<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

<p>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 Xast...

13/05/2025

<p>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 Un...

07/05/2025

<p>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 ble...

06/05/2025

<p>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 p...

01/05/2025

<p>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 bec...

28/04/2025

<p>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...

22/04/2025

<p>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), a...

16/04/2025

<p>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...

15/04/2025

<p>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 t...

14/04/2025

<p>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 see...

09/04/2025

<p>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 ba...

07/04/2025