Extreme Metal

This is Turin / A dense and intense slice of technical excellence

UK Technical Blackened Death Metal brutalists This Is Turin return with another face searing EP, 'T.U.R.I.N.'. The EP contains just three tracks encompassing a mere thirteen minutes, but it is such a...

Edoma / Encapsulating all the best aspects of Black and Death Metal

It is rare that any Russian Metal crosses my path, so when a band that sounds as good as St. Petersburg’s Black/Death Metal quartet Edoma comes to my attention, I have twice...

DayGlo Mourning / ‘Dead Star’ is a classic Doom gem

Whilst it is true that most of the time I like my Metal to be so brutal it sears the flesh from my face, it is not always the case. Sometimes I...

Revulsion / Debut full length definitely worth the wait

Finland's Revulsion have been around since 2010, and in that time have dropped three independent releases; a demo, an EP and a single and now are set to finally release 'Revulsion', their...

Angelus Apatrida / Riding the Thrash tsunami of the bands seventh album

Spanish Thrashers Angelus Apatrida formed almost twenty years ago and since then they have earned and maintained a well-deserved reputation as modern Thrash Metal greats. This has been achieved by a consistent...

Darkthrone / Norwegian Metal Legends announce extensive box set

Norwegian Metal Legends Darkthrone are celebrating the 30th Anniversary of their debut album 'Soulside Journey', by releasing a massive limited edition boxset titled 'Shadows Of Iconoclasm' this 2 April through Peaceville Records. The...

Wardenclyffe / Teaser has fascinatingly sinister conspiracist undertones

It has been a full six years since their debut full length studio release 'Control All Delete' and follow up single 'The Omega Point' but Swedish Doom/Death Metal outfit Wardenclyffe have announced...

Hell-Born / ‘Natas Liah’ is an end to end brutal delight

Polish Extreme Cult Metal legends Hell-Born return with their first album in twelve years, 'Natas Liah', a wittily playful 'Hail Satan' backwards, which the band believes is "by far the best album...

Belushi Speed Ball / Spongebob influences gives Metal madness we all need

There are bands who do things by the book. And then there is Louisville Crossover Thrashers Belushi Speed Ball, who have "successfully thumbed their collective nose at conformism since 2013." Belushi Speed...

Riddlebreak / Architeuthis is brilliantly eclectic and very well balanced

Almost five years to the day, Johannesburg’s Progressive influenced Metalcore outfit Riddlebreak return with a second EP 'Architeuthis', which means Giant Squid. It is the follow up to 2016’s 'Collapsar' EP, which...

Yoth Iria / As The Flame Withers is a musical masterpiece

Formed in 2019 but with a line-up pedigree that goes back thirty-five years, Yoth Iria is the brainchild of Greek Black Metal veterans Jim Mutilator (Dimitris "Jim" Patsouris) on bass and The...

Asphyx / Necroceros is cathartically brutal and hugely engaging

"The human race is doomed and only death is real." In which case it sounds like it is time for a new Asphyx album and obligingly they are ready "to noisily emphasise...

Antre / Black Metal with an atmosphere that is claustrophobic, savage and intense

Nottingham’s Atmospheric Black Metal outfit Antre return, intent on building on the successes of their 2019 full length 'Void', with their follow up EP 'Dark Spectrum'. Antre - Dark Spectrum EP (Withered Hand...

Goatwhore / Florida live stream delivers atmospheric and rewarding experience

The first time I saw Goatwhore live was 12 May 2012, in support of their 'Blood for the Master' album alongside Havok, Angelus Apatrida and Three Inches of Blood. I remember it...

Ingested / Debut album remixed and remastered, revealing it in all it’s putrid glory

Towards the end of 2006, British Brutal Slam Death Metal legends Ingested almost released their debut EP, 'Stinking Cesspool of Liquefied Human Remnants', but it was shelved. However, to mark their fifteen...

Rogga Johansson and Felix Stass deliver raw and dirty Swedish Death Metal

A new year and a new Rogga album. Why? Because he can!! And there is never a wrong time for a Rogga album - that is why!! Stass - Songs Of Flesh And...

Arallu / Re-worked Desert Battles considerably better than the original version

Back in 2009 Israeli Black/Death Metal outfit Arallu released 'Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands' and despite the album selling out, the band were never fully happy with the mix and...

Frozen Soul / Delivering an intense chunk of icy old school Death Metal

Texas is not always sunny, in fact it can be decidedly frosty, especially if you are within a five-mile radius of Texan Death Metal quintet Frozen Soul, as their debut studio full...
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