Albums Reviews

Assent is an independent two piece progressive groove metal band from France, founded in 2015. The two members are Aurélien Fouet-Barak (Vocals, Bass, Drum Programming) and Grégoire Debord (Guitars), two longtime close friends who decided to join and create music together. The result is their debut work ”We Are The New Black”, an EP with [...]

It was another long wait since the last record (5 years) but the new Wintersun opus is finally here. And despite what most of us thought, this following record is not a Time II. The third record of the Finnish melodic masters is called “The Forest Seasons” and it’s divided in 4 tracks, each of them evoking [...]

Varg is a Germanic band, who plays melodic death metal with a pagan theme. Their name is inspired by Norse mythology and means “Wolf”.  Formed back in 2005 by the guitarist Freki and drummer Fenrier, the band has released 5 studio albums, so far. After 2016’s “Das Ende alter Lügen” by Napalm Records, it only [...]

Does anybody out there miss the old days of Moonsorrow with some old Bathory from the end of the 80’s? Well, the listener might find in this album what he is looking for. The Pagan Black Metal band Havukruunu presents this in their new album “Kelle Surut Soi”. This is a tale so gloomy, epic, [...]

“Hurricanes and Halos” is the new and third album of the Swedish band Avatarium. The band counts with Leif Edling as bass player, more known for his work with Candlemass. “Hurricanes and Halos” continues the band’s tradition of fusing melancholic melodies with heavy doom, resembling Candlemass and Black Sabbath work. Jennie-Ann Smith brilliant voice provides, [...]

Go fuck yourself, would be a insult, but in this case we are talking about Vai-te Foder, the Portuguese motor charged crust/grind band, who has just released their second album entitled “Poço” through the labels Helldprod and Murder Records. Seven years have pass since the band’s last album, but not much has changed. Same line [...]

Everyone who follows Dying Fetus since the mid-90s and who like to think they know the band were given a kick in the nuts with the release of “Reign Supreme” in 2012. The band achieved such a high-quality work that any future Dying Fetus’ record would have to be something of interstellar proportion to stand [...]

The Icelandic band Sólstafir returns to release “Berdreyminn” after a band lineup change. Hallgrímur Jón Hallgrímsson became in charge of the drums. Considered as one of the most mysterious bands in the universe of metal music, they maintain in this release what can be considered it’s strangeness elements. Furthermore, this album shows a more straightforward direction [...]

Some of us fancy a good dose of old rock n’roll, with a somehow nasty sound influenced by Motorhead and Rose Tattoo. Music coming from a sweaty garage created amongst friends and beers. Mammoth Mammoth are one of the few bands that maintained that feeling, record after record. The new album “Mount the Mountain”, the [...]

After 6 long years, Ajattara return to activate status to release “Lupaus”. With a career filled with many great records, highly advised to to all fans of extreme music, this might be their best album so far. The band can be defined by their own characteristic sound, that can be found through out this album. [...]

Brotherhood Of The Snake is the most recent Testament album and reflects on the current reality while linking it to the Sumerian myths. It is not a conceptual album, but the current events are correlated with Anunnaki’s experiences in our creation to serve them as their slaves. The secret society called The Brotherhood Of The [...]

Scuorn is the solo project of musician Giuliano Latte, which dates back from 2008. He released a demo during that year, and, since then, he has been developing and perfecting his ideas and concept for its debut album. Scuorn is an epic/symphonic black metal project that delivers a combination of the more typical black metal [...]

Addiction is the French band Kopper8 debut album released on October 2015. Playing a Thrash / Groove Metal the band envisioned to bring some diversity to this album, ranging from faster and heavier to mid-tempo rhythms. The guitar melodies by Niko and Steff, catch your attention due to some sharp distortion and explosions. The album’s [...]

Myrkgrav is a folk / viking metal one-man project by Lars Jensen, heavily inspired by the Ringerike regional folk stories where he was raised. The high quality debut album “Trollskau, skrømt og kølabrenning” was released in 2006, and a decade later Myrkgrav returns with “Skrømt og kølabrenning”. Unfortunately this can turn out to be the last album of [...]