metal that’s dark, affecting, and highly engaging. Continue reading “Raventale – Planetarium (Review)”
Cannibal Corpse are a legendary death metal band, and I’m pretty sure you don’t need any introduction to them.
The kings of death metal return with their 14th album. This is the follow up to 2014’s A Skeletal Domain, and features twelve brand new slabs of unstoppable brutality. Continue reading “Cannibal Corpse – Red Before Black (Review)”
This is the fourth album from Process of Guilt, a doom/sludge band from Portugal.
We’ve met Process of Guilt before on their split with Rorcal. This was a very favourable meeting, and sets the scene nicely for Black Earth. Continue reading “Process of Guilt – Black Earth (Review)”
Isle of Avalon are a UK power/symphonic metal band and this is their second album.
This is power metal influenced by Arthurian legend, and the band certainly do this side of their sound justice by incorporating many medieval themes, sounds, and melodies into their songs. They’ve clearly immersed themselves in this aspect of their music, rather Continue reading “Isle of Avalon – Of Tulgey Wood and the Table Rounde (Review)”
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