ASTRIFEROUSPulsations From The Black Orb Me Saco un Ojo / Pulverised (2023)Rating: 8/10 The vast death metal abyss opens its mighty, dripping jaws once again to reveal another colossus of a debut full-length album. Calling out to the cosmic realm, Costa Rican act Astriferous channels an otherworldly dynamic where unpredictable yet chunky riffs battle it […]
PSYGNOSIS Sign Album Contract With Season Of Mist March 8th, 2023 French cosmic metal band Psygnosis have signed an album contract with Season Of Mist, revealing this development on March 8th, 2023. Psygnosis issued the following statement: “Dear Aliens, After many years invested in the creation of our next album, we are very happy to […]
ARCHON ANGEL Issue Lyric Video For New Track ‘Afterburn’ March 7th, 2023 American-Italian progressive power metal band Archon Angel have released an official lyric video for the track ‘Afterburn’, which can be viewed below. Archon Angel issue second full-length studio album II on April 14th, 2023 through Frontiers Music Srl. Synth and orchestral arrangements for […]
BLACK LAVA Release New Live Performance Video For ‘Baptised In Ice’ March 7th, 2023 Australian blackened death metal band Black Lava have released a live performance video for the track ‘Baptised In Ice’. Edited by Martin Wood, the clip can be viewed below. Black Lava issued debut full-length Soul Furnace on November 25th, 2022 through […]
MORTAL DISMAYUntil Death More Hate Productions (2023)Rating: 7/10 For a lethal dose of thrash metal why not hitch a ride on the third album from Russian band Mortal Dismay. Although a short affair at 26 minutes, this snappy affair does enough to pull you in to its thorny lair and shred your flesh. This Moscow-based […]
SACRIFICIAL MERCYMisanthropic Disposition EP Self-released (2023)Rating: 8/10 When I slapped this EP on I was immediately under the impression that this violent five-song affair was some kind of obscure South American oddity. It’s primitive nature, it’s scowling vocal rasps and general feel of black thrash had me convinced it was some sort of Brazilian indie […]
CROMLECHAscent Of Kings Hessian Firm (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 There are a lot of bands – past and present – that have adopted the moniker of Cromlech, but not many of those respective acts have produced an album over an hour in length. This particular Cromlech hails from Toronto in Canada and they have been in existence […]
VERMINOTHGrotesque Manifestation EP Grand Vomit Productions (2023)Rating: 6/10 Two years after their 2021 debut full-length outing Primordial Tomb, Pennsylvanian death metallers Verminoth return with one of the year’s best album covers; a sickly pea-soup fog that conceals hideous leering entities and provides the perfect accompaniment to a soundtrack of squelching, burping morbidity. Admittedly the sways […]
EVIL INVADERS Release Live Performance Music Video For ‘In Deepest Black’ March 2nd, 2023 Leopoldsburg, Belgium-based thrash / speed metal band Evil Invaders have released a live performance music video for the track ‘In Deepest Black’, which can be viewed below. Frontman Joe van Audenhove stated: “With our new album, Shattering Reflection, and a full […]
MIKE TRAMP Streams Re-Recording Of WHITE LION Track ‘Little Fighter’ March 2nd, 2023 Danish singer-songwriter Mike Tramp, formerly of White Lion and Freak Of Nature, issues solo full-length studio album Songs Of White Lion on April 14th, 2023 through Frontiers Music Srl. The track ‘Little Fighter’ can be streamed below. Songs Of White Lion consist […]
