GOATENMidnight Conjuring Cianeto Discos (2023)Rating: 4.5/10 Since 2018, Brazilian band Goaten has been lurking in the shadows like some creeping spectre that has now unleashed its debut full-length album. Sporting a superb nostalgic slice of cover art, Midnight Conjuring bristles with a strange punky energy while being caressed by silky whispers of King Diamond and […]
VOLTURIAN Release Music Video For Acoustic Version Of ‘Days Before You Died’ November 21st, 2023 Italian modern metal project Volturian have filmed a music video for an acoustic version of ‘Days Before You Died’, which can be viewed below. Volturian issued debut full-length studio album Crimson on April 24th, 2020 worldwide (excluding Japan) through Scarlet […]
EXTREME Premiere ‘Thicker Than Blood’ Music Video November 21st, 2023 American hard rock band Extreme have released a music video for the track ‘Thicker Than Blood’. Directed by Nuno Bettencourt and Rene Rigal, the clip can be viewed below. Regarding the video, the band stated: “With ‘Thicker Than Blood’ we wanted to shoot a video […]
SEDE VACANTE Issue Animated Music Video For Cover Of THE ROLLING STONES’ ‘Paint It Black’ November 20th, 2023 European symphonic goth metal band Sede Vacante have released an animated music video for their cover rendition of The Rolling Stones song ‘Paint It Black’. Created by Haris Kountouris (HK Visuals Creations), the clip can be viewed […]
SPEEDRAISERMosh! Bang! Drink! Self-released (2023)Rating: 6.5/10 Not only does this Polish thrash act boast the silliest album title this year, but the cover art isn’t much better either. This is standard alcohol-driven metal, although the riffs are nice n’ crunchy and quite well paced. Obviously there is plenty of humour involved, but most important are […]
SADUS Release Sixth Studio Album ‘The Shadow Inside’ November 17th, 2023 California-based thrash metal band Sadus issued sixth full-length studio album The Shadow Inside on November 17th, 2023 through Nuclear Blast Records. Founding vocalist / guitarist Darren Travis commented: “I am giddy with excitement for this album to be unleashed upon the world. With the […]
MAULDesecration And Enchantment EP 20 Buck Spin (2023)Rating: 8/10 Fargo, North Dakota-based Maul is without doubt one of the best death metal bands around at the moment and this new EP is just a teaser for their forthcoming second full-length album. I’d recommend picking up the cassette version of this EP as it features an […]
CEREMONIAL BLOODBATHGenesis Of Malignant Entropy Sentient Ruin Laboratories (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 Genesis Of Malignant Entropy is the second full-length album from Canadian destroyers Ceremonial Bloodbath and is the ideal accompaniment for a descent into the coldest and blackest abyss. You need to be in the mood for such a devastating portrayal of crushing black-death because this […]
SADUSThe Shadow Inside Nuclear Blast (2023)Rating: 7.5/10 I never thought I’d be reviewing a new Sadus album in 2023. Alongside Vio-lence, Sadus were my favourite 80s thrash act – a band so vicious, seething and criminally underrated – and now, decades later along with Vio-lence, they have returned. It could be argued that even though […]
CARCINOIDEncomium To Extinction EP Me Saco un Ojo / Headsplit (2023)Rating: 8/10 Australian death metallers Carcinoid are one of the mist frighteningly heavy bands within the genre, so their return is welcomed. I’d hoped that the band would have returned with a full-length as it has been four years since the Metastatic Declination debut album. […]
