SISTERS OF SUFFOCATIONEradication Self-released (2022)Rating: 8/10 Sixteen songs and 47 minutes long, Eradication is the third full-length offering from Dutch death metallers Sisters Of Suffocation. Originally an all-female clan, the band’s current line-up consists of Els Prins (vocals), Simone van Straten (lead guitar), Emmelie Herwegh (rhythm guitar), Tim Schellekens (bass) and Fons van Dijk (drums). […]
LEATHERWe Are The Chosen Steamhammer (2022)Rating: 9/10 In 2018 heavy metal goddess Leather Leone returned to the metal scene with her long-awaited second full-length solo opus II, which emerged several decades after her classic 1989 debut Shock Waves. In spite of good reviews the album seemed to drift under the radar of many. However, the […]
INDUCTION Unveil Music Video For New Track ‘Embers’, Dedicated To Late CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman Alexi Laiho November 25th, 2022 International progressive power metal band Induction have filmed a music video for the track ‘Embers’, the track in question dedicated to late Children Of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho. Filmed and edited by Leoni Demand and […]
OLD GRAVEAlive Again Old Metal Crypt (2022)Rating: 7/10 Ad Bestias of Heresiarkhes is the guy behind Old Grave, an Irkutsk, Russia-based one-man death metal project that rattles with bass heavy morbidity while channelling Swedish buzzsaw grimness. It’s hard to argue with a tried and tested formula, especially when the riffs are so catchy as evidenced […]
LEATHER LEONE Unveils Music Video For ‘We Are The Chosen’ Title Track November 23rd, 2022 Leather Leone, frontwoman for American heavy metal band Chastain, has filmed a music video for the title track of forthcoming album We Are The Chosen. Directed by Walter de Andrade, the clip can be viewed below. Leather Leone issues third […]
RANCIDITYAngelic Obscenities The Slaughterhouse (2022)Rating: 7/10 Arguably one of the most bass-heavy records you’ll hear in 2022, Angelic Obscenities is an utterly dense death metal record from Canadian one-man band Rancidity. When I first heard this I kept turning the volume up and up thinking there was something wrong with my equipment, but soon began […]
CRITICAL EXTRAVASATIONOrder Of Decadence Redefining Darkness (2022)Rating: 7.5/10 Channelling the more technical aspects of Death and the likes is this Russian act who bring numerous angles, vocal dehydration and technicality on what is a very impressive debut full-length offering. Boasting distinctive cover artwork, Order Of Decadence is the work of vocalist Alexander Mokin, guitarist Sergey […]
CANDLEMASSSweet Evil Sun Napalm (2022)Rating: 8.5/10 I guess there’s only so much you can do with a doom metal riff, but boy do Candlemass still know how to cause earthquakes with their juddering, brooding brand of metal. I will admit to flitting in and out of Candlemass albums since my favourite vocalist Messiah Marcolin first […]
NYTT LAND Unveil Music Video For Western-Inspired Version Of ‘The Blues Of Ragnarok’ November 18th, 2022 Kalachinsk, Siberia, Russia-based dark and ambient folk duo Nytt Land have released a music video for their western-inspired version of the track ‘The Blues Of Ragnarok’. Directed by Natalia Pakhalenko, the clip can be viewed below. Regarding the rendition, […]
IRON FRONTLeft Out To Rot Self-released (2022)Rating: 8/10 The album cover artwork alone is worthy of an 8/10 rating and then you get trampled by the bludgeoning dynamics of this crushing Oakland, California-based death metal act. Using modern production techniques, Iron Front’s debut full-length platter pulverises the listener with a 90s old school feel as […]
