MESHUGGAH Issue Official Visualiser Video For ‘They Move Below’ Track November 15th, 2022 Swedish experimental metal band Meshuggah have released an official visualiser video for the track ‘They Move Below’. Created by Wizardhead, the clip can be viewed below. Meshuggah issued ninth full-length studio album Immutable on April 1st, 2022 through Atomic Fire Records. Immutable […]
PUTRIDARIUM Dissemination ’22 (2022) The squalid abyss is boiling again as Putridarium squirms within its foul lair and strangles us once more with its hideous tentacles of doom. If there’s a band out there in the death / doom realm that I crave a full-length release from it is these German mongers of muck. But […]
XENTRIXSeven Words Listenable (2022)Rating: 7/10 In my opinion British thrashers Xentrix never quite mastered the art of the album cover, and their brand of Bay Area-styled crunch often failed to convince also. With Seven Words, the sixth full-length release from the band and their second since returning to the scene in 2013, once again boasts […]
BLACK SPELLSeason Of The Damned Helter Skelter Productions (2022)Rating: 7/10 With their third full-length album in two years, Italian doomsters Black Spell is upon us once again like a blanket of suffocating darkness and an album cover quite typical of the genre. Even so, this is a highly anticipated opus dripping with occult imagery and […]
EYE OF DOOMThe Sapient Majestic Mountain (2022)Rating: 7/10 I’ve sat through this debut opus for 47 minutes and was surprised as to how much I enjoyed it as I’m not normally a fan of fuzz-driven stoner metal unless of course it’s dripping with occult imagery. This Vancouver, British Columbia-based trio does bring those horror elements […]
SOUL GRINDERAnthems From The Abyss MDD (2022)Rating: 7/10 German death metallers Soul Grinder emerge from the darkness with their second full-length platter, Anthems From The Abyss. This is standard but catchy extremity riddled with hyper blast beats, an intriguing vocal slur and some solid chugging. The opening title track is my favourite tune on the […]
DREAM UNENDINGSong Of Salvation 20 Buck Spin (2022)Rating: 8.5/10 Last year this Canadian / American duo released the melancholic yet majestic Tide Turns Eternal debut full-length, a riveting and ethereal expression woven into a doom metal ethos. Imagine if you will a progression onwards from classic Paradise Lost or My Dying Bride, but with extra […]
DETHEROUSUnrelenting Malevolence Redefining Darkness (2022)Rating: 7.5/10 If ever there was a record that lived up to its title it’s this one, and this is some seriously noisy Canadian thrash with barked vocals and enough speed to rattle your cranium. Detherous is an acquired taste, more so due to the snappy vocal retorts, but Unrelenting Malevolence […]
WARKINGS Release Fourth Studio Album ‘Morgana’ November 11th, 2022 International power metal band Warkings issued fourth full-length studio album Morgana on November 11th, 2022 through Napalm Records. Female vocalist Secil Sen, under the name Morgana le Fay, appears on the following four tracks: ‘Hellfire’, ‘Monsters’, ‘Heart Of Rage’, and ‘Immortal’. “A voice so dark and […]
ROADHOGGates To Madness Ossuary (2022)Rating: 8/10 The cover artwork of this third full-length opus from Polish metallers Roadhog looks like it’s for a death metal album but the band name and look reminds me of Tank! However, the sound of this four-piece from Kraków is what really surprises me. Vocalist Krzychu Lawless has quite a […]
