Neverending Winter are a Russian black metal band and this is their latest EP.
After very much enjoying last year’s Хиус, it’s with great pleasure that I listened to Сеногной. Continue reading “Neverending Winter – Сеногной (Review)”
Tag: Progressive metal
NVC – The Deleted Scenes (Review)
NVC are a Canadian progressive metal band and this is their debut album.
This is modern and emotive progressive metal that marries some latter-day Anathema influences with a melodic death metal side; think Ensiferum and Wintersun for a starting point. The resulting Continue reading “NVC – The Deleted Scenes (Review)”
Conjurer – Mire (Review)
This is the debut album from Conjurer, a sludge/post-metal band from the UK.
Here we have 44 minutes of music that combines contemporary, doom, sludge, progressive, black, and post-metal. The material on Mire offers up everything from slow, monolithic crawls, to focused blast beats, meaning that Conjurer cover Continue reading “Conjurer – Mire (Review)”
Wrath Sins – The Awakening (Review)
This is the second album from Wrath Sins, a progressive thrash metal band from Portugal.
Wrath Sins play modern thrash metal with a progressive streak to it. It’s well-constructed and well-realised, with good songs and plenty of memorable moments. Continue reading “Wrath Sins – The Awakening (Review)”
A Light Within – Epilogue (Review)
This is the latest EP from A Light Within, a post-metal band from the US.
This is atmospheric post-metal with some progressive and post-rock elements. Take the post-metal triumvirate of Isis, Neurosis, and Cult of Luna, and throw in some Deftones, The Ocean, and Devil Sold His Soul, and you’ll have a basic starting point. Continue reading “A Light Within – Epilogue (Review)”
Agrimonia – Awaken (Review)
This is the fourth album from Swedish progressive/post-metal band Agrimonia.
Agrimonia’s music combines melodic, progressive, and post-metal elements, with doom, black metal, and hardcore influences. This results in long, involving songs that effectively balance both quality and quantity. Continue reading “Agrimonia – Awaken (Review)”
Orphaned Land – Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs (Review)
Orphaned Land are a progressive folk metal band from Israel and this is their sixth album.
Orphaned Land play music that’s inspired and influenced by Middle Eastern melodies and ideas. These elements are skilfully woven into the band’s progressive metal in natural, effortless ways, resulting in characterful and Continue reading “Orphaned Land – Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs (Review)”
Monolithe – Nebula Septem (Review)
Monolithe are a doom band from France and this is their seventh album.
I’m a big fan of Monolithe’s increasingly forward-thinking doom metal, (see here, here, here, and here), so I was excited to hear their newest opus. Continue reading “Monolithe – Nebula Septem (Review)”
Enhailer – Dumb Enough to Care (Review)
This is the latest EP from US doom band Enhailer.
Containing just one 18-minute track this EP straddles genres and styles, but ultimately falls under the doom heading most of all. Continue reading “Enhailer – Dumb Enough to Care (Review)”
Jarun – Sporysz (Review)
Jarun are a Polish progressive black metal band and this is their third album.
This is the follow up to 2015’s very enjoyable Pod Niebem Utkanym z Popiołu, which demonstrated the band’s progressive/folk-influenced black metal very well. Continue reading “Jarun – Sporysz (Review)”
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