Dread Sovereign – All Hell’s Martyrs Review
Alan “Nemtheanga” Averill sure is having himself a time. His work in the godly Primordial should need no introduction, but he also found a winning black metal formula with Blood Revolt and a bit of …
Shores Of Null – Quiescence Review
With countless young bands mining the bare-bones thrash, black, and death metal realms with little-to-no notoriety due to so much saturation (or a case of suck), it’s refreshing to hear a new group putting their …
Exhumation – Hymn To Your God Review
Indonesia is evidently home to a very active, vibrant heavy metal scene. However, because it is a financial near-impossibility for these bands to tour North America, you don’t have them showing up on “live ritual/assault” …
Murmur – Murmur Review
Ditching the rule book is a good way to start, but make sure that you aren’t just swapping it for a different set of parameters. If your band makes a very musical point of declaring …
Astrophobos – Remnants Of Forgotten Horrors Review
Some styles of music and metal aren’t just scarce in quality, they’re just plain scarce. Melodic doom/death in the Finnish style is one such limited sound, as is melodic black metal in the Swedish, Dissectionian …
Soreption – Engineering The Void Review
This album should not be good. There are more mediocre technical death metal bands than there are fish in the sea, and as a whole, the style has been approaching self-parody for years. Recently, the …
Graveborne – Through The Window Of The Night Review
Finland’s Graveborne has a slight identity crisis, but it’s a peculiar case. They obviously meant to be a black metal band, and a black metal band they are. The problem comes from their identity within …
The Wakedead Gathering – The Gate And The Key Review
Coming off of a very strong Dark Circles EP in 2012, Cincinnati one-man death project The Wakedead Gathering seemed poised to turn some OSDM heads. Doer-of-all-things Andrew Lampe has a certain knack for melding several …