Hailing from Belarus comes Crystayler a traditional black metal assault who presents us with their latest offering In The Hearts of the Brave. This album calls back to the old Norwegian days of black metal, presenting cold riffs, primitive drumming, and battle hardened vocals dripping with pride and honor. The corpse paint and chain mail…
Returning from the depths of the seas comes Uzlaga and their third full length offering Depthdweller. This is a continuation of what they’ve done in the past with The Sunken Seer and The Might of Waves. Its a straight forward black metal album with some melodic leanings and some surprise twists that gives Uzlaga their…
Returning to the front lines, UK based War metal division, Sturmtiger, brings us their latest arsenal of heavy hitting war hymns. Transcendent Warfare, is a brutal assault to the senses, curating a slew of hard-hitting militant drumming, berserker dissonant riffs, and deep bestial vocals that streak fear into their enemies. Greeting you with a blasting…
Hailing from the ancient and isolated Basque region, returns the cthonic doom occultists of Pestilength returning with their latest full length record Solar Clorex. This is an incredibly powerful and dense album dripping with twisted riffs with a dark psychedelia attached to it. These guys have continued their path down a harsh blended mixture of…
Hailing from Ukrainian underground comes Lacrimorphosis, an introspective and fantasy driven dungeon Synth act with a cozy yet mystical atmosphere conjured in his first three releases. After dipping his toes in the black metal world with the single Frigid Terror, Lacrimorphosis continues down that path conjuring depressive and cold black metal. With their latest release,…
Strixskog returns with their latest EP, Through the Raging Seas. Stepping away from the pure black metal sound, they’re able to conjure up triumphant and uplifting images with their skillfully laid out guitars, impressive drumming, and at times, rather melodramatic vocals. Its somewhat of a continuation of their last release, The Hell We Have Chosen,…
Hailing from the Kentucky underground crawls forth Sinistrum, a foreboding and hellish death metal act presenting us a textbook death metal release. These guys hit the check list at all levels. Evil, heavy, and chugging dissonant riffs, guttural and ghoulish vocals, brain blasting drums, and satanically gory lyrics that encapsulates the death metal essence. After…
Pushing forth from the underground come Hell Jefe y Hell Guapo joining forces to create the hellishy deviant “Goddamn Gringos”. these hellions are bringing back the timelessly sound of the first wave of black metal that is often looked over in today’s second wave worship. Aggressive, thrashy drums, melodicly hellish riffs and plenty of guttural…
Deep within the forests the wolves gather to the call of the Lycanthropic Throne and their debut release Forest of the Ancient Warspirit. Calling upon the old sounds of 90s Polish and German black metal, Lycanthropic Throne are able to take this rather timeless sound and reforge it with their raw and sadistic intentions. This…
Returning with their second satanic assault comes Warcoe creating A Palce for Demons. This Italian doom trio have been keeping the very pure essence of heavy metal alive, creating nostalgic riffs of that akin to Black Sabbath, Pentagram, and Pagan Altar. Its refreshing hearing this old style brought back fresh again in a new modern…