Extreme Metal

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 Now Words: 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...

Video Nasty / Seven grizzly chunks of horror-inspired Thrash

Just from the name of the debut self-titled EP Video Nasty, from Canadian Thrashers Video Nasty, you should have a pretty good idea of what to expect. It is a slice of...

Desaster / Churches Without Saints has a lot of depth and philosophy in the lyrics

It's been five years since Germany's Old School Thrash Metal legends Desaster dropped The Oath Of An Iron Ritual. Now they are back with a vengeance with their ninth full length, Churches...

Isgherurd Morth / Hellrduk is unique and cleverly crafted

I am very familiar with the quirky and contradictory Grind 'supergroup' Stench Price, which boasted guest appearances from some legendary members of the Extreme Metal community. Now imagine a new project featuring...

Funeral Chasm / Above Ravens Danny Woe on insomnia, anxiety and depression

Funeral Chasm will release their debut album Omniversal Existence on 2 July 2021, through Aesthetic Death. The band have released their first single, Sunrise Vertigo, which you can hear below. The Danish band...

Eclipser / Pages EP is creative Black Metal with a modern feel

Canadian Black Metal outfit Eclipser return with a follow up to their 2019 debut full length 'Pathos'. 'Pages' is a new five-track, fourteen-minute EP and although this release is a little different...

Dargor / A great slice of cold but atmospheric Black Metal

Initially, a one-man Black Metal project, Dargor was founded by Polish musician Michał Kustra, who cut his teeth in several local bands across the genres. But he was driven to develop this...
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