FAITHXTRACTORContempt For A Failed Dimension Redefining Darkness (2023)Rating: 7/10 The impressive Cincinnati, Ohio-based duo of Ash Thomas and Zdenka Prado finally makes its return after nearly five years of seeming absence with their fourth full-length output, Contempt For A Failed Dimension. This opus, although rather short at 24 minutes, was always going to be a […]
KATATONIA Premiere ‘Opaline’ Music Video January 20th, 2023 Stockholm, Sweden-based progressive rock / metal band Katatonia have filmed a music video for the track ‘Opaline’, which can be viewed below. Katatonia issued 12th full-length studio album Sky Void Of Stars on January 20th, 2023 through Napalm Records. “Our 12th album, Sky Void Of Stars is […]
DEGRAVEDWhispered Morbidity EP Gurgling Gore (2023)Rating: 8/10 In 2020 this gang of Seattle, Washington-based ghouls thrilled me with their demo Exhumed Remnants. It’s good to have the freaky combo back with this debut EP, and as you’d expect with any release from the Gurgling Gore label this is another densely morbid construction built upon harrowing, […]
BODYDRINKERS Swamp Hammer (2023) Following the release of their 2020 self-titled debut album, Cork-based combo Bodydrinkers return with this new three-track offering, although the Irish band may not be everyone’s cup of tea. The abrasive vocal naps shift from death metal growls to black metal-cum-hardcore snaps, and everything else constructed around them feels muscular, confrontational […]
TWILIGHT FORCE Unveil Music Video For ‘At The Heart Of Wintervale’ Title Track January 20th, 2023 Swedish power metal band Twilight Force have filmed a music video for the title track of their new album At The Heart Of Wintervale, which can be viewed below. Twilight Force issued fourth full-length studio album At The Heart […]
RE-BURIEDRepulsive Nature Translation Lost (2023)Rating: 8/10 There are no signs of the death metal genre waning as another decent debut full-length album gets coughed up, this time in the form of Re-Buried, a Seattle, Washington-based combo that formed in 2018. I love the cover artwork of this one and thankfully the music contained is as […]
DOWNFALL OF GAIA To Release New Studio Album ‘Silhouettes Of Disgust’ In March; Music Video For New Track ‘Bodies As Driftwood’ Unveiled January 19th, 2023 German doom metal band Downfall Of Gaia issue sixth full-length studio album Silhouettes Of Disgust on March 17th, 2023 through Metal Blade Records. Silhouettes Of Disgust marks the return of […]
KASCKDeal With The Devil EP Self-released (2023)Rating: 8/10 Here is the four-track debut EP from Indian thrashers Kasck, who immediately attracted by attention through the nostalgic cover artwork. However, the music contained herein certainly lives up to expectation as this trio literally blows the roof off with their snappy thrash. You won’t find anything original […]
MIDNIGHT SACRIFICEBlack Rock ‘N’ Roll Self-released (2023)Rating: 7/10 This Peruvian duo – namely Yawarx and Lobo Kaufman – wear their influences on their sleeve for what is an easy to explain guide to 80s Motörhead-cum-Bathory metal, led into further murkiness by guest vocalist Evil Fukker. The clue here with this debut full-length is in the […]
SKULLPTUREA Horrifying Death EP Adirondack Black Mass (2023)Rating: 7/10 Somewhat veterans now of the South American scene, Skullpture – who formed out of Santiago, Chile in 2009 – comes out fighting once again with a savage EP boasting five new songs and a cover of Deicide’s ‘Kill The Christian’. I was expecting a third-full length […]
