Category: Review

Review: “Exanimis” by Consecration

A fourth studio album from Norwich Death Doom Metal institution Consecration in a sixteen year career of death, despair, darkness and the occult always seemed to be on the tarot cards after their well received 2022 album “Cinis” even if four years between records feels like an ice age. Recorded and produced Priory Recording Studios by the

Review: “Profane Rites For Cursed Times” by Pvrgatorii

Is there a better way to describe Pvrgatorii that f***ing hostile? A Spanish duo who hail from the vibrant city of Barcelona started the project back in 2018 and have consistently defined their sound as “Black Metal ov Death” a violently turbulent fusion of raw Black Metal abrasions, Hardcore Punk urgency and noise-laden Deathgrind hostility.

Review: “Radical Views” by BlackMarket

“Genre bending and fierce. This EP is here to showcase our range. The core is classic Blackmarket, jaw-breaking lyrics and electronics that come with a bite. But this time, we’ve embraced our metal influences more. Reaching deep into our contempt and turning it into gut-wrenching, hard-hitting Metal.” ~ Fraser Burrow, vocals

Review: “Iron Baphomet” by Necrobeast

It is written upon ancient scrolls found in long forgotten tombs by those who see fortunes only to find plague and pestilence that twenty years ago in Valdivia Chile, Necrobeast was born under blackened skies. Creating sonic abrasions in Old School Blackened Thrash with lyrical narratives that muse on the nature of the cosmos, the

Review: “Doombeaver” by Gloomweaver

Three years ago it looked like South Coast Slamming Beatdown Deathcore quintet Gloomweaver would be no more as despite their well received debut EP “Dragged Back to the Waking World” original vocalist Jordan Mewse, guitarist James Lane and bassist Josh Forrest all exited stage left. However drummer Joe Kaleth and guitarist Mike Simon had other

Review: “The Human Condition” by Profaned

While the years of great plague, famine and pestilence that were the global pandemic brought much hardship to the international Metal community it also lead to the creation of some really interesting music. Suddenly and without warning musicians who had often talked about ideas for side projects had the opportunity to bring them to life,

Review: “Kutsumus” by Haapoja

Named after Matti Haapoja (1845-1895), one of the most famous Finnish serial killers, a four piece painting portraits in Blackened Death Metal infused Hardcore have been walking the Earth since 2007. Their genre defying mayhem has been described as dissonant yet melodic and relentless yet catchy, a demo, a split and a pair of albums

Review: “Ophidic Gnosis” by Verba Serpentis (2nd Anniversary)

Originally formed as a duo by vocalist and guitarist Achlycet and drummer Tenebris who were both members of Schänder, Austrian Black Metal outfit Verba Serpentis rose to prominence with their debut “Ophidic Gnosis” in 2024. Mixed and mastered by Stefan Traunmüller (Across a Blackened Sky, Cercle du Chêne, Nocturne) at Soundtempel Studio, Freilassing Germany, adorned

Review: “Mournhold” by Tyrannus

Over the past eight years Scottish Metal heads Tyrannus have plotted a course from Lovecraftian horror to anti-capitalist and anti-fascist rhetoric in their cryptic writings, creating a toxic blend of 80’s Thrash, Black Metal and Post-Punk in the process. Produced, recorded and mixed by Scott McLean at Neon Fable Studios in Edinburgh between January and June 2025,