Category: Review

Review: “Cognitive Extinction” by Warside

One of many bands who have played a lot of shows but don’t actually have that much material committed to tape, Warside have been pledging allegiance to the flag of Death Metal since 2018. Hailing from Lyon in France they released their debut EP “The Enemy Inside” back in 2020, announcing themselves with a raw,

Review: “The Dead Ones” by The Last Ten Seconds of Life

“Dealing with these emotions can make you want to reach out to people who bring you comfort or peace and be a vessel to speak to them again, it invokes the physical scene of a seance and connecting with those, but questions if good is only a temporary veil for evil and warns about what

Review: “Bloodsport” by Vermithor

Twelve months after they tickled us pink with their EP “Wasteland Throne” Jyväskylä, Finland based heavy hitters Vermithor have walked back through the Saloon door and are asking barmaid Sally for shots of moonshine whiskey from the bottle she keeps for special occasions. Founded as recently as August of 2024 by a writing partnership of

Review: “Global Cataclysm” by Thunderkill

An International Thrash n’ Heavy project that unites musicians from North and South America, Thunderkill have stitched up all their stab wounds so they’re battle ready once more with a debut album titled “Global Cataclysm“. They’ve brought in the big guns too with Indonesian artist Timbul Cahyono (Sadistic Force, Massacre, Defeated Sanity) providing the cover

Review: “When Your Eyes Are Shut” by Mauled

A little over under eleven months after their self titled six track EP dropped on our skulls like a grand piano from the fourth floor of an apartment building, Indianapolis, Indiana Deathcore collective Mauled have returned. They have a third EP titled “When Your Eyes Are Shut” produced by Dom Maduri (The Callous Daoboys, Bummer

Review: “Self Titled” by Pineland Moor

Born from the bond of three brothers, Pineland Moor hail from Lahti, Finland. The project was started in 2023 with the band a group of seasoned veterans known for playing their part in the likes of Forte Ruin, Weren, Pressure Points, Aurea Mentis and Orpheria over the past fifteen years or more. Musing on themes ranging

Review: “Towers” by The Machinist

Not to be confused with the Brad Anderson directed 2004 psychological thriller film starring Christian Bale for which he was so thin it’s painful, The Machinist are a Manchester based Industrial Blackened Death Metal trio who have been musing on the darker themes of Science Fiction for the past six years. In that time they have

Review: “Veil Of Revelations” by Worship The Sacrifice

Let’s start with a simple question. Where do you see yourself in the next five years? If you’d asked London “Melo-Chaotic Death Metal” act Worship The Sacrifice that question in 2021 we very much doubt they would have said they would have played over a hundred shows opening for everyone from Distant to Harbinger and Osiah. Furthermore we doubt they

Review: “Doomsday Profit” by Enquire Within

Recorded and mixed at The Joplin House with producer Dan Lucas (Pryma) and mastered by Dave Greenberg (Feed The Rhino), a third studio album from London Metal act Enquire Within has arrived in “Doomsday Profit“. Adorned by artwork from Very Metal Art (Tyketto, Skindred, Tailgunner), the record celebrates a decade of the bands existence during which they’ve performed