This is the ninth album form legendary US death metallers Suffocation.
Hymns from the Apocrypha contains 41 minutes of brutality; eight new songs and a rerecording of Ignorant Deprivation, (featuring original Suffocation singer Frank Mullen), from 1993’s Breeding the Spawn. Continue reading “Suffocation – Hymns from the Apocrypha (Review)”
This is the third album from Belgian death metallers Carnation.
Carnation made a mark with 2018’s Chapel of Abhorrence and 2020’s Where Death Lies, so checking out what Cursed Mortality had to offer was mandatory. It seems like each Carnation album gets tighter and more refined, and Cursed Mortality is their most streamlined album yet – eight songs in a lean 35 minutes. Continue reading “Carnation – Cursed Mortality (Review)”
This is the second album from US metalcore band Dying Wish.
2021’s Fragments of a Bitter Memory was a solid slab of 00s-style metalcore, so Symptoms of Survival is one that I know I wanted to check out. Boasting a lean, mean 32 minutes of new material, in what form do we find Dying Wish’s 2023 offering? Continue reading “Dying Wish – Symptoms of Survival (Review)”
This is the third album from French black metallers Pénitence Onirique.
Following on from 2016’s V.I.T.R.I.O.L. and 2019’s Vestige comes Nature Morte; 46 minutes of glorious celestial violence and deep immersive feeling. Oh my, this is a good one. Continue reading “Pénitence Onirique – Nature Morte (Review)”
This is the second album from Swiss solo black metal act Impalement.
Blending together black and death metal into 41 minutes of dark malevolence and infernal might, The Dawn of Blackened Death is an album of powerful presence. Continue reading “Impalement – The Dawn of Blackened Death (Review)”
Flesh of the Stars are from the US and play doom metal. This is their fifth album.
Flesh of the Stars are a band that I always enjoy catching up with. 2015’s Hide, 2017’s Anhilla, and 2019’s Mercy are all albums worthy of your time, and the same is true of their new record, The Glass Garden, doubly so in fact. Continue reading “Flesh of the Stars – The Glass Garden (Review)”
This is the fifth album from US black metal band Wayfarer.
After such a strong run of albums – 2014’s Children of the Iron Age, 2016’s Old Souls, 2018’s World’s Blood, and 2020’s A Romance with Violence – expectations are high for American Gothic. Continue reading “Wayfarer – American Gothic (Review)”
This is the fourth album from German death metal band Endseeker.
Endseeker are a band that are very easy for me to like. Despite cooling on the Swedish death metal style over the years, I fail to be indifferent to Endseeker’s crushing assault. Both 2019’s The Harvest and 2021’s Mount Carcass were thoroughly enjoyable examples of the style, so will Global Worming follow in their thunderous footsteps? Continue reading “Endseeker – Global Worming (Review)”
Cardinals Folly are a Finnish doom metal band and this is their sixth album.
It’s always a treat to hear some new music by Cardinals Folly. Live by the Sword boasts 41 minutes of the band’s charismatic doom metal. Cardinals Folly have established themselves as a quality act over the years, so there’s nothing to do when a new release appears but to buckle up and prepare for the ride. Continue reading “Cardinals Folly – Live by the Sword (Review)”
Sepulchral Curse are a blackened death metal band from Finland and this is their second album.
Following on from 2016’s At the Onset of Extinction and 2020’s Only Ashes Remain comes the 37-minute monster that is Abhorrent Dimensions. Put simply, this new album is Sepulchral Curse’s best work so far. Continue reading “Sepulchral Curse – Abhorrent Dimensions (Review)”
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