WITCHFYREGrimorium Verum Fighter (2018)Rating: 7/10 Just like Bloodlost’s recent Diary Of Death album, Spain’s Witchfyre offers up a deliciously 80s cover art and a sound that also harkens back to dark, Gothic gallops. I recently reviewed the brilliant Candle album The Keeper’s Curse and have had a penchant for stuff like Portrait et al, and […]

DE PROFUNDIS Issue Lyric Video For ‘Martyrs’ Track August 7th, 2018 London, England-based death metal band De Profundis have released an official lyric video for the track ‘Martyrs’. Created by Andy Pilkington (Very Metal Art), the clip can be viewed below. Guitarist Paul Nazarkardeh commented: “‘Martyrs’ continues The Blinding Light Of Faith’s exploration of the […]

BLACK MOTH Unveil Music Video For ‘Pig Man’ Track August 4th, 2018 British doom / stoner metal band Black Moth have filmed a music video for the track ‘Pig Man’. Directed by Ged Murphy, the clip can be viewed below. Black Moth issued third full-length studio album Anatomical Venus on March 2nd, 2018 through Candlelight […]

SOLITARYNothing Changes: 20th Anniversary Edition Doc (2018)Rating: 7.5/10 It’s a blessing but also a tragedy that the grunge invasion of the early 90s put pay to so many careers within the heavy metal genre. By the mid-90s, in spite of some bands consistently ploughing on and new acts emerging, the metal community was struggling on […]

TIME, THE VALUATOR Release Debut Studio Album ‘How Fleeting, How Fragile’ August 3rd, 2018 Essen, Germany-based progressive metal band Time, The Valuator issued debut full-length studio album How Fleeting, How Fragile on August 3rd, 2018 in Europe through Long Branch Records / SPV. Release in the rest of the world was handled by Famined Records. […]

ABHORRENT DEFORMITYSlaughter Monolith Comatose Music (2018)Rating: 7/10 Three years ago, North Carolina metal misfits Abhorrent Deformity released their rather average debut offering Entity Of Malevolence. Now, the quartet have returned and reaching out to those with a penchant for brutal death metal circa Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse et al. In a sense, Slaughter Monolith is very […]

HALCYON WAYBloody But Unbowed Agonia (2018)Rating: 8.5/10 Steve Braun (vocals), Jon Bodan (lead guitars, backing vocals and programming), Max Eve (rhythm guitars), Skyler Moore (bass and backing vocals) and Aaron Baumoel (drums) are the unit behind the name Halcyon Way; an Atlanta, Georgia-based band that has toiled since the early 2000s, releasing a brace of […]

MONGREL’S CROSSPsalter Of The Royal Dragon Court Hells Headbangers (2018)Rating: 7.5/10 Strange band name, eh? Mongrel’s Cross are a group from Brisbane, Australia that formed in 2009. In spite of Psalter Of The Royal Dragon Court being Mongrel’s Cross’ second full-length release, the outfit have been described as “one of the best-kept secrets down under”. […]

U.D.O.Steelfactory AFM (2018)Rating: 9/10 Steelfactory is heavy metal as I know it and possibly the best record U.D.O. has released to date. I’ll go one step further and posit that it’s possibly the best straight forward metal record of 2018 we’ve seen released yet. Sure, I know Judas Priest released Firepower back in March, but […]

RAVENS CREEDGet Killed Or Try Dying Xtreem Music (2018)Rating: 9/10 London, England-based death metal party Ravens Creed have been in existence since 2006 and have coughed up a batch of steadfast records; three of which have merged during a particularly prolific time from 2012 until now. Get Killed Or Try Dying is a rather snappy […]