ILLUCIAA New Reign Self-released (2022)Rating: 6.5/10 All the way from Bangalore in India we have this fresh-faced act that formed in 2014. A New Reign is the band’s full-length debut and it offers a nice, nifty fusing of traditional metal with occasional thrashy flirtations, as evident from the opening tune ‘Fateful Night’. There are hints […]
KREATORHate Über Alles Nuclear Blast (2022)Rating: 7/10 One cannot argue with the fact that Teutonic metalheads Kreator, along with fellow countrymen Sodom, Destruction and Tankard, are still going strong and putting out reasonable material. I could be one of those people accused of living in the past and dismissing a lot of the albums recorded […]
TOMB MOLD Aperture Of Body (2022) I’m hoping this new three-track demo from Toronto’s Tomb Mold is just a teaser for a much anticipated new full-length as it’s been three years since 2019’s Planetary Clairvoyance album. Aperture Of Body brings that same, solid death metal aesthetic which made their other work so wholesome. Admittedly, some […]
TRENCH FOOTMoral Obscenity EP Brutal Cave Productions / Dry Cough (2022)Rating: 8/10 It’s good to see Liverpool, England-based death metal act Trench Foot back so soon after the excellent Sacrificial Gore EP last year. Trench Foot is the brainchild of Joe Bradley and this latest EP coughs up three typically gruesome cuts. The outing begins […]
MONASTERIUMCold Are The Graves Nine (2022)Rating: 8.5/10 The third full-length album from this Polish brood casts great, cold shadows like majestic marble pillars constructed to support wondrous gold gilded ceilings. Doom metal is a genre so rich and varied and Monasterium carves its own niche. This quartet does remind me of a Messiah Marcolin-led Candlemass […]
SNAKEBITE DELIGHTSorcerer’s Scroll Self-released (2022)Rating: 7.5/10 This bunch of rowdy rebels are new to me, but I like their sound – a riotous, hog roast sizzling like a doomy White Zombie doused in redneck fever. Snakebite Delight hails from Chicago, Illinois and feature son and father Eric (vocals and guitar) and Dana (bass and vocals) […]
PEASANTThe Lonewolf EP Blackwood Productions (2022)Rating: 9/10 Okay, it’s time for some scary shit. Turn out the lights, close your eyes and dwell in the pitch black cesspit created by UK black metal act Peasant. Not since those days of Darkthrone’s transformation into black metal have I been so eclipsed by darkness, and the last […]
TRADE MAKERSSerial Killer EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 5/10 Arguably boasting one of the most banal names in metal, Latvia’s Trade Makers sort of make up for it with the cover artwork of this debut EP. However, once inside prepare to be “entertained” by a down to the wire Accept imitation. Vocalist Roberts is a dead ringer […]
DEATHWHITE Make New Album ‘Grey Everlasting’ Available For Streaming In Its Entirety June 7th, 2022 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based dark melodic metal band Deathwhite issue third full-length studio album Grey Everlasting on June 10th, 2022 through Season Of Mist. The outing can be streamed in its entirety via YouTube below. Grey Everlasting was recorded during May and […]
SCREAMER Sign Album Contract With Steamhammer / SPV June 7th, 2022 Screamer sign new deal (l-r): Henrik Petersson (Screamer), Frank Uhle (SPV Managing Director), Björn von Oettingen (Steamhammer Head Of Promotion), Olly Hahn (Steamhammer Label Manager) and Dejan Rosić (Screamer) Swedish heavy metal band Screamer have signed an album contract with Steamhammer / SPV, revealing […]
