Hailing from Sicily comes a unique metal release under the banner of Dramanduhr titled Tramhor. This is an album done completely in a fabricated language dubbed ‘Dahrmonium’. On first listen it sounds like a strange mixture of Egyptian, Greek, ancient Iberian and Latin combined in a way that works musically but at the end of…
The latest release from Moonlight Cypress Archetypes, SkyThala brings a more orchestral and symphonic approach to black metal taking heavy influence from famed Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. There’s a strong sound created here and stands out from the rest of the MCA catalog. There’s real deep intensity not only within the metal passages but the…
A far cry from the typical Moonlight Cypress Archetypes release, Blake Edward Conley who goes by Droneroom brings us the latest release under that name, Easy Payday, which is also a far cry from his typical releases as well. For those who haven’t heard his previous works, they’re typically a twangy, western style guitar playing…
Coming hot off the trails from their demo release, UK based death metal band Vacuous presents us with their massive debut release Dreams of Dysphoria. This is an incredibly crushing death metal album with some touches of doom thrown in there to create a punishing and incredibly heavy album that certainly keeps the spirit of…
Hungarian based musician, Ephilexia, brings us their latest release from a string of solo albums known as Skeleton War. This is a heavily bass driven math-rock album with heavy emphasis on atmosphere and progressive build ups. You may have come across their bass playing with Silent Island, a post-rock project as well as their take…
This is the third release from international metal act, Chaos Over Cosmos, who’s track record consists of intense, technically riffs, sci-fi synths, and plenty of mind numbing guitar solos. If you’re somewhat familiar with their previous releases, you won’t be too caught off guard here. A lot of the same characteristics are there, and the…
Hailing from the cold Russian wastes comes Черновство (Chernovstvo), a raw and malignant black metal act who’s discography consists of three short demo releases with short atmospheric passages, raw and abrasive guitars, drums, and shrill vocals that drill into the listeners psyche. All three of these releases were released this year, 2022, and really makes…
After a two year wait, the Finnish black metal band, Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö, returns with their fourth release, Vainaantuoma. A rabid, punk influenced black metal release with plenty of raw attitude and low fidelity goodness in the production. Taking influence from other fellow Finnish bands, they fuse a lot of melody in these tracks, creating for…
Hailing from the ancient city of Athens comes the third release from Fortress of the Pearl a uniquly beautiful and atmospheric project with aspects of black metal, dungeon synth, and neoclassical piano and flute passages. The three releases paint rather whimsical pictures with hypnotic guitar riffs and a hazy atmosphere that gets progressively cleaner with…
This band doesn’t need an introduction of their origins as they clearly originate within the all enveloping void. Guðveiki takes concepts of Anti-Cosmic Satanism and combine it with the all too familiar sounds of blackened death metal featuring. Hellish guitars, ghastly vocals and an oppressive atmosphere it’d be a miracle to walk away mentally unscathed…