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Orphalis – The Ashes Settle (Transcending Obscurity)

Dispensing a brutal form of technical death metal, this is the experienced German band’s fourth full album release. Fire and brimstone are guaranteed. There’s no surprise element here – it’s as advertised so heavy, hard, brutal and technical. It’s the… Continue Reading →

Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree – Aion (Magnetic Eye Records)

Time to step into the musical apiary here, hopefully it will be sweet and we won’t get stung. Mind you it would not be surprising if the German quartet got a few barbed hooks into us, after all we are… Continue Reading →

Temple of Dread – Beyond Acheron (Testimony Records)

In Greek mythology, the Acheron river was regarded as cursed. Although not a theme album as such, this work’s subjects cover the underworld, plague, fire, decay and hell. The band portray all this with their brand of death metal, and… Continue Reading →

Porta Nigra – Weltende (Soulseller Records)

It must have seemed like ‘the end of the world’ and indeed for many it was “as the generals left the game and only the wounded remained” (to quote another band). The folly and lunacy of the first world war… Continue Reading →

The Night Eternal – Fatale (Van Records)

Bringing the darkness from Germany, The Night Eternal deliver their second long player seeking a heavier, more sinister vibe. “Fatale” finds the band attempting to create their own unique sound combining solid melodies over classic era heavy metal inspired hooks…. Continue Reading →

Spiritual Void – Wayfare (Journey’s End Records)

When the esteemed editor of the site you are being kind enough to peruse asked me if I wanted to review Spiritual Void, I was flung back three decades to the groove metal inspired pounding single from Overkill’s 1993 crusher… Continue Reading →

Winterstorm – Everfrost (AFM)

After four more than solid Power Metal albums, Germany’s Winterstorm have finally attracted the attention of a label worthy of their talents. In their new home at AFM the band are sounding more concise, more mature, more diverse and more… Continue Reading →

KHNVM – Visions Of A Plague Ridden Sky (Neckbreaker Records / Bitter Loss Records)

This is the third album by the Bangladesh-born Obliterator, now residing in Germany, where a recent move from Magdeburg to Berlin had him approach Incinerate drummer Alex Simpson to lay down the drum tracks for these seven songs, while he… Continue Reading →

Illum Adora – Non Serviam Black Metal (The Demos) (Fallen Temple)

The delightfully entitled Hurricane Hellfukker is the man essentially behind German act Illum Adora (also of Zarathustra) and has been active under that name since 2011. He has seen collaborators come and go through a couple of albums, splits EP’s… Continue Reading →

Mental Cruelty – Zwielicht (Century Media)

The fourth album by this German quintet features their new vocalist Lukas Nicolai, along with founding guitarist Nahuel Lozano and bassist Viktor Dick, and for their second outing drummer Danny Straßer and guitarist Marvin Kessler. I mistakenly assumed they were… Continue Reading →

Adversvm – Vama Marga (Moribund)

Here we have the kings of monumental occult German doom apparently. Who crowned them or whether they seized the throne is something to consider but once we dip into their third album ‘Vama Marga’ a tantric term for the left… Continue Reading →

Valosta Varjoon – Boarisch Grattlig (Folter Records)

Have you ever been on a bar crawl in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz? Well you may have seen bearded Bavarian Blacksters V.V. and Sturmwulf propping up a table if you have. They have probably been thrown out of a few… Continue Reading →

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