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Pantheïst – Kings Must Die (Melancholic Realm)

Active now for just shy of quarter of a century Pantheïst originally started out in Belgium before settling down in London and more recently Cardiff. Led by vocalist & keyboard player Kostas Panagiotou, they are a bit of an underground… Continue Reading →

Profane Burial – My Plateau (Crime Records)

More than ten years on from their inception, Norwegian band Profane Burial come back with their second album. “My Plateau” is described as intense and extreme with a leaning to black metal. Featuring symphonic elements, this band’s brand of metal… Continue Reading →

Azell – Death Control (Rottweiler Records)

On a morning that has all the characteristics of the impending apocalypse, as gun metal grey clouds disgorge their pregnant bellies of water onto the unsuspecting populous of the United Kingdom as gales flail, wind lashes sodden garden fences like… Continue Reading →

Byzantium – A Seamless Robe (Repose Records)

Well here’s something I’ve never had before; a cassette! Well Ok, I get around half a dozen a month for myself due to an addiction to raw black metal and dungeon synth but it’s the first review cassette I’ve had…. Continue Reading →

Sentry – Sentry (High Roller)

This is a band formed with surviving members of Manilla Road. You may expect a similar stance, this is true, but it’s a little more than that, this is not a continuation. ‘Dark Matter’ begins with all the hallmarks of… Continue Reading →

Firewind – Stand United (AFM Records)

I can’t believe it is now four years since Greek band Firewind released their awesome self-titled album in 2020. It is now over 20 years since I got into the band and adding in Gus G’s solo works I always… Continue Reading →

Griffon – De Republica (LADLO Productions)

The French are revolting again but they do it so well! Griffon are back with their third album and here they set things out historically with bloody revolutions as a theme. This isn’t a call to arms or an album… Continue Reading →

Messiah – Christus Hypercubus (High Roller)

Following their return in 2020 with the awesome “Fracmont”, this Swiss Death/Thrash band made a big impact after being away so long, bringing out the glory days of their Noise records releases. However, the band return after some line-up changes,… Continue Reading →

SoulCarrion – Enthrone Death (Godz Ov War)

Poland’s Soul Carrion is two piece outfit hailing from Warsaw and since forming in 2019 have released a full length titled ‘Infernal Agony’ and a self-titled EP which I reviewed for the site in 2023. Nearly one year later and… Continue Reading →

They Came From Visions – The Twilight Robes (Eisenwald)

It’s no secret that reviewing a Ukrainian band would not go without a mention of the dangerous situation said band’s homeland is facing at this moment in history. However, despite the ongoing slaughter of innocents, the creative drive of Ukraine… Continue Reading →

Hand of Kalliach – Corryvreckan (Prosthetic)

Hand of Kalliach are a husband and wife duo from Edinburgh who mix melodic death metal and Scottish folk music to great effect.  That is the bare basics now onto the wicked mix that Corryvreckan contains in its bubbling pot. The… Continue Reading →

Ministry – Hopiumforthemasses (Nuclear Blast)

Yeehaw rednecks beware, cantankerous moral crusader Al Jourgensen and his bunch of rebellious wranglers are back and nobody is safe from a tongue-lashing. Mind you after 16 albums and a storied career of over four decades we wouldn’t really accept… Continue Reading →

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