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 2021 Words: Jools Green “Originally, we had planned to bring out the record in time for this year’s …
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 from a philosophical point of view, dealing with altered states of consciousness. Necronautical – Slain In The Spirit …
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 the high quality of their work remains. Bohemyst – Čerň A Smrt (Petrichor) Release Date: 13 August 2021 …
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 (Xtreem Music) Release Date: 3 August 2021 Words: Jools Green Grisly was initially formed in 2014 after …
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, a three-track fifteen-minute offering, and it makes for a very engaging listen. Vaciø – Et Destituta Mortis (Morbid …
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 Leader) Release Date: 30 July 2021 Words: Jools Green Regarding the release, vocalist Jason Evans said, “As …
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 Gloom, Beauty and Despair – Live in Helsinki (Century Media Records) Release Date: 30 July 2021 Words: …
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 his artwork, it is a unique and individual beast and remarkably different to its predecessors. Fetid Zombie – …
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, which is more on a par, style-wise, with the EP than the debut full length. Lykhaeon – 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 of ’90s Black Metal will love it,” frontman Per Kolderup Finstad says. “We at …
