CASTLEEvil Remains Hammerheart (2024)Rating: 7/10 Way back in the early 90s I was entranced by the mysterious Netherlands death-doom quintet Castle. Unfortunately, Evil Remains is not the work of that particular act but I wanted to shoehorn them into this review in the hope that someone out there will follow my recommendation, and also not […]

BLITZKRIEGBlitzkrieg Mighty Music (2024)Rating: 8.5/10 During a month which sees New Wave Of British Heavy Metal stalwarts Blitzkrieg and Satan (Songs In Crimson) releasing albums, both fronted by Brian Ross, one can only celebrate one of the genres most underrated vocalists. Ross, the lone original founding member of Blitzkrieg has been toiling away for decades, […]

LIVING DARKNESSThe Three Daggers EP Self-released (2024)Rating: 8/10 Four years after their 2020 debut full-length album The Bishop, Los Angeles, California-based rockers Living Darkness continue their intermittent quest with a new three-song EP, The Three Daggers. Jeff Aldana (vocals), Eddy Mendoza (guitar), Danielle Gomez (bass) and Ulises Hernandez (drums) are responsible for quite the epic […]

KORROSIVEKatastrophic Creation CDN (2024)Rating: 7.5/10 Nine years after forming, Canadian thrashers Korrosive releases its third full-length album, Katastrophic Creation. Rad Zarei (vocals) is the only remaining original member and he is joined on this latest release by Derek Solomos (guitar), Jack Neila (guitar and bass) and Kaveh Afshar (drums), while Nick Radlovic (bass) is the […]

SANCTUARIUMMelted And Decomposed Me Saco Un Ojo / BlackSeed Productions (2024)Rating: 8/10 A year on from their vile Into The Mephitic Abyss opus, Spanish death mongers Sanctuarium spew out their sickly follow up. With Melted And Decomposed, the band have constructed forty-eight minutes of disgusting stodge. Five elongated evil tracks ensue, rippling within their own […]