LORD OF CONFUSIONEvil Mystery Gruesome / Morbid And Miserable (2022)Rating: 8/10 Lord Of Confusion is a doom metal act from Portugal, a four-piece that three years ago emerged with an EP entitled Burnin’ Valley. This full-length debut however is drenched with creepy, Gothic organ which will provide a soundtrack for any graveyard rendezvous you may […]
RAGE Release ‘Spreading The Plague’ EP September 30th, 2022 Bochum, Germany-based metal band Rage issued six-track EP Spreading The Plague on September 30th, 2022 through Steamhammer / SPV. Spreading The Plague consists of the tracks ‘To Live And To Die’, ‘Spreading The Plague’ and ‘The King Has Lost His Crown’, all three from the production […]
ASCEND Zero Hour EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 7/10 There’s something stirring at the moment in Serbia, a metal scene that wants to be heard, and Ascend is the latest act to emerge. The band consists of Marko Kujundžić (vocals), Aleksandar Blagojević and Luka Marićević (guitars), Igor Jovanović (bass) and Mihailo Vujović (drums), and Zero Hour is […]
OPEN KASKETTrapped In The Pit EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 5/10 Bridging death metal and hardcore aesthetics, Trapped In The Pit is the debut EP from Little Rock, Arkansas-based combo Open Kasket. First off, I don’t really like the vocals from frontman Fox Stillman – it’s all very much what one would expect from a contemporary “hardcore” […]
DARKEST ERA Issue Official Visualiser Video For ‘A Path Made Of Roots’ Track September 30th, 2022 Belfast, Northern Ireland-based Celtic folk / traditional heavy metal band Darkest Era have released an official visualiser video for the track ‘A Path Made Of Roots’, which can be viewed below. Darkest Era issued third full-length studio album Wither […]
ELLEFSON-SOTO Premiere Lyric Video For New Track ‘The Reason’ September 30th, 2022 Ellefson-Soto, consisting of former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson and ex-Yngwie Malmsteen frontman Jeff Scott Soto, have released an official lyric video for the track ‘The Reason’, which can be viewed below. Ellefson-Soto issue debut full-length studio album Vacation In The Underworld on October […]
HUMAN COMPOSTDescendants Of Evil Cavernous (2022)Rating: 7/10 Eight years after their debut full-length outing From The Grave They Crawl, Canadian combo Human Compost surges at us once again with their flatulent vocal gurgles and musical extremity. Very much groove-based, this quintet has churned out some decent material since forming in 2008. Their trio of EPs […]
GRACELESSChants From Purgatory Raw Skull Recordz (2022)Rating: 7.5/10 Founded in 2016, Graceless is a death metal band from the Netherlands and Chants From Purgatory is the their third full-length outing. The combo continues its rudimentary, groove-based death metal, but there’s no denying its accessible power and atmosphere as the guys craft some interesting slabs of […]
BLIND THE EYE Release Lyric Video For ‘Aquilifer’ Track September 30th, 2022 Portuguese melodic death metal band Blind The Eye have released an official lyric video for the track ‘Aquilifer’. Created by Carlos Guimarães, the clip can be viewed below. Blind The Eye issued second full-length studio album The Lion Of Lions on September 30th, […]
FLAMEBEARERFire On The Horizon EP Self-released (2022)Rating: 7/10 I know of this relatively new London, England-based act through guitarist Alastair Riddell, who’s now become somewhat of a veteran on the UK doom metal scene having featured for numerous bands ranging from Mourn and Decomposed to Age Of Taurus and Brule among others. Riddell cuts a […]
