Below a Silent Sky are a German post-metal band and this is their second album.
I enjoy a good album cover, and this is one I very much like. Here we have an instrumental post-metal band that offers up 56 minutes of music that contains progressive and post-rock elements. Continue reading “Below a Silent Sky – A View from Afar (Review)”
Aux Era are a US experimental/progressive rock band and this is their debut album.
Here we have around 38 minutes of experimental psychedelic rock. Fusing elements of psychedelia, post-rock, progressive rock, and punk into involved and exploratory songs, this is a compelling release that’s easy to like if you’re a fan of expressive and well-developed progressive rock. Continue reading “Aux Era – Aux Era (Review)”
Bloodmoon are a progressive doom/sludge band from the US and this is their second album.
Here we have 47 minutes of progressive doom metal, played well, and delivered with misanthropic glee and darkness in abundance. Continue reading “Bloodmoon – Supervoid Trinity (Review)”
Barren Earth are a progressive metal band from Finland and this is their fourth album.
My my, there’s a lot of talent in this band. With members from notable groups such as Amorphis, Moonsorrow, October Falls, and Kreator, as well as many others, you know this isn’t going to be a dud. Special note should Continue reading “Barren Earth – A Complex of Cages (Review)”
Dreamarcher are a Norwegian metal band and this is their latest EP.
Dreamarcher’s 2016 self-titled debut album was notable for its atypical approach to emotive heavy music. It was an enjoyable album, and Harding is even more so.
The impressive musical skills of the jazz-trained band members are put to good use across these 18 minutes of non-standard delivery and passionate intensity. Continue reading “Dreamarcher – Harding (Review)”
JIRM are a Swedish hard rock band and this is their fourth album.
Once known as Jeremy Irons and the Ratgang Malibus, the band have rebirthed themselves as the much simplified and improved JIRM. Continue reading “JIRM – Surge ex Monumentis (Review)”
Huntsmen are a US post-metal band and this is their debut album.
Huntsmen mix doom, stoner, and progressive American metal into their textured post-metal melting pot, resulting in 41 minutes of engaging material. Continue reading “Huntsmen – American Scrap (Review)”
Usurpress are a Swedish death metal band and this is their fourth album.
Usurpress play an interesting and atypical brand of death metal. They essentially take a death metal base and build on it not only with sludge influences, but with progressive ones too. I already Continue reading “Usurpress – Interregnum (Review)”
This is the second album from Swedish instrumental post-metal band Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet.
If you have 44 minutes to kill and you want to spend that time being taken away from your otherwise dreary existence, then Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet’s latest release is a good way of achieving this. Continue reading “Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet – II (Review)”
Seventh Genocide are an Italian post-black metal band and this is their second album.
Now this is quite the ambitious and expansive work. 59 minutes of post-black metal, delivered with passion and no small amount of skill. Continue reading “Seventh Genocide – Toward Akina (Review)”
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