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AttracthA – Engraved (SR)

This Brazilian band formed in 2007 and this is their debut 4 track EP. Presented in a very nice bi-fold digipak format, this band obviously takes their music seriously and this can be found when you play any one of… Continue Reading →

Mercenary – Through Our Darkest Days (NoiseArt Records)

Let’s face it. This sounds like Mercenary and no-one else. I’m very happy about that. In case you don’t know what Mercenary sound like, the phrase “melodic, aggressive thrash metal meets sophisticated power metal”, which remains on the label stuck… Continue Reading →

Exhumed – Necrocracy (Relapse Records)

In the words of Den Dennis: ‘Here comes the beast again’. Two years on from their grizzly comeback album ‘All Guts, No Glory’, Exhumed has returned to wreak havoc on the world of the living once again. That previous musical… Continue Reading →

Phragments – New Kings And Queens (Malignant Records)

Minimalist. This is a short album, around thirty minutes in total split into six chapters, which apparently goes against the normal approach of this Slovakian duo of industrial, dark electronic music. Here they instead favour these slow motion ambient flows… Continue Reading →

Southern Lord Records Round Up (Southern Lord)

There is something rather horrific about this trio of US releases on Southern Lord. Each one seeks to carve deep penetrating auditory scars within your fragile psyche by exuding corrosive and barraging music that sits entrenched within core like manifestations,… Continue Reading →

Lingua Mortis Orchestra – ST (Nuclear Blast)

Victor Smolski likes to push the Power Metal boundaries, he’s been doing that since he recorded his first Rage studio outing back in 2001. It’s possible Lingua Mortis Orchestra has come about because Rage founder Peavy has thought it was… Continue Reading →

Túrin Turambar – Rzeczpospolita Czartowska (SR)

Whilst Poland may be more famous for its brutal death metal scene, its black metal scene is often overlooked. Bands like Mgla, early Graveland, and of course Behemoth hold their head high against their Nordic contemporaries. As with their death… Continue Reading →

The Nihilistic Front – Procession To Annihilation (Aesthetic Death)

Having not heard any of the three previously self-released albums by Australian act The Nihilistic Front I was luckily provided a crash course of some of their older material thanks to a compilation put together by Stu of their new… Continue Reading →

For Many Reasons – Make Your Own (Great Dane)

A heavy, dark and ethereal atmosphere is promised. “Make Your Own” is the second album release by this French extreme and post death metal band. The production is by Dan Swanö. The result is a powerful and lively combination, full… Continue Reading →

Retribution – Opus Serpentis (Prologue) (SR)

I’ve never been quite sure why companies and bands seem to hold such sway in rebranding. I mean, why would you spend a number of years building an identity, attracting fans and customers to that particular brand only to destroy… Continue Reading →

Mortis Mutilati – Nameless Here For Evermore (Naturmacht Productions)

No, nothing to do with that Norwegian chap who had a big pointy nose and ears. This is Mortis Mutilati, a French one-man melodic ‘funeral black metal band’. With a couple of demos, a split, and an exclusive tape-only debut… Continue Reading →

Panzerchrist – 7th Offensive ( Listenable)

For those that already know this veteran band, the fact that this, their seventh full-length release (the clue is in the title) contains an all-new line-up won’t be a huge surprise. Panzerchrist has been a constantly changing collection of Danish… Continue Reading →

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