Extreme Metal

Sodom / Bombenhagel, an excellent EP that Thrash fans will love

German Thrash legends Sodom, who will be celebrating their fortieth anniversary next year, are set to drop a three-track EP, Bombenhagel.Sodom – Bombenhagel (Steamhammer / SPV)Release Date : 20 August 2021Words: Jools...

Album Of The Week / Necronautical’s Slain In The Spirit is a magnificent listen

One of the UK's finest Black Metal bands, in my opinion, Necronautical, are set to unleash their fourth album, Slain In The Spirit, and as the title suggests, the themes look at death...

Album Of The Week / Bohemyst, heirs to the throne of Czech Metal

Czech Metal outfit Bohemyst, formerly known as Avenger for twenty-five years, return with their first slice of Blackened Metal, Čerň A Smrt. Under this new moniker, the name may have changed, but...

Grisly / Salting The Earth, both addictively catchy and decidedly filthy

He is back again. That unstoppable Swedish Death Metal Juggernaut Rogga Johansson returns, and this time it's his Grisly project and their second full length, Salting The Earth.Grisly – Salting The Earth...

Vaciø / Black Metal, with lyrical inspiration from occultism, misanthropy and nihilism

Formed in 2019 by the mysteriously named A.84 on guitars and bass with L.77 covering vocals and lyrics, Spanish Black Metal outfit Vaciø have recently dropped their debut EP, Et Destituta Mortis,...

Ingested / The Surreption II is bigger, better and blisteringly good

British Death Metal Legends Ingested are set to release The Surreption II, a reimagined re-recording of their vital second album, The Surreption, to celebrate its 10th anniversary.Ingested - The Surreption II (Unique...

Swallow The Sun / Live in Helsinki sure to be a massive hit with the fans

Finnish Death-Doom Metallers Swallow The Sun will release the live album, 20 Years of Gloom, Beauty and Despair – Live in Helsinki to celebrate their anniversary.Swallow The Sun - 20 Years of...

Fetid Zombie / Transmutations is filled with extreme contrasts

Five years since the release of his last full-length, Epicedia, legendary artist and the musician behind the Death Metal project Fetid Zombie, Mark Riddick, returns with his latest EP, Transmutations, and like...

Lykhaeon / Opprobrium, an unnervingly atmospheric and dark offering

Swiss Blackened Death Metal duo Lykhaeon return with their follow up to 2015s full-length Tanz der Entleibten and 2018s EP Ominous Eradication Of Anguished Souls with their latest studio full-length release, Opprobrium,...

Burning Darkness / Dödens Makt, a very complex and interesting listen

Swedish Black Metal five-piece Burning Darkness have returned with their sophomore full-length album, Dödens Makt, a blistering eight-track forty-nine-minute offering.Burning Darkness - Dödens Makt (Non Serviam Records)Release Date: Out NowWords: Jools Green"Fans...

Mütherload / Ü is a “step back into the Metal scene after years of silence”

"Sometimes our paths are meant to be crossed with one another more than once in this lifetime…… and that's how the story of Mütherload came to be."Guitarist Patrick Davison bumped into drummer...

Funeral Chasm / Omniversal Existence delivers a feeling of revelation

Danish Funeral Doom Metal duo Funeral Chasm was formed in 2020 by Sjaelepest and Danny Woe, both from the Black Metal outfit Above Ravens, out of a combined desire to experiment with...

Darkthrone / Eternal Hails is inimitably wonderful and eccentric

Norwegian Black Metal legends Darkthrone return with their latest full length, astoundingly their nineteenth, the five track, forty-five-minute offering, Eternal Hails, created in their usual inimitably wonderful, eccentric style.Darkthrone - Eternal Hails...

Curse Of Eibon and their hauntingly mournful Journey Into Madness

Forming only last year and releasing their first EP in December, things continue to move quickly for the Swedish Melodic Death Metal quartet Curse Of Eibon. They have followed up their debut...

Necronautical / Naut talks new album Slain In The Spirit

Necronautical have announced that their fourth album, Slain In The Spirit, will be released on 20 August 2021 via Candlelight Records, with the first track, Hypnagogia, available to watch below.The band, whose...

Album Of The Week / Chaos Doctrine are something unique and individual

Just three years after Johannesburg Metal outfit Chaos Doctrine released their self-titled debut studio album, they are back with the follow-up And In The Beginning… They Lied. This engaging beast is another...

Alustrium / A Monument to Silence is a blisteringly good listen

Philadelphia's Progressive Death Metal quintet Alustrium return with their third full length, A Monument To Silence, the long-awaited follow up to 2015's full length A Tunnel to Eden and the 2020 EP...

Eye Of Purgatory / The Lighthouse makes for a winning combination

In these uncertain times, there is always one thing you can be both certain of and look forward to. That you are never far from another Rogga Johansson album, and I’ll raise...
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