Post Black Metal is always a hard genre to nail right. Sounds too melancholic and depressing and it feels like Ghost Bath. Try to be too shoegaze tinged and it sounds like Alcest or Deafheaven. The biggest struggle is the vocals because they usually pattern after the harsh ‘kvlt’ pained sound to evoke more emotion, much like how a band like Xasthur...

13/05/2025

France’s Tales Of Blood were all but forgotten when they blipped up in 1993 and then kind of faded away until finally making a come back with their debut back in 2019. Continuing that Old School Splash this band has no frills and pays homage to the likes of the 90s bands like Cannibal Corpse and Immolation with the modern gusto of a band like Undea...

07/05/2025

Well known label Season of Mist has apparently acquired another rather ‘mystical Black Metal band’ from San Francisco who enjoys the style of anonymity with name and also looks. Headed by 4 half skull faced members, Wrath Of Logarius takes Tolkien styled Metal and breaks away from the usual Summoning expectations and presents a well balanced blend...

06/05/2025

Finland’s Kouristus continue to grind off faces and ears with Punk attitude as they unleash their full length album “Mielen Ja Maailman Rappio.” Translating to Decay of the Mind and the World, expect more short politically/ social/ culturally charged music in Finnish with the mix of Napalm Death meets Drain or even Municipal Waste. Compared to past...

01/05/2025

Little is known about Canada’s five piece of Brutal Slam Death known as Bayonet Dismemberment. Creating a sound that sounded like a mix of Suffocation meets Carnivore Diprosopus on their first EP back in 2024, a year later they unleash their second EP known as “Tomb Of Sand.” Slam Brutal Death is a genre where bands are a dime a dozen and it become...

28/04/2025

Necrogilistic Anomaly’s “Proverbs Of Profane Intent” may only consist of 5 tracks, but it sure hits like a full-length release. While the band could be comparable to well-known bands such as Internal Bleeding, Dying Fetus, Incantation, Entombed, and Aborted, they have created a concoction of aural atrocity that is second to none with this EP. Even...

24/04/2025

I owe Max James a huge thanks and horns up for getting me into Spiritworld back in 2022 with his end of year list. Aside from a kick ass album art for “Deathwestern,” the whole Western Death Metal premise intrigued me, and while the result wasn’t so much Death Metal but more Slayer and Gojira tinged riffs and drumming loaded with tons of samples th...

22/04/2025

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