Review: Black Sabbath “The Eternal Idol” [Vertigo Records]
The 80’s marked the start of inconsistent line-ups, sounds and production values for Black Sabbath. It’s as if Tony Iommi kept adapting more to his...
The 80’s marked the start of inconsistent line-ups, sounds and production values for Black Sabbath. It’s as if Tony Iommi kept adapting more to his...
In the middle of the summer Egyptian iconic band Crescent has released their third LP Carving the Fires of Akhet via Listenable Records. They have...
After four years of silence Finnish deathsters Mask of Satan have returned with their sophomore record Underneath the Mire, releasing it through Mexican extreme music...
In their previous album, No More Hollywood Endings, Battle Beast defined the new direction of their music: it became more symphonic, more pretentious and there...
War Party is quite a difficult album to pin down in my opinion. I find this ironic considering GWAR is at their most consistent style...
Here’s a fascinating mixture of death metal and gothic metal, about a chaotic world and uncertainties about the future. This album is gothic and death-obsessed,...
Eleven years have passed after American Dimentianon from Long Island has again appeared on the metal scene, and finally in the summer of 2021 they...
After five years of silence Ukrainian symphonic black metal formation has returned in hot summer of 2021 with their brand new LP Achrony which was...
I don’t know about you, but if you ask me, playing metal shouldn’t be complicated. Have a vocalist who can sing in tune, play a...
Here is a tortured EP influenced by nu-metal and extreme metal, that shows some potential but doesn’t go all the way yet. There are many...
Here’s a first for me: how do you review a cover album? Do you review how the music stands on its own, or how it...
For those living under the rock; Funeral Mist since the late nineties released the most intense sonic works under the black metal’s darkened wings. Helmed...
Over the last couple of years I’ve become familiar with Japanese metal and I’m surprised by the amount of quality of obscure bands. Sure, you’ve...
By no means am I huge fan of Tad Morose, but I can see why they’d appeal to fans of heavier power metal and for...
From the first glance the Hungarian death metal formation Beneath the Void is pretty new on the metal scene, but that’s not so. Almost for...
This year wasn’t too productive for the new black/death metal band Sorrow Enthroned from American Connecticut; there’s only one EP The Grave of Endless Writhing...
Sometimes you just need to take a break in order to recharge your creativity. Such was with the case with Riot V, as their two...
On paper, Czech black metal might be an ideal style for people who struggle to get into the harsh sound that we’ve come to associate...
There is a belief in my country that it’s better not to start a new year with the debts from the previous one, so it’s...
Here’s a gloomy World War First-themed black/death metal album that has its moments but isn’t well-made or long enough to make a big impact. Most...