Pyra are a black/death metal band from Italy and this is their debut album.
Featuring the formidable vocals of the singer/guitarist of Dead Chasm, (who here also handles bass), Those Who Dwell in the Fire contains 44 minutes of blackened death metal that’s menacing and dark. I’m a bit late to the Pyra party, but a record as good as this demands coverage. Continue reading “Pyra – Those Who Dwell in the Fire (Review)”
This is the third album from US doom/post-metal band Aequorea.
Spread out over five engaging tracks, Departure is a 41-minute amalgamation of doom, post-metal, sludge, and blackened elements. This is my first encounter with Aequorea, but they make a good impression. Continue reading “Aequorea – Departure (Review)”
This is the third album from Verberis, a black metal band from New Zealand.
I discovered Verberis on their 2022 album Adumbration of the Veiled Logos, and was very impressed. So when this new record appeared, it was with no small amount of excited interest that I hurriedly pressed play, eagerly to soak up its esoteric charms. Continue reading “Verberis – The Apophatic Wilderness (Review)”
This is the second album from German black metallers MNHG.
Necare is the 37-minute follow up to 2021’s Mundare. This new record sees the band taking firm strides forward with their music, with stronger performances and production values that allow the nine tracks to shine. Continue reading “MNHG – Necare (Review)”
Protosequence are a Canadian technical death metal band and this is their debut album.
Bestiary contains 33 minutes of technical mayhem that’s unusually variegated. After enjoying Protosequence’s 2020 EP A Blunt Description of Something Obscene I was looking forward to hearing this, and it has not disappointed. Quite the opposite in fact. Continue reading “Protosequence – Bestiary (Review)”
Alpha Wolf are an Australian metalcore band and this is their third album.
I thoroughly enjoyed 2020’s A Quiet Place to Die, as well as 2022’s split with Holding Absence The Lost & the Longing, so more new material from Alpha Wolf is very well-received. I dislike the album art, but ignoring that, what do Alpha Wolf have in store for us this time around? Continue reading “Alpha Wolf – Half Living Things (Review)”
This is the seventh album from UK death metallers Ingested.
So, if you’re a fan of deathcore-edged brutal death metal, then you must surely know of Ingested by now, (if not, acquaint yourself with The Level Above Human, Where Only Gods May Tread, Ashes Lie Still, and the rest). Ingested seem to be on a bit of a creative binge over the last few years, pumping out albums like nobody’s business, which brings us to the 45 minutes of heaviness that is The Tide of Death and Fractured Dreams. Continue reading “Ingested – The Tide of Death and Fractured Dreams (Review)”
This is the second album from Scottish black metallers Aristarchos.
Following on from 2021’s self titled debut, Martyr of Star and Fire brings us 33 minutes of new material. I’m still none the wiser as to whether Aristarchos is the product of a full band or just an individual, but either way, it’s a band that continues to progress and impress. Continue reading “Aristarchos – Martyr of Star and Fire (Review)”
This is the ninth album from Italian death metallers Hour of Penance.
I always enjoy a bit of Hour of Penance’s brutality. Devotion follows on from 2017’s Cast the First Stone and 2019’s Misotheism, delivering 38 minutes of textured death metal destruction. Continue reading “Hour of Penance – Devotion (Review)”
This is the third album from US death metal band Witch Vomit.
Witch Vomit are such an enjoyable band, and I really liked the filthy, gruesome old-school rot of A Scream from the Tomb Below, Poisoned Blood, and Buried Deep in a Bottomless Grave. But wait, change is afoot in the Witch Vomit camp. What does that mean for the 31 minutes of Funeral Sanctum? Continue reading “Witch Vomit – Funeral Sanctum (Review)”
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