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The Howling Void – Nightfall (Solitude)

Welcome to the night and all who dwell in it. I guess that could be the basic premise here but as the artwork shows night has not quite fallen yet and we are in that crepuscular void between light and… Continue Reading →

Goatcraft – The Blasphemer (I, Voidhanger)

I was not just surprised by Goatcraft’s 2013 debut album All For Naught, but also rather taken with its idiosyncratic approach of sole member and US based Lonegoat obsessively hammering away at his piano with little other accompaniment. This approach… Continue Reading →

Nethermost – Alpha (Hypnotic Dirge)

Hailing from Texas this band are a relatively new outfit who have so far only released this one EP. It came out originally in 2012 independently before being picked up by Hypnotic Dirge for a bit more widespread recognition. Honed… Continue Reading →

Steel Hook Prostheses – The Empirics Guild (Malignant Records)

If anyone’s capable of sonically replicating the sound of a human brain dissected and rewired by the hands of a grinning sadist, this is it. Imagine all those album covers from melodic death metal bands covered with screaming faces but… Continue Reading →

Witches Mark – Witching Metal Ritual (Heaven And Hell)

In days gone by I would have bought this Witches Mark on the strength of the diabolically cheesy album art that adorns it. You’ll see what I mean when you see it. That aside I was expecting an album of… Continue Reading →

Power Trip – Manifest Decimation (Southern Lord)

“Steel, speed and destruction” is the summary given on Power Trip’s own page. Taking old school thrash metal values and combining them with punk hardcore seems to be about where this Texan band is at. Although I’m familiar with the… Continue Reading →

Morgengrau – Extrinsic Pathway (Blind God Records)

Texan, Old-school death metallers Morgengrau were formed in 2010, so they’re still nippers to the scene. Having only just recorded their debut album it’s gonna take a cd made out of belly button fluff from each member of Cannibal Corpse… Continue Reading →

The Howling Void – The Womb Beyond The World (Solitude)

Ooh this sounds good, thought I as giving it a spin. It also sounded slightly familiar too and I tried to place it all in the grand scheme of things. Luckily a quick glance at the ever useful Metal Archives… Continue Reading →

Venomous Maximus – Beg Upon The Light (Occulture)

It is thy eve of Halloween and I sit here with a disc before me with witches cavorting on the front cover and a baphomet design around some sinister looking band players on the back. What form of horror could… Continue Reading →

The Sword – Apocryphon (Napalm)

Texan stoner metallers ‘The Sword’ were formed in 2003. After writing on his own for a while, Vocalist/Guitarist John decided to form a band with guitarist Kyle and Drummer Trivett. Their first demo was released in 2003 named ‘Age of… Continue Reading →

Unmothered – ST (SR)

Not so sure about not giving this album a self title I would have plumped for ‘Bastard.’ Unmothered – Bastard would be a perfect combo. So what exactly have we got here then? Well this is the first release from… Continue Reading →

Vesperian Sorrow – Stormwinds of Ages (Amplitude Media Records

It’s good to know that this group from Texas are back with their 4th album. Their 2001 work “Psychotic Sculpture” brightens up my life each time I listen to it. After listening to it, I always find myself wondering why… Continue Reading →

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