This is the fourth album from US post-metal band Wrvth.
Previously known as Wrath of Vesuvius, they rebranded as Wrvth with 2015’s self-titled album, and delivered a feast of post-metal/death metal for us to enjoy, and enjoy we did. Continue reading “Wrvth – No Rising Sun (Review)”
Unprocessed are a German progressive metal band and this is their third album.
Artificial Void contains 58 minutes of technical wizardry and complex structures and fuses them into a modern progressive metal journey that’s a rather impressive achievement. Not the least of this is because the album takes a vibrant, fresh approach to what could easily be tired and stale in another band’s lesser hands, (and frequently is). Continue reading “Unprocessed – Artificial Void (Review)”
This is the debut album from Canadian death metallers Brand of Sacrifice.
At a lean 26 minutes, God Hand gets in, does its damage, and gets out again. One of the things I like about Brand of Sacrifce, however, is even though their songs tend to be short, the band aren’t afraid to play with the modern death metal formula. Continue reading “Brand of Sacrifice – God Hand (Review)”
The Odious are a progressive metal band from the US and this is their second album.
The Odious’ progressive metal is a mix of modern technical/progressive/death metal and progressive rock. The end result can be loosely characterised as a mix of The Faceless, Opeth, Between the Buried and Me, Sikth, Meshuggah, Ulcerate, and Devin Townsend. Continue reading “The Odious – Vesica Piscis (Review)”
Howling Sycamore are a progressive metal band from the US and this is their second album.
Combining technical, progressive, avant-garde, forward-thinking metal music, with old-school, classic progressive metal vocals probably shouldn’t work, but Howling Sycamore easily prove that it most certainly does. This is a band that have taken their Continue reading “Howling Sycamore – Seven Pathways to Annihilation (Review)”
This is the fourth album from UK metalcore band Heart of a Coward.
Although Heart of a Coward are a well-known band in metalcore circles, and I’ve certainly been aware of them since they popped up and started making waves, this is my first actual exposure to one of their albums. Continue reading “Heart of a Coward – The Disconnect (Review)”
Borders are a modern metal band from the UK. This is their debut album.
Borders impressed with their 2017 EP Diagnosed, so I’m pleased to see this full length appear. Continue reading “Borders – Purify (Review)”
This is the debut album from Canadian modern progressive metal band Technical Damage.
This is modern metal that enjoys incorporating a few different styles and genres into itself. The core of the band falls somewhere between technical metal, djent, hardcore/metalcore, and modern death metal. This forms the bedrock of the band’s Continue reading “Technical Damage – The Introspect (Review)”
Arya are an Italian progressive/post-metal band and this is their third album.
I enjoyed last year’s Dreamwars. This was a curiously individual release, blending emotive modern progressive/alternative metal with a dreamy strain of post-metal. It’s an album that is striking upon first listen, but properly Continue reading “Arya – Endesires (Review)”
Letters from the Colony are a progressive metal band from Sweden and this is their debut album.
This is complex music, fusing modern progressive and technical metal influences with djent elements to create experimental extreme metal. Vignette is notable for many things, one of which is that it largely takes from the strengths of these styles and leaves the weaknesses floundering in the dust, which is not an easy feat to achieve. Continue reading “Letters from the Colony – Vignette (Review)”
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