Reviews

HÄXMÄSTAREN - Skuggor Del 1

Psychedelia expands traditional stoner doom.

TRAUMATOMY - Ascension of the Ineffable

Raw, repetitive, groove-driven slam brutality.

EREMOS-IX - Foregone

Dissonance meets melody in darkness.

NECROSEMINAL SPATTER – Sick Ways to Sodomy

Grotesque Grindcore meets groove-driven Death Metal.

OCEAN OF ILLUSIONS – Nexus

Aggressive metalcore with familiar death metal foundations.

CRUCIVORE – Desecration

Brutality meets technical and cinematic arrangements.

MINENFELD – Instruments Of Industrialized Warfare

Old-school death metal marches relentlessly.

Embrace of Thorns / Invocation - Invoking the Noumenon / Crushing the Feeble Messianic

Dark ritualistic black/death metal prevails.

Gabriel LeJeune - Pyramids

Neoclassical guitar meets thrash-driven momentum.

SLEDEON - Sovereign

Dark electronics shape progressive metal.

ZERO HOUR – No Man’s Land

Intricate progressive metal with melodic depth.

Cerebral Curse - Abominant Incarnations of Sepulchral Depths

Death/doom meets bleak funeral doom.

AODON – Khamsin

Melodic black metal meets post-metal.

WÖMIT ANGEL – Spermhamforash

Punk-rooted black/thrash with direct aggression.

NOOTHGRUSH – Man is His Own Tormentor

Crushing riffs sustain bleak sludge.

VERMIANAEVUS – Vermianaevus

Repetitive, dissonant and minimalist blackened death metal.

SIGILO – Gloria ad Inferi

Familiar darkness meets melodic black metal.

THOMAS MILLER'S LAZARUS EFFECT

Melodic progressive metal rooted in nostalgia

AT FIRST LIGHT – Subaltern Obsequy

Melodic death metal meets progressive expression.

KLAÏTON – A Celebration Of Pain

Old-school death metal with rhythmic variation.

Ministry – Hate To Go – Take Out Or Delivery

Industrial fury meets dystopian political criticism.

HATEBREED – Fatal Paradox

Hardcore intensity meets sharp thrash riffing.

BOARHAMMER – III: Instruments of Fungal Intent

Raw black metal meets psychedelic, ritualistic experimentation.

DUNGEON SERPENT – Lamentations Of The Shadowkingdoms

Dark, expansive and progressive melodic death metal.

TEMPLE NIGHTSIDE – Cenotaph Severance

Cavernous darkness meets blackened death metal.

LASER DRACUL – Hin Håle Blues

Blues grooves shape dark doom.

PALEGAZER – White Mourning

Melancholic melodies meet crushing sludge heaviness.

DREAM UNENDING – Certain Uncertainties

Jazz reshapes this progressive death-doom.

PANTHEÏST – Uncanny Times

Funeral doom shaped by classical arrangements.

UHRITULET – Ruumissavotta

Melodic darkness meets punk-driven aggression.

DET & CRITICAL DEFIANCE – Bloodsurge

Blackened speed meets technical thrash

DEATHWARDS – Realms Of Sin

Raw, intricate and unpredictable Death/Thrash.

GROTESQUERIES – Nightmare Delirium

Riff-driven old-school death metal with shifting tempos.

MASTIC SCUM – VOID

Mechanical Death Metal meets industrial coldness and Grindcore.

HERZOG – Mugwort

Dissonant Black Metal shaped by melancholy.

MAISON DIEU – Città Nascosta

Psychedelic doom meets ritualistic folk.

ENSLAVED – Mið

Organic progressive black metal with ritualistic textures.

XENTRIX – Allied with the Enemy

Traditional thrash metal with melodic and rhythmic variation.

FORBIDDEN – Forbidden

Progressive elements reshape technical thrash metal.

MASTER - Among The Seeds Of Death

MASTER sustains old-school Death Metal.

STREET JUSTICE – Rules Are For Suckers

Sleazy melodies meet classic heavy metal.

WYRМ CHASM – Wyrm Chasm

Atmospheric black metal with melodic aggression.

OBSIDIAN CHURCH – Stonebound

Traditional Epic Doom with a darker edge.

ANTANIA – The Unholy 33

Repetitive black metal driven by electronics.

TZOMPANTLI – Temilotzin

Traditional instruments shape a ritualistic meditation on loss.

HYVER – La Fête de la Forêt Enchantée

Theatrical black metal with fairytale eccentricity.

CALUS – The Evolution of Social Exclusion

Heavy riffs meet melodic grunge passages.

DANTALION - Dantalion

Melodic black metal turns inward.

REPILICANT / ELITIST – Indomitable Hostility

Dissonant riffs meet shifting arrangements.

LENG TCH'E - Hammered Into Collapse

Groove-driven grindcore with crushing death metal.

BAPHOMET'S BLOOD – In Satan We Trust

Raw, riff-driven, traditional Speed Metal.

OVERTURE – The Final Straw

Melodic guitars meet traditional heavy metal.

Tony Iommi – From The Dark

Dark riffs, commanding vocals, soaring guitar solos.

ANAGNORISIS – Caregriever

Grief-driven black metal with industrial experimentation.

KORRUPT – The Weight We Carry

Blackened hardcore with infectious melodic choruses.

VIGIL – Primordial Rites

Dark, aggressive, groove-driven traditional thrash.

ABSOLUTE DARKNESS – Witness To A Dying World

Thrash aggression meets melodic death metal.

ARCKANUM – Beswærilsin

Raw black metal meets ritualistic melodic grandeur.

BEATEN TO DEATH – Vntrve

Restless grindcore with saxophone-driven experimentation.

MORBID INTENT - Marionettes

Gothenburg melodies meet modern extreme aggression.

VELNIAS – Substrate Haruspex

Atmospheric heaviness with progressive melodic development

SIDUS – Lotus

Atmospheric post-metal shaped by inner conflict.

NEKUS / BLOODSOAKED NECROVOID – Funerary Rites of Ancient Doom

Contrasting death metal approaches build tension

FOGOS – Of Wyrm And Men

Fierce Swedish black metal with atmospheric detours.

SABHANKRA – Path of Pain

Melodic black metal with emotional depth.

SUNDOWNER – Cesspool

Sludge grooves steeped in blues.

WRITTEN IN BLOOD – The Final War

Old-school death metal driven by aggressive riffing.

BONJOUR TRISTESSE – Disaster Triumphant

Depressive black metal meets philosophical social criticism.

Sarcator – The Ones We Follow

Dark roots meet galloping melodic experimentation.

MANNVEIRA – Vesöld

Dark atmospheres, shifting rhythms, uneven songwriting.

SÉPULCRE – Cryptic Temple of Otherworldly Abhorrations

Traditional death metal meets dark atmospheres and doom-laden heaviness.

GRANT THE SUN - Biomes

Atmosphere and technicality meet in balance.

CLØUDY SKIES – Bury Me Beneath the Stars

Fragile melodies balance atmosphere against bursts of heaviness.

HOLLOW BONE – Onar

Strong atmosphere, limited compositional development throughout.

CONCRETE GHOSTS – Echoes of The Dead World

A cold, heavy and bleak death doom experience.

BOKKERIJDERS - Crush Kill Destroy

Traditional metal blends rawness with melody.

ARMORY – Echoes of the Astrolith

Classic speed metal meets science fiction.

HEXABROT – Self-Similarity

Melodic death metal expands through progressive experimentation.

URARV – Nychta Psychis

Experimental, eccentric, yet occasionally disjointed black metal.

LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT – In the Wide Vale of Uncreated Night

Technical prowess, ferocity, and uneven songwriting.

Krallice – Scour Order

Technical complexity meets captivating melodic finesse.

BLOOD AND SUN – Aion’s Light

Pagan folk shaped by cassette darkness.

Anvil Keep the Heavy Metal Spirit Alive in Hannover

Anvil Keeps Metal Alive

HANG THEIR BODIES – Raise Your Fist, Evangelist!

Strong atmosphere, limited dynamics

NIGHT HAG – Great Dismal Darkness

Primitive, filthy, suffocating doom/death at its rawest.

OBSCURA QALMA – Immortality Through Ashes

Symphonic grandeur meets dark extreme metal.

INSOMNIUM - Netherworlds

Melancholy, loss and melodic death metal.

VEILBURNER – All That Glimmers Is Gloam

A chaotic, dissonant and experimental descent into darkness.

IAPETUS - The Mother Void

Technical depth, melodic strength, uneven extended compositions.

BESOTTEN - Eye of the Monolithicrypt

Crushing death/doom, dark atmosphere, limited songwriting development.

MOTHER OF GRAVES – The Light That Keeps Us

Melodic death/doom meets melancholic guitar melodies.

Urisk – Call

The Modern Cry of Celtic Legends

DAWN OF DEMISE – Feed My Absurdity

Crushing riffs, powerful groove, limited variety.

PARALICYST - Destruction of Sanity

Traditional death metal searching for identity.

IN THIS HELL – Bliss

Strong riffs, raw sound, repetitive songwriting.

IN OBSCURITY REVEALED – Caustic Maelstrom

Dark, uncompromising and destructive old-school death metal.

LEPER COLONY – Back to Primal Sludge

A tasty return to old-school death metal.

DOMINION – Mortification of Thy Flesh

Rotten riffs serve up death metal decadence.

Radbraker – When the Mist Falls...

Dark, melancholic and captivating Black Metal.

RAM - Against

Classic heavy metal, sharp riffs, melodic choruses.

CALLOUS MASTER – Callous Master

Occult atmosphere, raw black metal, limited songwriting.

ZORNHEYM – Descending Into Madness

Symphonic grandeur, melodies, and theatrical excess.

ORBITA – Farewell to All We’ve Lost

Heavy riffs, melancholy and introspective melodies.

ORBIT CULTURE – Death Above Life

Melodic death metal meets electronic cinematic grandeur.

SATANIC WARMASTER - Drachenkreuz

Epic, melodic and dark black metal.

Bosphorus Metal Festival 2026 — Two Days Under the Sign of Metal

Performances, atmosphere and perspectives converge

MUTATION - Esoteric Order of Debauchery

Old-school death metal regains its furious momentum.

HELL-BORN - VII

Dark, melodic aggression rooted in tradition

TAUFPATIN - Les Malfaisances de la Taufpatin

Melodic, dark, and strangely enchanting.

SERVANT - Lux Ex Inferis

Melody makes the anger more pronounced.

MØRKGRIM - Sǫgur frá Norðfirði

90s darkness meets Nordic folk.

SPIRIT POSSESSION - Cathedral Speech

A complex evolution of first-wave black metal.

DISSIMULATOR - Artifice Dissolves

Technicality, speed, and songwriting achieve perfect balance.

DOCTOR NEZ - Nothing Short of Silver

Stoner doom, grunge, and blues converge.

HRAFNABLÓT - Guðlaugar Saga

Icelandic folk metal bridges past and present.

CRYSTAL THRONE - Chantry Of Sacrifice

Strong melodies, technical writing, limited originality.

TOMBSTALKER - Chaos Monolith

Dirty, heavy, aggressive old-school death metal.

LORD GRYPHUS - Summoning the King of Death

Primitive, filthy, aggressive, straight-ahead death metal.

AMON AMARTH – The Allfather Awakens

AMON AMARTH makes its old formula work again.

OUR CEASING VOICE - The Origin of Everything

Post-rock balances weight, vulnerability, and silence.

HARDIESSE - Tristesse Vespérale

Minimalist raw black metal with medieval atmosphere.

CRITICAL DEFIANCE - Rivers of Blood

Hard, dark and controlled thrash metal.

LUDGAR - Violent Visions

Raw energy, limited variety, strong potential.

ÜBERCHRIIST - Dæmonic Apotheosis

Dark atmosphere, strong melodies, traditional black metal.

SKUMSTRIKE - Flawless Intrigue from Hell

Speed, dirt and old-school aggression collide.

MINDVILE - Old Continent

Black metal, death metal, and true crime.

VICTIMS OF CONTAGION - Egregore

Technical death metal reshaped through progressive structures.

MAMA DOOM - Eminent Womb

Guitarless doom driven by weight and atmosphere.

AMAROK - Overcome

Same compositions, ten different dark interpretations.

DIE KAMMER – Season VI: We Destroy What We Love

Positive melancholy balances darkness with elegance.

MISTIGO VARGGOTH DARKESTRA - Shattered Gates

Cosmic return where electronics meet black metal

KROLOK - Hričov-Súľov-Lietava

Slovak history becomes black metal form.

FUNERAL - Funeral

Harsh debut at black metal’s punk crossroads.

RORCAL - Mahre

Dreams fracture reality into darkness.

SACRELIGIOUS - Brutality Incarnated

Aggressive death metal shaped by diverse influences.

Slaughtercult - Devoured By Perversion

Controlled brutality and variety in brutal death.

ØLYP - I(m)MORTAL

Post-metal, progressive structures, melancholy, dynamics, orchestration.

Bosphorus Music Conference: Beyond the Underground review.

Metal culture, Istanbul and the future.

RELOAD FESTIVAL 2026: Three Days, Three Faces of Metal

RELOAD 2026 pushed metal beyond boundaries.

Suffering Quota - Sisyphean Life

Dense, cyclical, aggressive grindcore with depth.

RAZORVOID – Into the Void

Speed, violence, punk and metal collide.

Deathcult – Cult Of The Dog

Dirty start, fading attack, diluted blood.

CH’AHOM - Anthropic Rites of Sublimation

Ritualistic, dark, progressive and uncompromising death metal.

ABSTRACTED MIND – Break Down Your Fears

Melodic, orchestral, symphonic metal debut.

PARANOID REVERB - Red River Black Roots

Searching for balance between weight and space

BOMBSTRAP - Big Enemy

Punk fury, chaos and pure anarchy.

MITTAGS-ABGRUND - Mittags-Abgrund

How does 90s darkness take shape again?

NOKTURNAL MORTUM - “Біль | Hurt”

Experimental black metal bridging past and present.

NECROCENE - Scumocracy

Italy Brings Florida’s Mud Back NECROCENE

FVNERAL FVKK – Indecent Idols

Indecent Idols confronts history’s darkest shadows

VIOLENT OMEN - Locomotive of Chaos

Technical complexity collides with thrash aggression.

X-POZED - A Cure For Worse

Metalcore aggression meets sharper melodic instincts.

VINGULMORK - Barmhjertighetens Fallitt

Cold riffs, melody, aggression and imbalance

DISCOURAGED - A Farewell In Stages

Dark, melodic and cohesive Death Doom debut.

MAGIC CROSS - Magic Cross

Raw black metal, punk and noise rock

HYPERION - Elysia

Melodic darkness meets symphonic grandeur.

A THOUSAND SUFFERINGS - Valley Of A Sun

Four covers reshaped into darkness.

SAISEIGA -黒舞台 (Black Stage)

Dark, heavy, controlled and progressive groove metal.

GÅTE - Sigil

Folk, metal and electronics blend successfully

ANCIENT MALICE - Worm Tongue

Raw, fast, filthy, and characterful deathgrind.

PROJECTOR - Before the Last Light

Melody and heaviness meet in balance.

UTILIZE THE REMAINS - Meaningless Existence

Groove-driven slam death metal, brutally consistent.

ZIVANISHED - 100% Αγνός Κυπριακός Βίλλος

Cypriot culture collides with wild extreme metal.

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - Rats In The Temple

Thrash heritage meets modern weight with conviction.

SIGH - Goh-Ka

eath, decay, tradition and extremity converge.

Acherontas - For the Blood of Tiamat

A dark, mystical summation of thirty-year ritual.

BEHEMOTH - I, Scvlptor

A dark bridge between past and present.

REVEL IN FLESH - Flesh For The Kult Of Death

A dark return to Swedish Death Metal.

MIND AFFLICTION - No Future, No Light

A darker return after a decade.

BARBARISM - Predetermined Extinction

Dense, traditional, uncompromising brutal death metal attack.

SHRINEBURNER - Hymns Of Despair

Expands doom’s darkness with psychedelic depth and melody.

SEASON OF MELANCHOLY - In Sleep

Dark romance, dance and metal collide.

CARTILAGE - Operating Altar

Death/grind brutality merges with surgical chaos.

PROFANATION - Ultra-Noise Warfare

Filthy, savage, relentlessly attacking death metal.

FOG WALL - Gloomweaver

Crushing death metal, dark atmosphere, thunderous bass.

FILTH - Death Exhibition

Old-school death metal grows darker, heavier, deeper.

AZGAAL - Divine Hitman

A cold, esoteric and melodic take on black metal.

NUCLEARHAMMER - Xaos 333

Descends into bestial metal’s dark, hypnotic depths.

GOROD - The Ember Gone

GOROD reshapes technical boundaries through emotional depth.

MISCREANCE - Reminiscence

Technical riffs merge with progressive experimentation.

CHARNEL SPIRIT - Blood Prophecy

Dark, doom-infused black metal with atmosphere.

KAMELOT - Dark Asylum

KAMELOT darkens its formula without truly reinventing it.

Encasement - Encasement

Experimental black metal shaped by complex rhythms.

HUNTER OMEGA - Lake Of Death

HUNTER OMEGA sharpens NWOBHM with US metal.

UADA - Devoid of Light

UADA’s timeless debut shines brighter once again.

GREY SHORES – Dark Waters of Night

A strong debut turning atmosphere into songwriting.

WATCHER - Mistress of Our Time

Melodic reconstruction of Swedish heavy metal.

FLAME - Ignis Draconis Daemonicus

Old-school fury comes alive through modern production.

MIDNIGHT PREY - Jenseitsritt

Raw, energetic, genre-bending, riff-driven, distinctive.

GREEN CARNATION - The Messiah Complex

Dark, progressive, orchestral, and deeply theatrical finale.

ZVINDIYAR - Six Rites

Atmospheric Death Metal meets ancient mythology.

WHARFLURCH - Mycodeath and Rebirth in the Outer Clusters

A bizarre take on psychedelic cosmic Death Metal.

UNHOLY REDEEMER - Journey Beyond Death

The Dark Anatomy of Ancient Death Metal

TÅRFÖDD - En Känsla Av Hopplöshet

Dark, melodic, aggressive, and depressive black metal.

DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT - Innern (Instrumental)

A darker journey revealed without vocals.

EXUMER - Death Mask Messiah

Modern Teutonic Thrash strengthened by traditional roots.

FEN - Elemental Part One: Mourning Earth

FEN masterfully blends atmosphere with progressive structures.

MANDY MANALA - Something Wicked

Dark, theatrical, vocal-driven occult rock.

DJEVELSORT - Peril of Freedom

90s spirit meets modern production.

SUBMASQ - Spirit Animal

Accessible progressive metal enriched with ethnic colors.

FANE - Armageddon Scars

Heavy, atmospheric, controlled, and deeply dark sludge.

Ethereal Void - Primordial Dissonance

Groove, dissonance, and crushing death metal.

WINDSWEPT - A Sign of the Cloven Hoof

Dark, melodic black metal turning limitations into strength.

SPACE CHASER - Razorblade Bay

SPACE CHASER sharpens its speed again.

Terrestrial Hospice – Omnicide Chapter 1

Nihilism, darkness, and flawless atmosphere collide.

TRENCH WARFARE - Achtung! Destroy The Weak

Old-school death metal meets raw war metal.

CUTTHROAT - The Purge

Groove-driven, aggressive, effective crossover hardcore.

PERPETUAL PARADOX – May Misery Befall You

echnical, heavy, tight, and controlled.

Cutterred Flesh – The Shapes of Hidden Malice

Brutal death metal meets dark horror stories.

THE NIGHT ETERNAL - Cold Velvet

Dark, melodic, powerful and timeless Heavy Metal.

DARK FUNERAL - A Beast To Praise

Controlled, heavy, clean, yet less ferocious.

SEXMAG - Żelazna Dziewica

Dirty, sharp and focused old-school metal attack.

TSIRHIC - To Satan I Reply...

Revives the spirit of ’90s black metal.

RAPID - Enter the Realm of Fire

Raw, fast, dirty, melodic old-school metal.

TERATUM - Ordnance of Spiritual Warfare

Old-school black/thrash, melodic and ferocious.

Firtan – Helios

Scorching and Life-Giving Like the Sun

PETROSA - Roadburn Chronicles

PETROSA reshapes stoner doom through sheer grit.

UNTITLED WITH DRUMS - Made Flesh

Controlled heaviness, strong melodies, and solid songwriting.

DECEPTOR - Reign Of Terror

Old-school death/thrash, scattered yet effective.

SEV LEZU - Blood Conscript

SEV LEZU delivers tightly wound black metal.

ATOMIC AGGRESSOR - The Occult Forces

Solid old-school death metal-

ACCURSED WOMB - Hymns of Blasphemous Fornication

CCURSED WOMB grows increasingly sharper in death metal.

COMA CONTROL - Shed the Sleep

Technical, melodic, dark, dynamic progressive death.

AZATOTH - Carnal Lust of Blasphemy

Dark, rotten, aggressive, pure cave metal.

I DENY - İnfial

Harsh, direct, political, and furious hardcore.

DEATH KOMMANDER - The Great Offensive

Death Metal forged in BOLT THROWER’s shadow.

TREACHER - Hibernation of Death

Old-school influences meet modernity in a strong debut.

FLUISTERAARS - Jacht der Mysteriën

Cold, hypnotic, repetition-driven black metal.

ÆNIGMATUM - Infinitude’s Passage

Technical, dark, melodic, and remarkably compelling.

HKSPK - Heimkehr

A dark collision of Black, Death, Punk and Doom.

ENDSPACE - First Contact

A dark sound from deep space.

SVJETLOST - The Forever Silent

Sevdah and doom collide in darkness.

INLITNMENT - Spiritual Warfare

Heavy, spiritual, and controlled doom metal.

NEKRODAWN - Covenant Of Carnage

Swedish death metal, darkly reshaped with precision.

MEGASCAVENGER - Toxic Noxious Undeath

A forceful return to old-school Swedish death.

INSURRECTION - Exiled To Earth

Melodic Death Thrash

HOLISSSTIK - Chapter 1: This Endless Solitude

A dark, layered, genre-defying collective composition.

WORMWOOD - Å

Melodic, dark, exploratory.

XANDRIA - Eclipse

XANDRIA expands its formula without truly transcending it.

BEYOND THE GATES 2026 Four Days at the Heart of Black Metal

Four days under Bergen’s reign of darkness.

SHABTI - Haze, Cacophony, And White Light

Technical, chaotic, progressive, and dark black/death.

NEPHILA - HULDRA

Dark, melodic, atmospheric, psychedelic rock-driven.

Sněť - V bažinách vědomí

Expands old-school death metal with finesse.

ELECTRIC CALLBOY - Tanzneid

Diverse, energetic, but increasingly predictable.

COYOTE MAN - Prosthetic Memories

Progressive metal, independent of lyrics.

VULGAR MEPHITIS - From Dust

Brutal, technical, complex, and controlled death metal.

DEATHGRAVE - Hell Is Evil

Controlled, dark, feral.

ARGUL - Soledad & Orgullo

An original, weighty take on doom.

CRYPTORIUM - Through the Bowels of Ceaseless Dissonance

Swedish death metal, searching for identity.

Wacken 2026: The Traditional Ritual of Dust, Fire and Distortion

Future, energy, and metal collide.

HULDER - Verbolgen

A folkloric evolution of traditional black metal.

GRAVECRAWLER - NIDUS

Dirty, cold, heavy and decaying death metal.

ARKTHEOS - Cosmolith

Black metal meets death metal tension.

KYRIOS - Blood Constellation

Cosmic dark rituals

MYRKVIÐI - Harmur

Melody fuels darkness.

BEYOND GRACE - Welcome to the New Dark Ages, Part 3

Controlled Technical Devastation

BESTIA ARCANA - Holókauston

Occult Ritual Storm

NINTH REALM - Damnation's Veil

Dark Riff Assault

STREET TOMBS - Existence Is Corruption

Filthy Death Metal

THE ABSOLUTION SEQUENCE - Dread Cycle

Precision Without Restraint

DISHUMANE - Centurion's Demise

Dark Death Tradition

TEMPLE OF DREAD - Dreadspawn Dominion

Dark Death Legacy

MADBALL – Not Your Kingdom

The streets endure.

HORRIFIER - Revelations of Gore

Promises. Delivers. Repeats.

Reuniting With an Old Friend IN FLAMES Returns to Istanbul

Metal Exploded in Istanbul

Legends Ruled the Night

A Night Unforgettable

AGARWAEN - The Murder Trend

Dark Mind Circus

KOH – Golden Death

Heavy Melodic Transformation

LAMB OF GOD, ORBIT CULTURE and BLACK TOOTH on the Same Stage

Energy Won. Sound Lost.

PROTEST THE HERO - Within

Controlled Technical Explosion

APOGEAN - Waste Where Life Begins

Heavy, Dark, Controlled

CHAMBER OF UNLIGHT - Avernus

Dark, atmospheric, mesmerizing.

MAGIC OPERA - The Final Flight

Epic Symphonic Finale

FAUSTIAN - Parable Of The Sewer

Rotten Dark Sermon

CAELESTIA – Revelations In Black”

Dark Melodic Transformation

PANOPTICON - Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet

Memory, Nature, Melancholy

HERETIC CULT REDEEMER - In Oculum Chaos

Ritualistic Dissonant Black Metal

Echoes of a Dying World - Revelations

Metalcore Leads Melodies.

RAVAGED BY THE YETI - Snowbound Horror

Frozen Old School Death

KING POTENAZ - Arcane Desert Rituals Vol. 2

Occult Desert Rituals

CEREMONIAL WORSHIP - Between Sleep and Death

Ritualistic Cold Hellenic

GUDEWIFE – Atoms, Don’t Die

Rhythmic Experimental Evolution

NON SERVIAM - La Lune Dont Mon Âme Est Pleine

Chaotic industrial ritual

SOJOURNER – Gateways

Epic, balanced, mature.

CAMBRIAN - Oceans Away

Dark Progressive Narrative

LITOSTH - Dreaming

A Symphony of Collapse

AEVERIS - Imminence

Disciplined melodic aggression.

YETI ON HORSEBACK - Traditional Addictions

Crushing Doom Nightmare

COMPLEXANT - Apex

Relentless, dense, uncompromising.

Spectre - A Procession of the Dead

Depressive spirit, distinct identity, pure darkness

Left to Die - Initium Mortis

Chuck’s legacy lives.

Februus - Construction of Conflict

Dark progressive exploration

FUMING MOUTH - The Ringing Bell

Defying Death Through Sound

PSYCROPTIC - The Pulse Of Annihilation

Technical, intense, balanced

EMPTINESS - Nowhere Speaks

Cold Circular Alienation

Novareign – Shifting The Axis Of The World

Technical, Epic, Balanced

Cavalera-Pantera Live in Istanbul

A Night of Chaos and Metal

Hanternoz – A Hed an Noz, a Noz, a Noz

Dark folkloric journey

DOMINUM – Night Is Calling

Theatrical dark metal

SOLACE – Fading Failing Ruin

Riffs withstand time

Under Auburn Skies - Diminisher Of Hope

Disciplined Modern Metalcore

Voices from the Underground – The Review Express

A look at the Underground scene as we leave the third week of July behind.

PYLAR – Delyrio

Ritualistic cosmic metal

Viande – Monument aux morts

A suffocating dark ritual

NINE POUND HAMMER – Too Outlaw For Outlaw Country

Dirty, Energetic Cowpunk

Blackstaff – Drowner

A Dark Fantasy Vision of Blackened Doom

Demonic Manifestation - Grimshrine

A Faithful Tribute to Swedish Old School Death Metal

Atmoran – WE FIGHT BACK!

Riff-driven - Aggressive - Straightforward

Sinsid – All That Remains

Traditional Heavy Metal Reforged

SOOTHSAYER – The Unbinding

Dark, Layered, Ritualistic

AD FINEM OMNIA – Senectus Viae

A New Language of Solitude on Ancient Paths

Troy The Band – (des)

Doom, Shoegaze and Noise Rock in Collision

Mortem – Mørketid

Norwegian Black Metal Reimagined

Witchsorrow – The Devil And All His Works

Ancient Doom Heaviness

Spread The Disease – The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering.

Spread The Disease return after 27 years

PRIME CREATION – Souls Of The Fallen

The Power Alliance of Heavy and Power Metal

Stonecast – Expand Crimson Chaos

Epic Presentation by a French Heavy Metal Band

VORAX – Volcano Shock

Old School Death Metal Reborn

Entgeist – Welk

Fragmented Tension in Modern Blackened Death Metal

Valosta Varjoon – Blut, Stahl und Leid

Black Metal caught between raw riff architecture and controlled rhythmic tension

IRATA – Human

A Layered Evolution Between Sludge and Progressive Rock

Moonspell – Far From God

A Refined Return to Gothic Metal's Dark Core

HOLE IN THE SVN | 2026 Black Metal Hell at 35 Degrees

Extreme Heat Black Metal Experience in Germany

HANGING GARDEN - Dream Death

Chaotic Technical Death Metal Exploration

TodoMal – Graveyards Of Joy

Cinematic Atmosphere Meets Doom Metal

Trivium - Live in İstanbul

Matt Heafy’s explosive stage presence, and the chaos of the night.

Incantation Istanbul Live Review

Raw death metal chaos from a packed Kadıköy night.

Amberian Dawn – Temptation’s Gates

A Controlled Shift in Modern Symphonic Metal

Emptiness – Nowhere Speaks

Avant-Garde Death Metal and Sonic Mass Structures

A World Worth Burning – The Sky Was Colored as Hammered Lead

Exploring its post-metal, atmospheric sludge framework, instrumental structure, and genre positioning.

Temple ov Ahriman – Heretics of Consensual Reality

Black Metal Meets D-Beat

Wailin Storms – The Arsonist

Southern Gothic Blues Punk & Doom-tinged Sound

Ethereal Rot - Ethereal Rot

Controlled Chaos in Technical Death Metal

SPEEDSLUT – Cimbrian Rites

Raw Return to 80s Speed Metal

Vampyriia – Luxuria Sanguis Plenilunium

Raw Black Metal & Dungeon Synth

Zørza – Twilight of the Golden Star

Structural Tension and Atmosphere in Post-Black

Orga Mecha – Humanity.exe

Synth-Driven Classic Metal Hybrid Under the Lens

TÅRFÖDD – Skyfall

Dense Atmosphere Between DSBM and Post-Black Metal

The Circle of the Elect – Kaoskarma

A Confident Debut in Atmospheric Black Metal

Dead Sleep – Repulsion

Raw, Direct Thrash/Death Metal with Punk-Driven Energy

Citrinitas – Telestic Ekstasis

A Blurred Space Between Doom, Black Metal and Noise

THÆTAS – The Irredeemable Age

An avant-garde approach to brutal death metal.

Vafurlogi - Gneisti af eldi Guðs

Icelandic Black Metal

Boarzoy – The Great Fires

The Chaotic Edge of Sludge/Groove Metal

Nargaroth – Apocalyptic Steel

Alone Wolf

Grimveil – Beneath the Veil of Silent Woods

Nature and Amospheric Black Metal

Arckanum – Motestandarin

The silence broken by "Motestandarin"

Black Revelation – No Light Upon Us All

German Doom Metal Aesthetics

One Day in Pain – Devouring the Gods

HM-2 Barrage of Fire

DUIR – Catarsi

Structural Tension Between Atmospheric Black Metal and Folk Elements

MORGAL – The Seventh Circle

Ferocious Black Metal Fueled by Heavy Metal Fire

Flykt – Sinister Strain

Swedish Black Metal Attack

Einherjer – Lifeblood

Viking Metal’s Balance of Riffs and Atmosphere

Voices from the Underground – The Review Express

A look at the Underground scene as we leave the third week of June behind.

Mork – Monolitt

A Refined Take on Second-Wave Black Metal

WARNING – Rituals Of Shame

A Worthy Continuation of Doom Metal’s Most Intimate Voice

Coffin Hunters - Cosmic Dawn

Classic Heavy Metal Meets Cosmic Prog

Warthrash – No Light Shall Remain

Old-School Death/Thrash Refined

NIRRITI – Dhrupad Anutpada

Anatomy of Black/Death Noise Chaos

Thy Killing Hand – Infernal Commands

The Ritualistic Face of Black Metal

Iron Kobra – Eternal Dagger

Speed Metal Revival Done Right

Äxe – Autogeddon

Raw Speed & Black Metal Chaos Revisited

STORMKEEP – The Nocturnes Of Iswylm

A Theatrical Reworking of 90s Black Metal

VANDEN PLAS – AcCult II

Acoustic Reinvention Beyond Progressive Metal Conventions

Goetia – Mortuary Cult

High-Speed Death/Thrash Extremity Redefined

Genghis Tron – Signal Fire

Between Mathcore, Grindcore and Electronics

Death to All – Istanbul IF Performance Hall (Part II: The Journey & Aftermath

Hall Part II: The Journey & Aftermath

Destructor – Tales of Glory

US Power/Thrash Metal

Voices from the Underground – The Review Express

A Brief Look at 8 New Extreme Metal Albums

MAKE – Exegesis At The End Of Time

A Thoughtful Take on Sludge and Post-Metal

Death To All Live in Istanbul 15 June 2026

Full Album Performance Review

Khemmis - Khemmis

A Hybrid Between Epic Doom and Modern Metal Structures

Fleshcrawl - Epitome Of Carnage

HM-2 Death Metal Analysis

Fires in the Distance - Circadian Promise

A boundary-pushing interpretation of melodic death metal.

AKHOTH - Of Might and Hierarchy

Raw Black Metal Analysis

TOMBAL – Grave of the Damned

Swedish Death Metal Revival

Maan Looking Man - Maan Looking Man

A Dynamic and Multilingual Post-Hardcore Debut

ABYSSAL RIFT - Relics of Great Ash

Cosmic horror, Crushing riffs

Defiled – Altered State

Technical Death Metal and Progressive Structure

Ripper – Towards Rebirth

Aggressive Energy

Fucked Up - Year Of The Monkey

A Monumental Progressive Hardcore Epic

Aetere – Théogonie

Doom, Drone Textures & Atmospheric Weight

Sons of Ghidorah – Raining Fire

Walk Into Doom/Stoner

My Own Will - Misery

The Intersection of Deathcore and Metalcore

RUYNED - Profanum Sacrificium

Own Black/Speed/Thrash Metal Way

Abandon Agony – Endbringer

Swedish melodic death metal tradition and modern metalcore influences.

Metallica in Berlin: From the Heart of the Snake Pit

Metallica in Berlin

Kaira & Dragonborn Antalya Concert

Live Review

Véhémence - Assiégé pour l'Eternité

Enevelde / Gjendød - Elegier fra avgrunnen

Guilt Trip - Armour Of Angels

Illwind - The Unfolding at the End of Light

Evergrey - Architects of a New Weave

MIDNIGHT RIDER - Limited Infinity

VOIVOD - Symphonique

Coprolith - Putrescence

NACHTHEEM - Waan Van De Leegte

Grabunhold - Frostheim

Astriferous - Atavistic Unraveling

Fournier - Fournier

ADVERSAM - Daimon

DRAGONBORN - "No Mercy"

Drain of Impurity - The Dark Ascension of the Supreme Prometheus Gods

DAUÞUZ - Todeswerk: Uranium II

Atronos - Gram

Sallow Moth - Hydrophilous Brood

AntiHuman Industries - Accelerated Death Impulse

Hecate Enthroned - The Corpse of a Titan, A Lament Long Buried

DEUS SABAOTH - Distortion of Lies

Finsterforst - Still

Bockreiter - Spirits of the Swamp

Autumnblaze - Glut

Emasculator - Thaumaturgic Resurrection

BEWITCHED - Diabolical Death Mass

Pharmacist - Vertebrae After Vertebrae

Sanctvs - De l’Abîme au Plérôme

Mütiilation – Pandemonium of Egregores

NOIRSUAIRE - The Dragging Poison

The Ominous Cirçle - Cloven Tongues of Fire

Summoning Hellgates - Spear of Conquest

Binah - Ónkos

Witching Hour - Where Pale Winds Take Them High…

Haggus - The Mincecore Manifesto

GODTHRYMM - Projections

Piołun - Exolvuntur

Witching Hour – Descending… Where Time Has Ceased To Exist

Mansvara - Sable Odes To Nihility

Northborn - Northborn

Opera IX - Veneficium

Horrific Visions - Remnants of Atrophy

Hexenaltar - Descending Curse

Pro-Pain - Stone Cold Anger

Terror - Still Suffer

Armored Saint - Emotion Factory Reset

DARK MILLENNIUM - Come

Crimson Day - Dark Dimension

Dimmu Borgir - Grand Serpent Rising

Armored Saint - Emotion Factory Reset

Gravvålnad - Dreams of Evernight

Horn - Apokalyps 1618

Kybalion - Make the World Bleed

Ditheist - Cosmic Liar

Hellevate - Killicon Valley

Nights Of Malice - Chaos Exordium

Xenosis - Hermetic Transmutation

VERDUN - Abyssal Womb

DYSGNOSTIC - End Whispers

CARBON TOMB - Passage to a Neutron Star

Loneshore - Nothing Left to Deconstruct

Ersadu - Gore

Arroganz - Death Doom Punks

Akem Manah - Threnodies

Jungle Rot - Cruel Face of War

Yoth Iria - Gone with the Devil

GRAVERY - Purified in Blood

Dromos - Failing Light

Desiccation - Legatum Mortuorum

Burial Clouds - Burn Holy

Scatter - Tech Hell Cyber Thrash

GOLD SPIRE - Steps into Shadow

TELOCH VOVIN - Towards The Inevitable

Iselder - The 38th Division

Lair Of The Minotaur – I Hail I

ORPHAN DONOR – Ailments

DIMINISHING – The Outcome

GOREWORM - Miasmic Solitude

The Scalar Process – Agnomysticism

Defect Designer – Depressants

Immolation - Descent

DarkFlow – Imminent End

Draconian – In Somnolent Ruin

Faun Live in Istanbul: Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Concert Review

Dominion Over Ankara Live Review

Venom - Into Oblivion

Cognizance - In Light, No Shape

Tünböri – Güneş Tuğ Ol, Gök Kurıkan Review

At The Gates – The Ghost Of A Future Dead

Review

IMPUREZA - ÁLCAZAREZ

SHEEV - ATE'S ALCHEMIST

VIOGRESSION - THAUMATURGIC VEIL

INCINERATED - THE EPITOME OF TRANSGRESSION

HEAVEN SHALL BURN - HEIMAT

ANHEIM - DIE WELT DIE WIR BEGRUBEN

MORTUAL - ALTAR OF BRUTALITY

SEASONS IN BLACK - ANTHROPOCENE

SARASTUS - Agony Eternal

WARKINGS - ARMAGEDDON

PATRISTIC - CATECHESIS

REFLECTION - THE BATTLES I HAVE WON

LUCILLE - DAWN OF DESTRUCTION

DRAWN AND QUARTERED - LORD OF TWO HORNS

ALESTORM - THE THUNDERFIST CHRONICLES

DARKENHÖLD - LE FLÉAU DU ROCHER

CROMLECH - OF OWLS AND EELS

SODOM - THE ARSONIST

Steamhammer Thrash Metal 9/10

CHAMBER OF MIRRORS - TALES OF BLOOD

LORD BELIAL - UNHOLY TRINITY

Stonecult - The Great Ritual of Night and Death

Stabbing - Eon of Obscenity

Reload Festival 2025 Review