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Stripped back and powerful, Belus tap into the spirit of black metal with their endlessly fascinating and masterfully executed debut album. These Brooklyn black...
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"Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead is surely one of Avatarium's finest LPs due to its consistent songwriting and familiar yet wide-ranging...
"Simply calling this black metal, or even post-black metal, risks overlooking the ways this band has grown past labels, pursuing catharsis instead of acceptance."
Stripped back and powerful, Belus tap into the spirit of black metal with their endlessly fascinating and masterfully executed debut album. These Brooklyn black...
After 5 long years, The Faceless make the wait well worth it, presenting an excellent record with In Becoming A Ghost
This is the sort of band who understand the psychological power of doom and sludge and really play on that
The Devil's Despair is a moderately enjoyable progressive metal venture that simply doesn’t stand out when there are so many superior alternatives around.
Average songwriting notwithstanding, Dawn Ray'd's debut is an unbelievably harrowing and emotional black metal journey unlike anything else released this year.
When your ace in the hole happens to be Dopethrone, an influential monolith of omnipresent scope canvassing the firmament of modern doom metal, it can...
The ten tracks on offer span the width and breathe of the Godflesh oeuvre, sounding as rhythmically calculating and drill-press noisy as early works...
Most of you reading this are likely intimately familiar with the convoluted and sordid history surrounding Sepultura and both current and former members. No...
The Body & Full of Hell return for another out of this world collaboration in Ascending a Mountain Of Heavy Light
Oblivion release an excellent blend of death metal in their new record, The Path Towards...
The debut record from Sharptooth makes for one of the most astounding political records in recent years
It's a bit inconsistent, but Phantom Amour's high points prove that Toothgrinder has the potential to become one of the scene's most exciting bands...
The geological and folkloristic-minded among you are likely well aware that the name Dimmu Borgir was, in fact, hijacked from Icelandic folklore – its meaning...
Through the miracle of online serendipity, long dormant Swedish band Ice Age are finally making their uber-overdue debut on wax.
Damn, son. Time flies.
Pittsburgh's Signs of the Swarm release their strongest work to date in The Disfigurement of Existence
One thing RAM has had a knack for and continues to sharpen is their ability to craft really hooky vocal lines and memorable melodies,...
The Devil's Cradle is an essential - the essential - document of Finnish black metal
If a heavy metal album could carry a listener into the very crucible of calamity, it is 1755
With their 16th studio album, Canadian thrash pioneers Annihilator attempt to break new ground with For The Demented. But is it epic thrash or...
Thus far Scour haven't exactly risen above imitator status. Where does the new Red EP take them?
