It’s exciting when an album pleasantly surprises you in an evolutionary way. We already had that happen for 2025 when Paleface Swiss dropped a new full length and shifted from Downtempo Deathcore to a mix of Deathcore Nu-Metal that felt like Slipknot’s debut reborn in a way that Vended tried but didn’t quite hit the mark (still that was good), and...

16/04/2025

Ukraine’s Tria Prima formed just a year ago, but are already impressing listeners with their multi-faceted approach to Metal. A mix of Symphonic Death Metal, Groove Prog, and even Doom Metal, their debut EP “Three Primes Of Alchemy” is a brief trilogy to demonstrate each facet. The lineup consists of Serhii on vocals and bass, Yuri on drums, and Ru...

15/04/2025

France’s horror Death Metal duo is back with another outing, and this time Horoh have quite the cinematic treat. Formed in 2019 by J. on instruments and vocals alongside vocalist Sebastien, their debut album back in 2023 was rather the generic approach rooted in the 90s aiming for a sound similar to Cannibal Corpse or Six Feet Under mixed with touc...

14/04/2025

It has been quite some time (almost eight years), but we finally have some new music from Brutal Death Metal outfit Braincasket from the Netherlands and it sounds ferocious! For those who don't know, these guys started making noise in 2005, but have only one EP and a full length that released back in 2017 but since then no real noise. Now it seems...

09/04/2025

Supreme Void is a new band from Poland but is already garnering attention from their last EP for their touch on ‘dissonant’ Technical Death Metal that sounds like a less proggy version of Black Crown Initiate mixed with the likes of Ulcerate and Devenial Verdict. It is loud, fast, and in one’s face but unlike a lot of more seasoned Tech Death bands...

07/04/2025

It has been a bit of time, but Prog Tech Death duo Unreal Overflows is back with another futuristic concept entitled “Slaves Of The Inhuman Future World.” With a title like that one knows that this album is probably going to be dense and loaded with engaging moments rather than going the more basic ‘bash and blastbeat route’ that more Brutal or Sla...

03/04/2025

Clactonian is a band formed by Italian and Finnish members, one of the Italians has moved to Finland, in 2023. Very early they released their first EP "Dea Madre", with three of their own songs plus a Von cover. In this EP they gave us a sample of their raw black/death style, without embellishments, pure violence, primitive of course. And already i...

01/04/2025

Out of the wintery landscape of Russia hooded figures emerge. The duo known as Grima have signed with Napalm Records for their sixth full length album, and while this Atmospheric Black Metal band has rather flown under the radar since their inception in 2014, they’ve broken their usual 2 year release for an album that hopefully lives up the label’s...

24/03/2025

Scour has been rather hyped in the last few years with their EPs, mostly because it is a supergroup helmed by Phil Anselmo of Pantera fame, but also because for once it doesn’t feel like a rehash of any of the members’ involved projects. A furious U.S. assault of Black Metal that leans more towards the Swedish side of things than U.S., Scour’s firs...

21/03/2025

It has been a few years (about six) but Belarus’ Brutal Death Metal group Relics Of Humanity are back with another face stomping album that is still tasteful and won’t shred the ears too much. Still at home in Willowtip records with the likes of Schizogen and Iniquitous Savagery, everything that lives up to this sub genre of Death Metal is packaged...

17/03/2025

It didn’t take very long, but Oregon’s Bloodcrusher are back with more riffs, slams, and brutal sounds for the Blood Gods. More Brutal Death Metal touching Slam and Deathcore for the ears and more skulls for the skullthrone with all the head banging that is about to commence. For those who don’t know, this project is headed solely by Dave Wolfe who...

13/03/2025

Thlipsis hail from Greece and this four piece are starting off 2025 strong with a new EP entitled “Servants of Apathy.” As the band’s name translates to ‘sadness’ or ‘oppression’ it is only fitting that this short 3 track album is dedicated, according to the band, to the people to Palestine and their history of oppression. A rather humanitarian and...

10/03/2025

Coming on a sandstorm out of South Africa on shrooms and mysticism, the five piece known as Acid Magus rides again with their third full length album entitled, “Scatterling Empire.” While rooted deeply in the Sludge genre, there is also a bit of Doom and even Garage Rock added into the mix, sounding like a cross between Khemmis, Crowbar, and even e...

05/03/2025

Second album by Temple Of Decay, a one-member band, Mortt, who takes care of all aspects of his project, the only thing he has delegated has been the creation of the logo, work of Ihasan. The album has been recorded, mixed and mastered at Terror Studio, and is released through the labels Black death production (CD) and Godz ov war Productions (Digi...

03/03/2025

Releasing full albums is a risky gamble for bands because usually the first one is strong but the 2nd feels weaker due to a rehashed sound, but Sweden’s Carnal Savagery are no strangers to this as it paid off back in 2022 for them and they’ve done it again in 2024. Earlier that year they released the still Entombed meets Dismember sounding Old Scho...

27/02/2025