Review: Varang Nord “Pārķiuņa Uomurs” [Sliptrick records]
What do we hear in the distance? A war horn through winter and mist! Varang Nord attacks and the world knows the fury of the...
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Review: Asgardsrei “End of the Night”
”War is hell” William T. Sherman once said. Now the Asgardsrei crew might not have any war experience at all, but I’m sure that they’re...
Review: Fractal Generator “Macrocosmos” [Everlasting Spew Records]
Their second LP after a 6 year wait, Canada’s death metal trio Fractal Generator return with 9 scathing tracks designed to unsettle and stimulate in equal measure....
Review: Druadan Forest / Old Sorcery [Werewolf]
The Finnish Werewolf Records, well-known for their black metal collaborations, this February has released the Split of two local bands – Druadan Forest and Old...
Review: Culted “Nous” [Season of Mist]
After a couple of releases with Relapse Records the Canadian-Swedish formation Culted has joined forces with the label Season of Mist, and this February was...
Review: Grabunhold “Heldentod” [Iron Bonehead]
As moody and pensive as the ex your mother never liked, Dortmund’s Grabunhold impress with their first full-length, Heldentod, released on Iron Bonehead Productions. It’s...
Review: Evil “Possessed by Evil” [Dying Victims Productions]
If Japanese old school crossover blackened thrash metal is your thing, then Possessed by Evil by, yep, Evil, might just be up your alley. Sounding like the offspring...
Review: Baest “Necro Sapiens” [Century Media Records]
Here is a nice, gory, horror-themed death metal album. Expect a lot of heaviness, brutal themes and a lot of evil fun. First, you have...
Review: Zebadiah Crowe “Lych Milk”
This EP may be a ‘companion piece’ to Zebadiah Crowe’s last release, the remix mini-album The Cloven Hand, but that doesn’t mean Lych Milk isn’t...
Review: Hogstul “Ominous Fragmenta Tuptdalr”
A band: HOGSTUL, a brain: Kjetil Ytterhus, also keyboardist with PROFANE BURIAL, an album: “Ominous Fragmenta Tuptdalr“. Three long tracks including an eponymous one: “A...
Review: WinterMoonShade “WinterMoonShade” [Black Spark Records]
Country of Portugal is well known for having metal bands that does not follow the norm in traditional metal, having in mind their most famous...
Review: Demoniac “So It Goes” [Edged Circle]
The Chilean thrashers Demoniac have returned this year with a brand new album “So It goes” after three years of silence (apart from the Live...
Review: Nader Sadek “The Serapeum”
After six years of silence, Egyptian born musician Nader Sadek has returned with a string of singles, and in the end of November has finally...
Review: Under Attack “Virus Alert” [Sliptrick records]
Recently the Italian heavy metal band Under Attack has released their debut album “Virus Alert” through the Sliptrick Records, defining their first musical journey in...
Review: Payne’s Gray “Kadath Decoded”
The idea of a progressive metal band that has more emphasis on adventurous arrangements than downright riffs sounds terrible on paper – fortunately this is...
Review: Harakiri For The Sky “Mære” [AOP Records]
Let’s explore these melancholic and atmospheric ballads by a cold, sad day of winter. For this is the best way to describe the overall feel...
Review: MYRHOLT “…sjelebot…”
Clearly if you do not know what pure original Norwegian black metal is and you are eager to learn about it, one priest: MYRHOLT, one...
Review: Paranorm “Empyrean” [Redefining Darkness Records]
A sweet-sounding technical thrash fest, Empyrean hits us full force from the first second as Sweden’s Paranorm release their first full-length album after a 7-year...
Review: The Scalar Process “Coagulative Matter” [Transcending Obscurity Records]
Another great release from Indian label Transcending Obscurity, France’s The Scalar Process launch themselves into the technical death metal genre with a monster of a...
Review: Astral Tomb “Degradation of Human Consciousness” [Blood Harvest]
It’s your best friend’s birthday and you don’t know what gift to choose for him, don’t hesitate, make him discover this EP “Degradation Of Human...