Sons of Alpha Centauri are from the UK and this is their latest release. They play instrumental progressive rock.
Sons of Alpha Centauri return! I’ve enjoyed their work in the past, having been introduced to them on their split with Karma to Burn, and then subsequently impressed by their 2018 album Continuum. Continue reading “Sons of Alpha Centauri – Buried Memories (Review)”
Sorxe are a post-metal/sludge band from the US and this is their third album.
Following up 2014’s Surrounded by Shadows and 2017’s Matter & Void, we now have the much-anticipated The Ark Burner. Continue reading “Sorxe – The Ark Burner (Review)”
This is the second album from Maïeutiste, a French Black Metal band.
2015’s Maïeutiste was a record that impressed. Full of wide-ranging content and engaging blackened exploration, it was an album of fire and mystery. Veritas continues the theme developed in the band’s earlier work, only to refine it further. Continue reading “Maïeutiste – Veritas (Review)”
September had a lot of great metal releases, so it’s time to take a look at ten of my favourites ones below. Continue reading “Monthly Overview – the Best of September 2019”
Cult of Luna are a Swedish post-metal band and this is their eighth album.
A Dawn to Fear follows on from the massively amazing Mariner, which was my album of the year for 2016, and deservedly so. Now, three years later, they return with 79 minutes of new material spread out over 8 songs. Continue reading “Cult of Luna – A Dawn to Fear (Review)”
This is the third album from Nightfall, a US death/doom Metal band.
2014’s The Living Ever Mourn and 2015’s Darkness Evermore were both notable for their character and quality. Unlike the short gap between those two albums, however, we have had to wait considerably longer for A Sanity Deranged. I confess I have been looking forward to hearing this quite a lot. Continue reading “Nightfell – A Sanity Deranged (Review)”
August has provided many a metallic treat, and as you’ll see from the below selection, there’s been a decent amount of quality variety on offer this month too. So let’s get stuck in, as metal won’t listen to itself. Continue reading “Monthly Overview – the Best of August 2019”
Pinewalker are from the US and play sludge metal. This is their debut album.
Exploring the darkness of loss and the emotional impact/response of/to this, Migration contains 44 minutes of music that bares its soul as well as its fangs. Continue reading “Pinewalker – Migration (Review)”
This is the third album from The Fifth Alliance, a doom/post-metal/sludge band from the Netherlands.
2015’s Death Poems impressed, but the band’s new album seems set to do even more than this. Continue reading “The Fifth Alliance – The Depth of the Darkness (Review)”
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