Category: Review

Review: “Blissful Death” by Xenotheory

“For this second album, Blissful Death, we went all in, pouring our heart and soul into 45 minutes of unrelenting auditory warfare. Building on the foundation laid by Dawn of an Eyeless Realm, we doubled the intensity and complexity, evolving into 11 brutal tracks that blend Deathcore with the crushing weight of Slam, the intricate

Review: “Shadow” by Reflections

After Reflections brought their 7 string brand of drop F tuned Progressive Metalcore with DJentisms to the table with studio album number four, in the form of the soul crushing “Willow“ in February 2020, things began to change. The band that had brought us “The Color Clear” had disappeared into the vortex to be replaced

Review: “Principium 2.0” by Carbon Black

“We’ve progressed so much as a band, and as musicians, we really want to have the songs represent how we play them now. I think most bands will say that in the course of 10 years, you play the songs live, and they morph and evolve, and assume their own identity. The songs grow up

Review: “Relapse Into Submission” by Duisternis

Back in February of this year debut EP “Unity Unto None” crawled out from the catacombs of Glasgow Scotland as the virgin sacrifice from Duisternis. A studio project in Black Metal which takes its name from the Dutch noun for “the darkness” (the adjective duister meaning “dark” or “evil and usually secret“), it serves as a

Review: “Epiphany” by Burn Down Eden

“With the Epiphany EP, we pick up right where we left off with the Dismal EP released earlier this year. The technical and musical level is higher than ever. Epiphany has the same overall dark vibe as Dismal, but with a slightly brighter touch to it, which is why these specific five songs were chosen to be on this second EP. Together,

Review: “Suffering Heritage” by Dwelled

Describing themselves simply as creating a “ferocious and unforgiving sound from the North of the UK“, Dwelled are a four piece Deathcore outfit who hail from Manchester, a region steeped in genre heritage and nicknamed “Slamchester“. Once they had settled on their line up of vocalist Matt Wall, drummer Matt Thompstone and guitarist duo Louis

Review: “Misery Plague” by Kreital

How many two piece Black Metal bands do you know from Middletown Township in New Jersey? You can probably count them on the fingers of a leapers hand. The mysterious cloaked figures of Kreital have other ideas however and with the help of Benjamin B.P. Karas (Thank You Scientist, Slaughtersun, Windfaerer) at Frost Guantlet Studios,

Review: “Voluntary Serfdom” by Pyrecult

Mixed by Andy Nelson (Weekend Nachos, Sinister Feeling, Vermin Womb) and mastered by his cohort Pete Grossmann (Frail Body, Indisposed, Mouth For War) both at Bricktop Recording, “Voluntary Serfdom” marks a return for Paris France based Blackened Hardcore quintet Pyrecult after seven years in the wilderness. Themes of war, revolution and violence were at the

Review: “Grand Cosmic Funeral” by Thy Legion

For the past two decades Blackened Death Metal six piece Thy Legion have been swimming in the icy waters off the Island of Malta, their music soaked in themes of Satanism, Anti-Christianity, Evil and Blasphemy. Featuring in their ranks both current and former members of Martyrium, Animamortua and Victims of Creation they have passed the test of