Albums Reviews

Blame Zeus’s new record “Seethe” is a ten-track masterclass on how to write an accessible, ear-catching, progressive rock record. It’s being released on November 8th, 2019 via Rockshots Records, and it is an album that rock fans need to hear. It’s filled to the brim with tasty, decadent passages that segue into massive releases in [...]

For those who enjoy bestial black metal (or war metal, as some people call it), Finland’s Archgoat has proven to be one of the ruling bands of that niche. Last year, they presented us with their fourth full-length The Luciferian Crown. This album, as pretty much any album released by Archgoat, counts with the amazing [...]

Every time LEPROUS release a new album, it seems their fans discuss and disassemble every detail of the record, even upfront when knowing only the two or three advance-singles. The hottest discussion always seems to concern the question if Leprous are still prog or metal, or pop/rock nowadays or something completely different, and why they [...]

Bordeaux is known for many things, like fine wine and Gothic monuments. However, extreme metal is not one of those things, and if one band is about to change that, it’s The Great Old Ones. Only two years after the release of the fantastic “EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy”, this French post-black metal quintet [...]

From the rotten bowels of Baltimore (Maryland, USA), after eight long years of no new material, the mighty Visceral Disgorge emerge once again, with the album “Slithering Evisceration”, released on Agonia Records. The brutal death metal veterans forged their reputation with their debut album “Ingesting Putridity” in 2011. It became one of the most popular [...]

Au-Dessus is a Lithuanian band formed in 2014. After the release of a self-titled EP that received very positive reviews, in 2017 they released the debut album “End of Chapter”. Keeping this simple, what we have here is a great post-black metal album. But calling it post-metal doesn’t do justice to the music, since we [...]

Gloson are a quartet (former quintet) from Sweden who seem to be devout apostles of the millennial “NeurIsis” post-sludge metal sound. Focusing on a modern production, the first band that might pop to mind when listening to “Mara” is fellow Swedes Cult of Luna. Fans of Adimiron and Gaerea shall also find something to sink [...]

 Hey Satan is a stoner rock trio from Lausanne, Switzerland. The band released their second full length album called ‘Orange Moon’ via Cold Smoke Records on the 5th of April 2019. The record starts with ‘Housewife Blues’, a catchy song mainly due to a repetitive and jumpy guitar riff. The drums section fills the space between the [...]

The almighty Abbath returns! Three years after his debut solo album ‘Abbath’ that followed the split of Immortal, the charismatic guitarist returns with ‘Outstrider’. The album was released via Season Of Mist on the beginning of the month. From the very beginning ‘Outstrider’ proves not to disappoint. The opening track ‘Calm in Ire (Of Hurricane)’ starts [...]

Formed in France in 2017, the self-proclaimed Blackened Sludge duo Vous Autres released their first LP Champ du Sang on April 8th 2019. Needless to say, Metal bands from France, especially Black Metal ones, are the best at their craft in the discomfort area. Just listen to Deathspell Omega for instance, there’s always something unhealthy [...]

Saint Vitus is undoubtedly one of the doom metal pioneers. The band leaded by Dave Chandler is returning with Scott Reagers to release their self-titled album (second in their discography). The album is set for release on May 17th by Season of Mist. The record starts with the slow distorted guitar sounds of ‘Remains’. Dave [...]

In Metal circles, one can meet all kinds of opinions on a plethora of topics. Take for instance one genre: Black Metal. Some purists will say that the genre started and died with Venom, Bathory, and Celtic Frost aka the First Wave of Black Metal. While, cultists,I mean kvltists, will celebrate Darkthrone, Mayhem and Emperor [...]

Moonshade – a Portuguese melodic death band – has been around for some time, however, with the release of their debut album “Sun Dethroned”, they have truly shown their quality. The album was released via Art Gates Records. The evolution since the release of their first EP “The Path of Redemption” back in 2010, has [...]

The melodic death metal band Aephanemer was founded in 2014 by Martin Hamiche and in 2015 he recruited the remaining elements of the band. In 2016 they released a first album, “Memento Mori”, and three years later we have in our hands the second studio effort by this French group. Not having listened to the [...]