Review: …And Oceans – The Regeneration Itinerary
“The Regeneration Itinerary” is a forceful, unsettling, and provocative journey that leaves flames in its wake.
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Review: Deserted Fear – Veins of Fire”
“Veins of Fire” succeeds in presenting Deserted Fear as a seasoned band with a clear vision of melody-driven death metal, though it occasionally falters in delivering lasting impact.
Review: Saor – Amidst the Ruins
Saor’s Amidst the Ruins is an album of grandeur and indulgence, a work that wraps black metal fury in layers of folk instrumentation and symphonic sweep.
Review: Pestnebel – Verfall
Pestnebel offer their seventh album – “Verfall” feels like watching history on repeat.
Review: Deadnation – Following The Path Of Death
Swedish death metal? Absolutely. Give me buzzsaw guitars, give me as much HM-2 as possible!
Review: With The End In Mind – Tides Of Fire
With The End in Mind’s “Tides of Fire” is a colossal undertaking, a blackened ritual crawling from the Pacific Northwest’s rain-soaked soil. Across three extended compositions – totalling nearly 48 minutes – the band attempts to ignite both personal and planetary collapse into something transcendent. It’s a …
Review: Helheim – HrabnaR / Ad vesa
Helheim’s twelfth studio outing, “HrabnaR / Ad vesa”, is the first record where songwriting duties have been split between the band’s two main songwriters. But don’t be fooled: it’s still Helheim, marching their weathered warbands through black metal wastes, albeit with a twin-headed twist, eager to deliver another high-class …
Review: CMPT – Na Utrini
CMPT opens a doorway not merely into sound, but into folk memory, ancestral memory, and landscape memory. It is a slow-burning ritual.
Review: Grvm Kvlt – Ultima Equitem
This album could be the shit: it’s released as limited tape edition and via bandcamp and that’s it. The creator named the project accordingly to genre standards and the cover artwork is cool. But the murky production, thin layering, and uninspired transitions hold the solid …
Review: Groza – Nadir
Groza have reached the crucial point in a band’s career: “Nadir” is their third record, which is said to be the “make it or break it” moment. Let’s see how this turns out for the bavarian black metalheads, who will have to live with comparisions …