Reviews

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.

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.

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.

AGARWAEN - The Murder Trend

Dark Mind Circus

KOH – Golden Death

Heavy Melodic Transformation

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

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

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

HANGING GARDEN - Dream Death

Chaotic Technical Death Metal Exploration

TodoMal – Graveyards Of Joy

Cinematic Atmosphere Meets Doom Metal

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

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

Destructor – Tales of Glory

US Power/Thrash Metal

MAKE – Exegesis At The End Of Time

A Thoughtful Take on Sludge and Post-Metal

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.

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

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

Defect Designer – Depressants

Immolation - Descent

DarkFlow – Imminent End

Draconian – In Somnolent Ruin

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

CROMLECH - OF OWLS AND EELS

SODOM - THE ARSONIST

Steamhammer Thrash Metal 9/10

CHAMBER OF MIRRORS - TALES OF BLOOD

Stonecult - The Great Ritual of Night and Death