WYTCHExordium Ripple Music (2021)Rating: 7/10 Hailing from Sweden and starting life as Aska in 2016, Wytch is the latest band to hop onto the occult / doom / female-fronted bandwagon. I have to admit to being very sceptical about this debut release from Wytch – I was curious as to whether it would be any […]
BLOODY CHAINSLast Will Self-released (2021)Rating: 8/10 Greek death / thrash is the order of the day here with Last Will, the debut platter from four-piece Bloody Chains. The cover artwork actually fooled me into thinking this was going to be some dirty, doom-drenched expression of grief, but instead we get a solid, effective rasping slice […]
ICE WARSacred Land Fighter (2021)Rating: 5/10 Sounding like some obscure mid-80s metal act boasting power metal strains, Canadian one-man project Ice War returns to the fold with a batch of no frills, yet rather epic blasts, channelled via the mind of multi-instrumentalist Jo “Steel” Capitalicide, who has journeyed his way through numerous cool bands such […]
ULCERDead Souls Cathedral Defense (2021)Rating: 8/10 Like a rush of evil cold wind, Ulcer’s new opus blasts us with a snarling, frothing aggression that throws us straight into the cover art like a lost soul alienated by the vast, grandiose landscapes built by those trembling bass stones, that crushing percussion, fatal riffs that crumble glaciers […]
AUÐN Release Music Video For ‘Vökudraumsins fangi’ Title Track May 17th, 2021 Icelandic atmospheric black metal band Auðn have released a music video for the title track of their latest album Vökudraumsins fangi. Edited by Andri Björn Birgisson, the clip can be viewed below. Regarding the song, Auðn stated: “‘Vökudraumsins fangi’ is the title song […]
CHALICE OF SIN Stream New Track ‘Sacred Shrine’ May 17th, 2021 International heavy metal project Chalice Of Sin have made the track ‘Sacred Shrine’ available for streaming, which can be accessed below. Chalice Of Sin issue their self-titled debut full-length studio album on June 18th, 2021 through Frontiers Music Srl. Frontman Wade Black commented: “Myself […]
GRAVE MIASMAAbyss Of Wrathful Deities Sepulchral Voice / Dark Descent (2021)Rating: 8.5/10 A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, London, England-based death metallers Grave Miasma released its crushingly fetid debut album entitled Odori Sepulcrorum. Eight years have passed and now the silence has not merely been broken, but shattered and dirtied […]
BLOOD RED THRONE Sign Deal With Nuclear Blast Records May 14th, 2021 Norwegian death metal band Blood Red Throne have signed an album contract with Nuclear Blast Records, confirming this development on May 14th, 2021. Speaking about the deal, Blood Red Throne guitarist Daniel “Død” Olaisen said: “Becoming a part of the Nuclear Blast family […]
WYTHERSAKE Launch Music Video For ‘Antiquity’ Title Track May 13th, 2021 Washington, D.C.-based blackened death metal band Wythersake have filmed a music video for the title track of their latest album Antiquity. Directed by Valiant Media House, the clip can be viewed below. Wythersake commented: “Early on in the planning stages we decided to have […]
DRACONIAN Release Music Video For ‘The Sethian’ Track May 11th, 2021 Säffle, Sweden-based gothic doom metal band Draconian have filmed a music video for the track ‘The Sethian’. Once again directed by Natalia Drepina, the clip can be viewed below. Speaking about the song, vocalist and lyricist Anders Jacobsson said: “The writing of ‘The Sethian’ […]
