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Hateful / Complex, fascinating and engaging Italian Technical Death Metal
Italian Technical Death Metal trio Hateful are set to release their third full length, their first with Transcending Obscurity Records. Titled ‘Set Forever On Me’, it is an album that delivers exactly what I would hope for from a Technical Metal album; nicely syncopated complexity by the bucketful, with layer …
Jupiterian / The crushing heaviness of ‘Protosapien’
Brazilian Atmospheric Sludge/Doom Metal quartet Jupiterian return with their third studio offering ‘Protosapien’, building on the experience gained from their two previous full lengths; 2015’s ‘Aphotic’ and their ground breaking, ground shaking 2017 release ‘Terraforming’, creating an even more powerful listen with this latest offering. Jupiterian – Protosapien (Transcending Obscurity …
Review / Serpent Omega: Impressive, powerful and worth your attention
If you had the good fortune to catch the debut self-titled album seven years ago from Swedish Sludge / Doom Metal four piece Serpent Omega, or you enjoy a Heavy as Hell, sludgy, Doom-fest of a Metal album, then follow up ‘II’ is certainly something you will want to give …
Panzerfaust / The Suns of Perdition Chapter II is a heady release, leaving you much to think about
Canadian Black Metal quartet Panzerfaust return with Chapter II of their latest musical endeavour ‘The Suns of Perdition’, a follow up to their June 2019 release ‘The Suns of Perdition – Chapter I: War, Horrid War’, both of which are part of an impressively ambitious four-part album series. Panzerfaust – …
Ages / Demonstrating Sweden’s ability to produce Black Metal of worth
Five years after the release of their debut album ‘The Malefic MiasmaI’, Swedish Melodic Black Metal trio Ages, return with their follow up release ‘Uncrown’, featuring Brice Leclercq on bass, who has also worked with Satyricon and Dissection in the past. The band describe Uncrown as a cluster of “nine epistles …
This Is Endless / Masters of the balance between Death Metal and Hardcore
Their inspiration may come from the 80’s, the heyday of Death Metal, but This Is Endless make the sound their own by adding a modern and brutal twist; a hugely engaging mix of Brutal Death Metal and Hardcore. Their debut studio album ‘Formations of a World Below’ is undoubtedly much …
Ingested / Venturing ‘Where Only Gods May Tread’ with their latest full length
The “Kings of Slam” return with their latest chunk of brutality, ‘Where Only Gods May Tread’. The fifth album from Ingested, the band are now ready to rise from the underground to the wider Metal audience and, whilst the “Kings of Slam” is a self-proclaimed title there are many, including …
Onslaught / A brutal return with ‘Generation Antichrist’
After seven years, UK Thrash legends Onslaught return with their long-awaited new studio album ‘Generation Antichrist’. They have come a long way from their Hardcore Punk roots in their thirty-eight year career and with Sy Keeler stepping down as vocalist, it sees the new guy, Bull-Riff Stampede’s Dave Garnett, stepping …
Serene Dark / Embarking on a dark exploration with ‘Enantiodromia’
To say that I am excited that the debut album ‘Enantiodromia’ from Canadian Black/Death Metal quintet Serene Dark is finally out, would be an understatement, having originally crossed paths with them fourteen months ago when they dropped the teaser track and first single ‘Where Time Drowns Still’. Words: Jools Green …
Eternal Rot / Another filthy excavation in the form of ‘Putridarium’
International Death Doomsters ‘Eternal Rot’ return with another filthy, festering chunk of foetid delight for your delectation. Following closely behind, and in the same gory manner as their 2018 debut full length Cadaverine’, it’s another four track thirty minute offering called ‘Putridarium’, whose contents were “excavated between 2018 and 2019 …
