Crypt Rot are a death metal band and Cringer are a crossover thrash band, both are from the US and they have teamed up for this split release.
Kicking us off with 11 minutes of very enjoyable Swedish-styled death metal is Crypt Rot. Continue reading “Crypt Rot/Cringe – Nocturnal Deterioration | Memento Mori – Split (Review)”
This is the debut album from Sacred Leather, a heavy metal band from the US.
Sacred Leather play true heavy metal that’s been augmented by some thrash elements for added bite. Continue reading “Sacred Leather – Ultimate Force (Review)”
Cut the Architect’s Hand are a Metal/Hardcore band from the US, this is their latest album.
Having enjoyed 2016’s We Dig No Graves, it’s now time for another furious blast of gritty aggression and angular riffage. Continue reading “Cut the Architect’s Hand – Thus Always to Tyrants (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)”
Primal Rite are a hardcore/crossover band from the US and this is their debut album.
I very much enjoyed Primal Rite’s Sensory Link to Pain EP from last year, (the title track of which appears on this album), and now we have their first full length upon us. Continue reading “Primal Rite – Dirge of Escapism (Review)”
This is the third album from Swedish black/death/thrash metallers Crucifyre.
The follow up to 2014’s hugely enjoyable Black Magic Fire, the band have now returned with a new offering to the metal gods. Continue reading “Crucifyre – Post Vulcanic Black (Review)”
Defecto are a Danish metal band and this is their second album.
Defecto play a hybrid modern metal style with symphonic components. The music combines power and symphonic metal with harder elements of modern metal and thrash; think a mix of the European and American styles. The Continue reading “Defecto – Nemesis (Review)”
Shining are a Swedish black metal band and this is their latest album.
Shining play darkly emotional black metal, replete with a variety of other influences peppered around here and there, such as progressive rock, post-metal, and jazz. These Continue reading “Shining – X – Varg Utan Flock (Review)”
Bleeding Gods are from the Netherlands and this is their second album. They play symphonic blackened death metal.
With a suitably epic album concept based around the twelve labours of Hercules, this is epic blackened death metal replete with some thrash metal elements and a strong symphonic backbone. Continue reading “Bleeding Gods – Dodekathlon (Review)”
Alastor are a Portugese blackened thrash metal band and this is their sixth album.
Here Alastor give us 48 minutes of furious blackthrash, and they do it surprisingly well. I say ‘surprisingly’ only because I find this kind of subgenre quite disappointing most of the time, but must confess that when it’s done right, I really take to it. Continue reading “Alastor – The Dark Tower (Review)”
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