Category Archives: Album Reviews

            England’s brutal pathologists have returned with the second full-length procedure since their reanimation in 2007, and of course it brought some anticipation on whether CARCASS would be able to replicate what was achieved with 2013’s highly acclaimed Surgical Steel. Comparing Torn Arteries to its predecessor shows the band preferring the scalpel to a boneContinue reading “CARCASS Performs Melodic Dissection on Torn Arteries”

            An undead horror has returned to ravage Singapore, and VRYKOLAKAS incarnates this creature of lore with the classic death metal brutalization And Vrykolakas Brings Chaos and Destruction. The title of this third full-length scourge speaks for itself, with melodic intricacies embedded in its dense riffs, and they warp within a targeted percussive strike toContinue reading “Death Lurks… And VRYKOLAKAS Brings Chaos and Destruction”

            A gateway has been unsealed as ABORTED summons their next abhorrent creation titled ManiaCult, and its pandemonic rites demonstrate the continued vitality of these Belgian madmen. A labyrinth of melody and brutality evolves throughout this dynamic exercise in grinding death metal, along with darkened shades from other elemental features, and these various influences convergeContinue reading “ABORTED Calls For Annihilation on ManiaCult”

            Lately it seems like the world is steadily succumbing to a rise in human ignorance, natural disasters, and other literally plaguing factors, which gives an impression of the end days being fully set in motion, and ABSTRACTER drives this unsettling point home on their fourth full-length atrocity titled Abominion. An imposing mass of blackenedContinue reading “ABSTRACTER Projects Abysmal Fallout on Abominion”

            A mysterious new order known as the Astral Blood Syndicate has formed within the depths of the underground, and this global alliance of bands is devoted to channeling new energy into the raw black metal sound. One associated act has just unleashed their debut effort titled 333, which grimly introduces ORDER OF OMEGA asContinue reading “ORDER OF OMEGA Entices with Oblivion on 333”

            Over five years of precise formulation will soon be realized when a new Italian movement carries out its debut act of heresy titled Excommunica. This blasphemous incarnation is the first exercise in what’s been christened “Apostate Black Metal,” and it shows ARGESH radiating darkness to shed light on the perversity masquerading as righteousness. AContinue reading “ARGESH Severs with Scorn on Excommunica”

            2005 seems like multiple lifetimes ago. It was a significant year for me personally, and also for SOLFERNUS, who at the time was releasing their first full-length monstrosity titled Hysteria in Coma. Now in 2021, this unholy testament has been called to wreak new havoc through the conspiring acts of Lava Productions (Czech Republic),Continue reading “SOLFERNUS Re-Unleashes Hysteria in Coma”

            Darkness takes an alternate form with the return of XASTHUR, a band known for seminal contributions to black metal who’ve since moved on to pursue dissonance and gloom through an acoustic sound. I’ve followed this musical evolution since it began as NOCTURNAL POISONING with 2012’s Other Worlds of the Mind, and it translates thoseContinue reading “XASTHUR Mirrors the Misery on Victims of the Times”

            The stars have aligned into a new celestial form over Slovenia, and now SIDEREAN unveils their debut manifestation titled Lost on Void’s Horizon. This cosmic embodiment traverses the dark side of death metal, with visceral melodies and dissonance coursing through the organic quality of its riffs, and its atmosphere is further enhanced by aContinue reading “SIDEREAN Transcends Oblivion with Lost on Void’s Horizon”

            Since their emergence from the notorious scene of the 90’s, DARKTHRONE has avidly traversed the metal spectrum, along with punk and other rock excursions, and now the legendary riff masters are back with their nineteenth full-length creation titled Eternal hails…… This new offering further embodies the raw essence of metal, and its five massiveContinue reading “DARKTHRONE Brings the Grimness to Doom on Eternal Hails……”