Albums Reviews

The almighty Abbath returns! Three years after his debut solo album ‘Abbath’ that followed the split of Immortal, the charismatic guitarist returns with ‘Outstrider’. The album was released via Season Of Mist on the beginning of the month. From the very beginning ‘Outstrider’ proves not to disappoint. The opening track ‘Calm in Ire (Of Hurricane)’ starts [...]

Formed in France in 2017, the self-proclaimed Blackened Sludge duo Vous Autres released their first LP Champ du Sang on April 8th 2019. Needless to say, Metal bands from France, especially Black Metal ones, are the best at their craft in the discomfort area. Just listen to Deathspell Omega for instance, there’s always something unhealthy [...]

Saint Vitus is undoubtedly one of the doom metal pioneers. The band leaded by Dave Chandler is returning with Scott Reagers to release their self-titled album (second in their discography). The album is set for release on May 17th by Season of Mist. The record starts with the slow distorted guitar sounds of ‘Remains’. Dave [...]

In Metal circles, one can meet all kinds of opinions on a plethora of topics. Take for instance one genre: Black Metal. Some purists will say that the genre started and died with Venom, Bathory, and Celtic Frost aka the First Wave of Black Metal. While, cultists,I mean kvltists, will celebrate Darkthrone, Mayhem and Emperor [...]

Moonshade – a Portuguese melodic death band – has been around for some time, however, with the release of their debut album “Sun Dethroned”, they have truly shown their quality. The album was released via Art Gates Records. The evolution since the release of their first EP “The Path of Redemption” back in 2010, has [...]

The melodic death metal band Aephanemer was founded in 2014 by Martin Hamiche and in 2015 he recruited the remaining elements of the band. In 2016 they released a first album, “Memento Mori”, and three years later we have in our hands the second studio effort by this French group. Not having listened to the [...]

Masters of the pure Norwegian black metal, 1349, are coming back with a new single ‘Dødskamp’ which will be released by Season Of Mist on the 5th of April. The song was recorded as a tribute to Edvard Munch’s painting called ‘Dødskamp’ (what can be translated to ‘Death Struggle’). It is not a surprise that this [...]

Ceremony of Silence are drummer, lyricist and cover artist Svjatogor, together with guitarist, bassist and vocalist Vilozof. The band debuted itself in the metal world with Oútis, out via Willowtip Records, but Svjatogor and Vilozof are not newbies in the extreme music scene. According to Ceremony of Silence’s words, Outis began as “[the] countless hours [...]

Time Lurker is a French one man band, born in 2014 by the hands of Mick, the multi-instrumentalist and mastermind behind this project. In 2017 Time Lurker released its homonymous debut album. What we have here is an excellent work of atmospheric black metal with some post black metal and little bit of shoegaze. The [...]

Dauthuz is a Dutch death metal band born in 2015. Despite being a new band, both founders played in death metal bands back in the 90s. Dennis Jak played in Nembrionic and Consolation, while Hans Bijland played in Deity’s Flesh. In 2016 Dauthuz released an EP with four songs and in 2017 the debut album [...]

The French pop punk band – “Two Trains Left” debuts with a record called ‘Sorry & Pathetic’. This EP consisting of 6 catchy pop rock songs maintained in punk aesthetics was released in cooperation with Dooweet Agency. The first single released to promote this record was ‘Broke Me Again’. This is a catchy song that [...]

Lord Shades is a French melodic black / death metal band born in 2001 but only in 2008 they released their first album. In December of 2017 they released their third album “The Uprising of Namwell”, the last of a trilogy started in 2008. Not having heard the two previous albums, I must say that this is [...]

Romanian quintet Rancorum pledge their axes to the gods of old-school death metal. And what a helluva debut record they have crafted! “The Vermin Shrine” is plain, intoxicating death metal done the classic way. The guitars sound raw and punishingly loud, as soon as the first chugging riff fades in the mix. The production is [...]

Romanian Ordinul Negru has been active on the metal scene since 2004. The band started as a one man project and in order to allow Ordinul Negru to perform as a live act, it evolved into a full band in 2015. Their latest full length record entitled ‘Faustian Nights’ was released in collaboration with Loud [...]