Party.San Open Air 2025 felt like a wild celebration and endurance test with blast beats at the same time. As expected and as celebrated! By Saturday, the heat and dust had already reduced most people to a state somewhere between devotion and dehydration. But blast …
Amorphis return with “Borderland”, a record that favours refinement over upheaval. It may not shock, but its balance of melody, atmosphere, and weight proves the band’s mastery is far from fading.
Finnish metal veterans Omnium Gahterum will release “May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way” on November 7th via Century Media. “Walking Ghost Phase” has been released now:
“Disse Fugle Får Ingen At Se” may not carve new territory, but it stakes ground firmly within it. For listeners drawn to the fragile beauty in decay, to black metal that doesn’t always roar but sometimes whispers, this is a work worth witnessing.
Sumerian Tombs offer their next delve into epic Black Metal. For listeners drawn to vampyric themes, ancient myth, and melodic Black Metal of depth, this album delivers. It requires patience, but rewards it. A worthy successor in their catalog that could be refined further, but already impressive.
“Rêverie” is a debut that leans into shadows and whispers. It’s an atmospheric journey rather than a revelation. Lera emerge from Sardinia with music that balances the crushing weight of doom and post-metal with the fragile breath of post-rock and ambient drift. There is beauty …
The Answer Lies In The Black Void release their new record soon; here’s another song of it.
“Catechesis” is an interesting and occasionally powerful expression of blackened death metal, but it is uneven, overlong in parts, and its ambition sometimes obscures rather than illumines. Fans of complex death metal may find value in its highs, but its lows remind that potential doesn’t always equal execution.
Paradise Lost, stalwarts of gothic doom, return with “Ascension”, an album that leans into atmosphere and shadow more than revelation. It may not redefine their legacy, but it reaffirms their place as enduring architects of sorrowful heaviness.
“The Fractal Ouroboros” is a furious and meditative ritual, where political defiance and blackened savagery intertwine with moments of sorrowful ambience. Exhausting in its density yet commanding in vision, it lingers like smoke after fire – uncompromising, cyclical, and unforgettable.