IMMORTAL Release Ninth Studio Album ‘Northern Chaos Gods’ July 6th, 2018 Bergen, Norway-based black metal group Immortal – consisting of lyricist / guitarist Demonaz (real name: Harald Nævdal) and drummer Horgh (real name: Reidar Horghagen) – issued ninth full-length studio album Northern Chaos Gods on July 6th 2018 through Nuclear Blast Records. Demonaz and Horgh […]
LUCIFERLucifer II Century Media (2018)Rating: 8.5/10 And here we are again, all leathered and lathered up for another bout of throwback rock from Lucifer, the band fronted by the mercurial and devilish sorceress Johanna Sadonis. Only this time its former Entombed and Hellacopters man Nicke Andersson (replacing Cathedral’s Gaz Jennings) who brings fresh blood to […]
LUCIFER Release Second Studio Album ‘Lucifer II’ July 6th, 2018 Berlin, Germany / Stockholm, Sweden-based hard rock group Lucifer issued second full-length studio album Lucifer II worldwide (excluding Japan) on July 6th, 2018 through Century Media Records. Japanese release was handled by Trooper Entertainment. Singer Johanna Sadonis commented: “Maybe I could say it’s different from […]
ANACHRONISMOrogeny Self-released (2018)Rating: 8/10 Lisa Voisard (vocals and guitars), Manu Le Bé (guitars) and Florent Duployer (drums) are the talented trio behind a superb example of what can best be described as technical death metal. The Swiss band formed in 2009 and released their Senseless debut in 2012, but now they’ve taken things up a […]
BURIAL INVOCATIONAbiogenesis Me Saco Un Ojo / Dark Descent (2018)Rating: 9/10 Finally this Turkish death metal band gets round to releasing their debut album Abiogenesis, which comes eight years after Burial Invocation’s Rituals Of The Grotesque EP in 2010. Okay, I know that they split up in 2012 and reformed two years later, so I’ll […]
SIX FEET UNDER Release Compilation Album ‘Unburied’, Featuring Previously Unreleased Material July 6th, 2018 Chris Barnes Tampa, Florida-based death metal group Six Feet Under issued compilation album Unburied on July 6th, 2018 in digital format through Metal Blade Records. Unburied was produced by frontman Chris Barnes, and mixed and mastered by Chaz Najjar at Badlands […]
BLOODLOSTDiary Of Death El Puerto (2018)Rating: 7/10 This is the fourth full-length outing from Swiss thrashers Bloodlost, an aggressive bunch that’s been active since 2001 and who, thanks to vocalist / guitarist Francisco Martins (aka Tchico), come fully armoured with a sniping, snarling assault that hints at a Teutonic sensibility mixed with crossover flourishes. Diary […]
DEVILDRIVER Release Outlaw Country Covers Album ‘Outlaws ‘Til The End’ July 6th, 2018 Los Angeles, California-based metal group DevilDriver tentatively issue outlaw country covers full-length studio album Outlaws ‘Til The End in early 2018. The outing consists of 13 cover tracks originally recorded by outlaw country artists, including Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and […]
ATROCITYOkkult II Massacre (2018)Rating: 9/10 I remember fondly being introduced to German metallers Atrocity through their 1990 debut outing Hallucinations, a record I still spin quite often today. But boy have these guys evolved into a force of nature, bringing with them varying sounds, styles and ideas which remain prominent with tenth full-length album Okkult […]
DIVINE ECSTASYStrange Passion EP Iron Bonehead Productions (2018)Rating: 8.5/10 The name is a new one on me, Divine Ecstasy being a Detroit, Michigan-based cult offering up a debut mini-album that nods, winks and spits towards the evil days of Bathory, Mayhem and Bulldozer, as well as flirting with other grim waves within the black metal […]
