This is the debut album from Finnish black metallers Moonlight Sorcery.
Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle contains 44 minutes of symphonic melodic black metal. However, beneath this simple description hides a deeper truth, that Moonlight Sorcery offer more than just black metal to enjoy here. Continue reading “Moonlight Sorcery – Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle (Review)”
Disguised Malignance are a Finnish death metal band and this is their debut album.
Disguised Malignance serve up 34 minutes of disgusting old-school death metal, and they do so with undisguised talent. Entering the Gateways is shockingly good fun. Continue reading “Disguised Malignance – Entering the Gateways (Review)”
Trivax are an Iranian/UK black metal band and this is their second album.
Following on from 2016’s SIN, Trivax return with 49 minutes of new material in the dark shape of Eloah Burns Out. This new album offers a more refined, well-developed vision of extreme metal, and is definitely a record you should check out if you’re a fan of black/death metal. Continue reading “Trivax – Eloah Burns Out (Review)”
This is the latest EP from German black metal band Waldgeflüster.
Having very much enjoyed 2016’s Ruinen, 2019’s Mondscheinsonaten, and 2021’s Dahoam, I was pleased to see some new material from Waldgeflüster. Although an EP, it still contains a substantial 28 minutes of music; one new song, a new version of one from the band’s debut album, and two covers, (Panopticon and Ben Howard). Continue reading “Waldgeflüster – Unter Bronzenen Kronen (Review)”
This is the latest EP from US black metal band Wolves in the Throne Room.
A new Wolves in the Throne Room release is always a cause for celebration, even if it’s not a full album. Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge provides us with two new songs, a remix, and an ambient outro. Let’s dig in and see what this is all about. Continue reading “Wolves in the Throne Room – Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge (Review)”
Rorcal are a Swiss post-black/doom metal band and this is their sixth album.
Rorcal have shown what they’re capable of very ably on previous releases such as their 2014 split with Process of Guilt, 2016’s κρέων (Creon), 2019’s Muladona, and 2021’s collaboration with Earthflesh, so I was eager to experience the punishment Silence inevitably held in store for me, whatever form it took. On this release we get 42 minutes of new material, and it is not to be approached by the unwary. Continue reading “Rorcal – Silence (Review)”
This is the fifth album from US black metal one-man band Woe.
Legacies of Frailty is the eagerly awaited follow up to 2017’s Hope Attrition. The Woe of 2023 is aggressive and dark, offering blistering speed and textured power. Across 48 minutes the now-solo act delivers a record that scars the cosmos with its scorching brand of emotive black metal. Continue reading “Woe – Legacies of Frailty (Review)”
This is the second album from Tides of Sulfur, a blackened sludge metal band from the UK.
Apathy Chasm is the eagerly awaited, (by me at any rate), 39-minute follow up to 2016’s mighty Extinction Curse. Prepare yourself for punishment. The foul music on Apathy Chasm is a merciless blackened amalgamation of fetid death metal and unearthly sludge. Continue reading “Tides of Sulfur – Apathy Chasm (Review)”
Primordial are an Irish metal band and this is their tenth album.
Primordial are a reliably enjoyable band that found a voice of their own early on in their career. They have some top quality albums, the most recent of which was 2018’s Exile Amongst the Ruins. Playing a blackened form of heavy metal and doom, new album How It Ends delivers 66 minutes of Primordial’s inimitable material. Continue reading “Primordial – How It Ends (Review)”
Bear are a progressive hardcore/metal band from Belgium and this is their fifth album.
When the promo blurb states that an album is recommended for fans of bands such as Dillinger Escape Plan, Botch, and Norma Jean, how can you not check it out? Besides, I’m already a fan of Bear’s work, as both 2017’s /// and 2020’s Propaganda were very enjoyable slabs of angular heaviness. Continue reading “Bear – Vanta (Review)”
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