<p>Necht are a Atmospheric Black Metal band from Canada that take the fun and mysticism from wearing shrouded clothes and helmets/ masks alongside tasteful monikers to create a group that delivers a bit of a theatrical experience with their performance. Touching somewhere between the likes of Naglfar, Cradle of Filth, and Immortal, the songs they p...

07/07/2025

<p>When an album cover is banned in more countries than existence, that says something. If that doesn’t intrigue, maybe big named vocalists will. Sven de Caluwe is a pretty big name in the Metal world. He’s known for Aborted, System Divide, and even Leng Tche, so when he gets to be part of a new project, people usually want to listen, intriguing al...

03/07/2025

<p>Italy’s Larvae have been hard at work this year for 2025, first releasing a new album and now a live album full of tracks across their career since 2019.&nbsp; “Prague Infestation” is exactly what fans would expect from a Death Doom band like that of Larvae: raw, powerful, and lives up to the original sound, especially when it comes to their hor...

26/06/2025

<p>Red Dead hail from France and after five years bring their semi-mummified mascot dragging another 11 tracks of Swedish styled Death Metal in the vein of Vomitory meets the likes of Six Feet Under with touches of Opeth in between for an almost thrashy but certainly groove filled album. Continuing down the same path as the last album, the music he...

24/06/2025

<p>It has been almost over eight years, but Belgium’s Death Metal outfit known as Solifugia have returned since 2016 for a new EP to shake things up. Still rooted in the 90s Death Metal sound in the likes of a non-Thrash styled Vader, Torture Killer, and other mid paced churning acts like Morbid Angel,&nbsp; this five piece still serve up some groo...

18/06/2025

<p>When bands make big shifts in sound, it is a huge gamble because if it is a miss it can mean the death of them. For the Netherlands’ Cryptosis, they released a highly Thrash tinged album with some progressive elements, but what really made it stand out was it was almost nearly all instrumental sounding, letting the guitars and drums really have...

16/06/2025

<p>Godz ov War Productions bring forth another Death Thrash effort from the Polish band known as Frightful. While this group used to be a Death Grind band, one can still hear traces in their speedy delivery on their 2nd full length album “What Lies Ahead.” Almost a foretelling of the shift in change, one can expect a mix of what sounds like Death m...

10/06/2025

<p>Hardcore is a bit of a double edged sword for most to listen to, especially when it is such a short listen one feels they didn’t really get to enjoy it fully. Decultivate hail from Czechia, Prague- an area that once barely really knew much about Metal at all- so it is nice to see more bands come from there, let alone a more socially charged Hard...

04/06/2025

<p>Toughness are another Polish band signed to Godz ov War’s label that emerged from the start of the Covid era in 2020 and delivered their debut back in 2022 of some catchy Old School Death Metal with lots of groove and solos to boot. While retaining a bit of the low end and guttural side among the likes of Immolation and Morbid Angel, despite tra...

02/06/2025

<p>San Francisco’s Ominous Ruin are back with another blistering slab of Tech Death entitled “Requiem.” Shorter, sweet, and to the point, this band is like Obscura meets Archspire (though not as fast). While their last effort which took some time to get off the ground since their inception in 2010, “Amidst Voices…” was a fast guitar centered effort...

28/05/2025

<p>Cthuluminati are one of those bands to approach with certain expectations, but also to expect the unexpected. While this four piece touts itself as Progressive Blackened Stoner Doom, the expectation that this is going to be dense and minimalistic with a wintery cold edge would be a far cry from the result. Similar to their debut back in 2019, th...

26/05/2025

<p>It has been a few years but Netherlands’ Black Rabbit are back at it with a bit of a short EP entitled “Chronolysis” full of five enticing tracks to enjoy until the next full length. Not much has changed for these guys since they were reviewed back in 2023 but they have acquired a new drummer since then, and the sound on this EP shows it. Before...

21/05/2025