The Bearer are a hardcore band from the US and this is their second release.
The Bearer play hardcore that’s influenced by metal – so far, so generic, right? Wrong. On paper this description may be accurate, but it doesn’t do The Bearer’s sound justice. Continue reading “The Bearer – Fiction (Review)”
I like dissonant, avant-garde death metal as much as the next person, but Sunless’ debut album Urraca really does live in its own league. It manages to take everything I like about the style and somehow improve on it. The listener is assaulted by atypical riffs, dissonant melodies and progressive heaviness, all with an accessibility, (relatively speaking), that’s rare for this kind of thing. Continue reading “Interview with Sunless”
Vaiya might not be a household name in atmospheric black metal, but on the strength of Remnant Light, it deserves to be. Bleak and grim, but not without beauty or heart, Remnant Light was originally released in 2014, but is now getting a re-release thanks to those lovely people at Nordvis/Bindrune Recordings. Continue reading “Interview with Vaiya”
Possession are a black/death metal band from Belgium and this is their debut album.
Possession play malevolent, evil black metal with some old-school death metal and doom elements. Continue reading “Possession – Exorkizein (Review)”
Floods are a US black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Floods play a mix of black, death and sludge metal. Which genre they are actually playing is up for debate, although I’d argue that black metal forms the largest part of their musical equation, so we’ll go with that. Continue reading “Floods – Floods (Review)”
This is Anomalie’s third album. They are a black metal band from Austria.
Anomalie play post-black metal that absorbs the listener early on with its grasp of atmosphere and feeling. Continue reading “Anomalie – Visions (Review)”
Fell Ruin are a blackened doom band from the US. This is their debut album.
Fell Ruin first graced the Earth with their sickened brand of sludgy black doom in 2015 with Devices. They’ve now returned with their first full length. I enjoyed Devices, (can one enjoy something as nasty as this band?), but To the Concrete Drifts is probably even better. Continue reading “Fell Ruin – To the Concrete Drifts (Review)”
Now this is a tour! Four top-notch, high-profile metal bands in one glorious package? Yes please!
Continue reading “Kreator/Sepultura/Soilwork/Aborted – Manchester Academy 1, 28/02/17 (Live Review)”
Darkest Hour are a US metal band and this is their ninth album.
Darkest Hour are one of the original and best proponents of combining hardcore, metal and thrash.
One of the first to take the Continue reading “Darkest Hour – Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora (Review)”
Goya are a doom metal band from the US and this is their third album.
Here we have 40 minutes of blissfully hypnotic stoner doom metal, replete with grand fuzzy riffs, psychedelic noodling and more dark, hazy atmosphere than you can shake a bong at. Continue reading “Goya – Harvester of Bongloads (Review)”
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