Review: Solfatare – Asservis par l’espoir
“Asservis par l’espoir” is a bleak and ambitious debut that balances dissonant black metal with moments of fragile melody, all carried by anguished French vocals that cut like a knife.
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Review: Svdestada – Candela
“Candela” is an album that never hides its scars, a raw collision of blackened crust and emotional upheaval that claws at you rather than invites. It falters in pacing and clarity, but its honesty and ferocity keep it burning long after the noise fades.
Review: Backstabbed – Self-Fulfilling Tragedy
Listening feels less like being invited to a performance and more like being locked in the same collapsing room the band are thrashing through. The EP doesn’t so much ask for your attention as it claws at you with its fingernails. That is both its undoing and its appeal.
KREATOR announce new record, post first single
Kreator will release their sixteenth studio album, “Krushers Of The World”, on January 16, 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records. The first video single has been released.
Review: Obstruktion – The End Takes Form
Obstruktion’s second full-length shreds complacency: nine tracks packed with riffs that scrape and bite, breakdowns that collapse the air, and uncanny atmosphere that lingers long after the storm has passed. “The End Takes Form” erupts as a roar of metallic hardcore tempered with death metal’s …
Review: Party.San Open Air 2025 – Saturday
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 …
Review: Amorphis – Borderland
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.
Omnium Gatherum reveal new songs of upcoming album
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:
Review: Morild – Disse Fugle Får Ingen At Se
“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.
Review: Sumerian Tombs – Age Of Eternal Night
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.