Tag Black Lion Records
From the school of blackened death metal come Ephialtes. “Melas Oneiros” is a debut album but there’s no shortage of experience in this band which is headed by Quazarre whose cv includes Devilish Impressions, Asgaard and Crionics. Menace lurks everywhere,… Continue Reading →
Buddhist Black Metal from New England. OK the pvrists and troo believers have scattered. Now I can address the rest of you. Shunyata are a four-piece band from the USA – not to be mixed up with a Dutch stoner band of the same name. They may follow the beliefs… Continue Reading →
Swedish melodic death metal band Ablaze My Sorrow seem to have a rather odd history, releasing a string of albums in the late 90’s and early 2000’s then disbanding in 2006. They then reformed and released another album in 2016… Continue Reading →
This is the third album by the multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Max Molodtsov from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Formed 9 years ago, this single person doom metal album was recorded between 2018 and 2022, with the aid of a handful of guest vocalists… Continue Reading →
The fourth studio album from Swedish Melodic Black/Death Metal band Vananidr sees a continuation of their super-prolific release rate (A full length album almost every year so far since their 2018 inception) and also sees an end to the bands… Continue Reading →
This is the third album by the 7-year-old quintet from Umeå, and the first with the current line-up. Musically they are fast & heavy thrash with gruff vocals rather than clean, with the occasional growl added for good measure. At… Continue Reading →
This imaginatively entitled Milanese outfit may be a new one with a debut album here but that should not put you off as there are a wealth of ideas on display over this hour’s-worth of music. Essentially, we are in… Continue Reading →
A first listen to this band for me, though it would appear that the Swedish death metal crew have been about since 2006, with this being their third full length album. It would also appear that the lads have had… Continue Reading →
Despite starting up in 2007, this is only Totengeflüster’s third studio release (alongside a live recording from 2017’s Beermageddon festival) so they are not exactly prolific but this is definitely a case of quality over quantity. Building on the foundation… Continue Reading →