Debuting from deep within the German underground comes a mind warping act named Aätra with their epic release titled The Nine Billion Heads of God. This is a fascinating album that I think will cause a lot of contention within the scene. Following in the footsteps of Trhä with it’s uplifting atmosphere and colorful approach…
Czech based psychedelic cult known as White Hat had presented us with their album, Psychedelic Ascension Order, back in 2023. This is a hard hitting mix of raw psychedelic metal, vitriolic vocals and an old school groove. There’s layers of sound and details that any psychonaut might find distinctly familiar, and those who have not…
Underground black metal warrior Malacath returns with their third compilation compromising of previously released singles and a few original tracks. This collection is a monument to traditional black metal done in the style of the Nordic second wave. There’s a burning passion for true black metal behind this project and it’s very apparent in the…
Marching into the scene from the US underground comes Eagle’s Nest’s debut assault titled, Purification. This album is rich with atmosphere and hard hitting riffs of volkish pride. This debut is coming off the back of their well received demo “A Legacy Reborn… Forever Written in Blood” which presented the band as much more raw…
There was once a time when the atmosphere of a certain song or album would unnerve me. Creating a looming anxious dread that sweeps over you much like a horror movie would. The sounds surrounding and suffocating you, restricting your ability to escape as you’re dragged deeper and deeper into the audial abyss. I’ve become…
From the haunted ridges of Appalachia to the gator-choked gutters of the Gulf, Stumptail barrels down I-65 like a rust-eaten hearse on fire. Somewhere past the boiled-peanut stands and bottomless humidity, they stumble into the Floridian Poseidon, a swamp-god with a mullet, a beer gut, and a trident stolen from a pawn shop. Sonder down…
Délirant returns with their second album, Thoughteater. They provide no safety here, just wave after wave of oppressive black metal psychedelia, where speed doesn’t offer escape but intensifies the descent. Délirant channels the void with surgical precision, luring the listener into a trance that devours thought, leaving only static, suffocating silence. With a creeping opening…
In the humid depths of Georgia’s black metal scene, Saturnian Current weaves dissonant hymns of Hermetic lore. This is not mere occult theater, but a sonic invocation, an alchemical rite where riffs grind like millstones and every note drips with hidden meaning. Their debut album, Illuminatio Doctrinae Mysterii, burns with an alchemical fire at its…
Hailing from deep within the London underground comes true warriors of chaos under the moniker of Äxe. These fiends have forged an album burning with true blackened heavy metal passion. Their sound has taken a page from the early days of speed metal, taking inspiration from legends such as Bathory, Venom, Sodom, and many more…
From deep within the black jungles of Indonesia emerges Falsus Evangelium. An experimental black metal entity invoking Enochian rites, fevered dissonance, and a suffocating occult atmosphere that carves its own altar within the underground. The album starts hard, whipping you into dissonant distorted riffs and well timed drums hitting a solid groove that isn’t so…