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Raum Kingdom – Monarch (Review)

Raum Kingdom – Monarch (Review)

Raum Kingdom - MonarchRaum Kingdom are a sludge/post-metal band from Ireland and this is their second album.

I haven’t caught up with Raum Kingdom since their self-titled 2014 debut EP, so I thought it was overdue that I revisited their work. Monarch contains 43 minutes of sludgy post-metal, and reveals a band that are confident and capable in their chosen genre. Continue reading “Raum Kingdom – Monarch (Review)”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on January 22, 2023Categories DoomTags Amenra, Isis, Metal, Minsk, Neurosis, Post-Metal, Raum Kingdom, Sludge, Sludge metal, SUMAC, YobLeave a comment on Raum Kingdom – Monarch (Review)

Polar – Everywhere, Everything (Review)

Polar – Everywhere, Everything (Review)

Polar - Everywhere, EverythingThis is the fifth album by Polar, a UK Hardcore band.

Having really enjoyed 2016’s No Cure No Saviour and 2019’s Nova, I’m pleased by Polar’s return.

Everywhere, Everything takes Polar’s existing sound – heavy hardcore with melodic and emotive highlights – and broadens it further into post-hardcore waters.  Of course, these are waters that Polar already wade in, but on this new collection of songs they venture deeper than ever before. As such, Continue reading “Polar – Everywhere, Everything (Review)”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on January 7, 2023Categories HardcoreTags Hardcore, Polar, Post-Hardcore, Post-Metal, ShoegazeLeave a comment on Polar – Everywhere, Everything (Review)

Death Engine – Ocean (Review)

Death Engine – Ocean (Review)

Death Engine - OceanDeath Engine are a French post-hardcore band and this is their third album.

2015’s Mud and 2018’s Place Noir were both impressive, enjoyable, and individual records, displaying Death Engine’s multifaceted approach to heavy music. Now, across 36 minutes, Death Engine showcase a progression in their sound, one which threatens to bring about the end of days with its intensity and negative energies. Continue reading “Death Engine – Ocean (Review)”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on January 7, 2023Categories HardcoreTags Birds in Row, Death Engine, Hardcore, Post-Hardcore, Post-Metal, SludgeLeave a comment on Death Engine – Ocean (Review)

Axioma – Sepsis (Review)

Axioma – Sepsis (Review)

Axioma - SepsisAxioma are a post-black/sludge metal band from the US and this is their second album.

I first met Axioma back in 2016 on their debut EP Opia, which seems like an age ago. Well, since then they haven’t been idle, and their second album Sepsis came out earlier this year. Let’s dive in. Continue reading “Axioma – Sepsis (Review)”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on December 22, 2022Categories Black metalTags Axioma, Black metal, Blackened Sludge, Blackened Sludge Metal, Celeste, Cult of Luna, Doom, Downfall of Gaia, Extreme metal, Fell Ruin, Hope Drone, Inter Arma, Metal, Post-Black Metal, Post-Hardcore, Post-Metal, Regarde les Hommes Tomber, Rorcal, Sludge, Tombs, WolvhammerLeave a comment on Axioma – Sepsis (Review)

Wonderbox Metal End of Year List – Best Metal of 2022

Wonderbox Metal End of Year List – Best Metal of 2022

So here we are again. It’s December, and year end lists are flying around like shrapnel. Due to the inherent subjectivity of music it’s always interesting to see what people have made of the preceding year.

For me, I made a concerted effort to drag myself away from the depths of black metal’s always-enticing abyss to spend some more time with other genres and styles that I also love. I said something similar last year, but I feel this year I was more successful in achieving that end. Of course, I still love black metal, still listen to it constantly, and you’ll still find some great examples of the blackened arts in the list below.

2022 was a strong year for death metal for me, and I enjoyed more death metal bands in a deeper way than I have done for some time. In every year there are standout releases, but I felt this year the standard was raised throughout. Possibly I was simply more receptive to it. Either way, you’ll find more death metal-related acts, and in higher spots, in this selection than you’ll have seen in my lists for a while.

As with last year, grindcore was largely absent from my year, disappointingly, as was hardcore. Additionally, the sort of lengthy, ugly, abyssal doom that I love so much has been largely lacking too. It’s all probably out there somewhere, but I didn’t catch it.

The top two spots this year are both claimed by albums/bands/styles that I simply could not have predicted would be at the pinnacle of my list by the year’s end, (one of the bands I hadn’t even heard of in January).  I hope you enjoy these excellent records even half as much as I do.

Lastly I just want to say a big thank you to any and all that might read this site. It’s only a small endeavour, and I do it purely for the love of all things METAL and to support bands that I enjoy in whatever minor way I can, but if this is you, a heartfelt thank you for enduring my scribblings.

On to it! Continue reading “Wonderbox Metal End of Year List – Best Metal of 2022”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on December 18, 2022Categories ListsTags Aara, Aeviterne, Altars Ablaze, Alunah, An Abstract Illusion, Ashenspire, Avant Garde Black Metal, Avant Garde Death Metal, Black metal, Blackened Death Metal, Blackened Doom, Blackgaze, Cult of Luna, Darkher, Dawnwalker, Death Metal, Deathcore, Disillusion, Doom, Doom Metal, drone, Experimental Death Metal, Extreme metal, Folk, Greyhaven, Hardcore, Jazz, Judicator, Kassogtha, Lorna Shore, Messa, Metal, Modern Black Metal, Modern Death Metal, Modern Doom, Modern metal, Nadja, Obsidious, Old-School Death Metal, Once Human, Origin, Phobophilic, Post-Black Metal, Post-Hardcore, Post-Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Black Metal, Progressive Death Metal, Progressive metal, Progressive Rock, Psycroptic, Rock, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Sidus Atrum, Sludge, Stoner, Stoner Rock, Sylvaine, Symphonic Deathcore, Tómarúm, Technical death metal, Ultha, Unru, Vermilia, White Ward, Wiegedood5 Comments on Wonderbox Metal End of Year List – Best Metal of 2022

Hei’An – Imago (Review)

Hei’An – Imago (Review)

Hei'an - ImagoThis is the debut album from Hei’An, a progressive metal band from Slovenia.

Imago is a long album. With a duration of 69 minutes there’s a lot of material here, (86 minutes with the Slovenian versions of three of the tracks included). Thankfully Hei’An’s progressive metal is wide-ranging enough that it is up to the task of filling this time nicely. Continue reading “Hei’An – Imago (Review)”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on December 15, 2022December 15, 2022Categories MetalTags Ambient, Blackgaze, Electronica, Hei'An, Metal, Metalcore, Post-Metal, Progressive metalLeave a comment on Hei’An – Imago (Review)

Monastr – On Your Knees (Review)

Monastr – On Your Knees (Review)

Monastr - On Your KneesThis is the debut album from French doom band Monastr.

Crushing together crust, post-metal, and sludge into 40 minutes of scathing doom, On Your Knees is a harrowing journey into the darkness of the real world’s horrors. There’s no escape here, only the harshness of reality. Continue reading “Monastr – On Your Knees (Review)”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on December 9, 2022Categories DoomTags Amenra, Crust, Cult of Luna, Doom, Fall of Efrafa, Light Bearer, Metal, Monachus, Monastr, Neurosis, Post-Metal, Rwake, SludgeLeave a comment on Monastr – On Your Knees (Review)

Onhou – Monument (Review)

Onhou – Monument (Review)

Onhou - MonumentOnhou are a doom metal band from the Netherlands and this is their second album.

Onhou crush together sludge, doom, and post-metal into a dense ball of heaviness and mood. Containing four songs spread over 42 very moreish minutes, Monument is a record that any adherent to the cult of sludge should seek out. Continue reading “Onhou – Monument (Review)”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on December 6, 2022Categories DoomTags Conan, Doom, Doom Metal, Electric Wizard, Metal, Onhou, Post-Metal, Sludge, Sludge metal, Ufomammut, Warhorse, YobLeave a comment on Onhou – Monument (Review)

Doubtsower – The Endless Shadow of Despicable Power (Review)

Doubtsower – The Endless Shadow of Despicable Power (Review)

Doubtsower - The Endless Shadow of Despicable PowerDoubtsower is a one-man Welsh doom metal band and this is his second album.

Ahh, the return of Doubtsower. 2021’s Asphyxiation of a Seasick Soul was an unexpected highlight of that year, and although I was surprised to find a new album available so soon, I’m nonetheless pleased by this unlooked for treat. Once again delivering five tracks of emotive doom metal across 49 minutes, the artist behind Doubtsower continues to produce the very definition of underground gems. Continue reading “Doubtsower – The Endless Shadow of Despicable Power (Review)”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on December 2, 2022Categories DoomTags Ambient, Doom, Doom Metal, Doubtsower, Experimental, Industrial, Isis, Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Usnea, YobLeave a comment on Doubtsower – The Endless Shadow of Despicable Power (Review)

Heron – Empires of Ash (Review)

Heron – Empires of Ash (Review)

Heron - Empires of AshThis is the third album from Canadian doom/sludge metal band Heron.

Featuring 37 minutes of material, Heron have produced a very tasty underground gem on Empires of Ash. Instantly engaging, despite its caustic nature, this is the sort of album that doom and sludge aficionados should hungrily devour. Continue reading “Heron – Empires of Ash (Review)”

Author wonderboxmetalPosted on November 28, 2022Categories DoomTags Body Void, Come to Grief, Doom, Doom Metal, Heron, Indian, Iron Monkey, Metal, Neurosis, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Primitive Man, Sludge, Sludge metal, ThouLeave a comment on Heron – Empires of Ash (Review)

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