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Dehuman Reign – Destructive Intent (FDA Rekotz)

German death metal always holds a special place for me just like German speed metal, it’s pretty unique in its tone and delivery as this. Having formed in 2011 FDA must have thought this band has something others do not… Continue Reading →

Deadlock – The Arsonist (Napalm)

The Arsonist on Napalm, yep there could be many a pun used there and another in the form of what is it about Deadlock that literally sets me on fire? I mean this is a band I should hate, one… Continue Reading →

Front Line Assembly – Echogenetic (Metropolis)

The realisation that Front Line Assembly have been going for 27 years now makes me feel very old, as there is a part of my brain that still sees the electronica and industrial revolution as a ‘new’ thing. After leaving… Continue Reading →

Armed for Apocalypse – ‘The Road Will End’ (Candlelight)

Armed for Apocalypse are a band that are met with staggering praise for reasons that are simply unfathomable. Often lumped into the category of sludge, the only connection they have with the genre is loose at best. The vocals are… Continue Reading →

Sign of the Jackal – Mark of the Beast (High Roller)

This is a female fronted traditional metal band from Italy who are a talking point in the underground scene of late, well for me anyway! Their first EP ‘The Beyond’ seems to be quite hard to find now at a… Continue Reading →

Witherscape – The Inheritance (Century Media)

In the Metal world Dan Swanö really should need no introduction. As one of the cornerstones of the Swedish Metal scene, he has (officially) performed on more than 30 different albums with bands as diverse as Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath,… Continue Reading →

Helrunar / Árstíðir Lífsins – Fragments: A Mythological Excavation (Lupus Lounge)

Now this is a real treat. Germany’s black metal masters Helrunar and Icelandic bards Árstíðir Lífsins on one release. My main concern is that two bands with such a flare for atmospheric black metal won’t even have time to get… Continue Reading →

In Silent – Potępienie (SR)

It has been quite a long time since a black/death metal release from Poland was a novelty; at one point the very idea would have sent chills down the spines of extreme metal fans everywhere. Now of course, many bands… Continue Reading →

Black Sabbath – 13 (Vertigo)

Yes I know it has been well over a month since the release of this and it is yesterday’s news for most of you; but I have a very good reason for leaving things so long. The thing is, I’m… Continue Reading →

Frozen Ocean – Steamworks: Hibernation (Operator Produkzion)

I had intended covering these three rare ambient works from Russian musicologist Vaarwel in one review but due to the weather, listening to them has been tough. Let me explain, we are in the grip of a heat-wave which in… Continue Reading →

Wound – Inhale The Void (FDA Rekotz)

Picture a grotty three lane highway decked out with vast arrays of death metal bands from all quarters of the planet. In the first lane you have those bands that sit there churning out the odd album hoping for a… Continue Reading →

Fleurety – Et Spiritus Meus Semper Sub Sanguinantibus Stellis Habitabit (Aesthetic Death)

Despite having been going for two decades Fleurety have only released two full length albums and are unlikely to ever bring out another one. The work of Svein Egil Hatlevik and Alexander Nordgaren on these full lengths, previous demos and… Continue Reading →

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