JAMES LABRIE: DREAM THEATER Vocalist Premieres ‘Am I Right’ Music Video May 16th, 2022 James LaBrie, vocalist for Long Island, New York-based progressive metal band Dream Theater, has released a music video for the track ‘Am I Right’. Directed by Wayne Joyner, the clip can be viewed below. Speaking about the song, James LaBrie said: […]
CAUCHEMARRosa Mystica Temple Of Mystery (2022)Rating: 8/10 Carving great shapes of doom once again, Canadian band Cauchemar emerges from the darkness for its third full-length outing, Rosa Mystica. Brimming with sinister aesthetics, packed full of hefty, driving trad’ doom riffs, and propelled by Annick Giroux’s haunting vocals, this was always going to be a triumphant […]
CHARREDLasting In Pain EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 8/10 Charred is some chunky death metal with thrashy flirtations and Lasting In Pain is the new EP, coming three years after debut full-length Prayers Of Malediction. As expected from this Floridian bunch, there is a strong old school odour throughout this five-track affair. The thrashers will like the […]
CARTILAGEThe Deader The Better Creator-Destructor (2022)Rating: 7/10 The Deader The Better is San Francisco, California-based Cartilage’s second full-length offering, and comes five years after 2017 debut album Dialect Of The Dead. Standard death / grind is the order of the day here, with ‘Slaughterday At The Chopping Mall’, ‘The Deader The Better’ and ‘I Skin […]
RANCID CADAVERFlesh Monstrosity EP Dry Cough (2022)Rating: 9/10 In the wake of Putrid Fate’s debut EP, Feast On Flesh, comes fellow Scottish deathsters Rancid Cadaver. Here you are treated to five extremely heavy tunes featuring some of the deepest, barbaric bellows I’ve heard for a while, and as soon as the title track hits you’re […]
WRITHING SHADOWSWrithing Shadows Gurgling Gore / Dawnbreed (2022)Rating: 7.5/10 Dressed in a bootleg European-style cover (if you have the cassette), the debut full-length album from Birmingham, Alabama-based death metal combo Writhing Shadows hits you like a chainsaw; gnashing at the gashes it constantly creates. This is one of those modern death metal releases that like […]
THY KINGDOM WILL BURN Premiere ‘Nothing Remains’ Music Video May 13th, 2022 Finnish melodic death metal band Thy Kingdom Will Burn have filmed a music video for the track ‘Nothing Remains’, which can be viewed below. Regarding the song and video, the band stated: “This song is a homage to Alexi Laiho – his music […]
ALLEGAEON Launch New Music Video For ‘Called Home’ Track May 11th, 2022 Fort Collins, Colorado-based melodic death metal band Allegaeon have filmed a music video for the track ‘Called Home’. Directed by Kyle Lamar (Digital Myle), the clip can be viewed below. Speaking about the song and video, guitarist Greg Burgess said: “Over the last […]
VIRGIN IDOLVirgin Idol Super Sargasso (2022)Rating: 7/10 This is the debut full-length studio record from Champaign, Illinois-based Virgin Idol, a trio that indulges in straightforward heavy metal. The album serves up nine tracks, although two of these are an intro (‘Prologue’) and ‘Outro’, plus one instrumental entitled ‘Junji’. But packed around them are some tasty […]
DEVIL’S POISONPower Of Darkness (Blasphemous Rumours) Burning Coffin (2022)Rating: 7/10 Power Of Darkness (Blasphemous Rumours) is the new bewitching release from Chilean blackened speed maniacs Devil’s Poison, and as expected from this neck of the woods this is some authentic, explosive stuff from one of the most prolific acts on the scene. Since 2016 these […]
