August 1, 2021
Helloween – Helloween (Staff Review)
Due to the historic nature of this release, we have combined our thoughts on the album into one collective review…… Reviewed: July 1, 2021 Overall Rating: 4.8/5.0 Review by: Metal-Rules Staff Reviewed: July, 2021 Released: June 18, 2021, Nuclear Blast Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead So here we are…
BOTTOMLESS – Interview with Giorgio Trombino
BOTTOMLESS 30th July 2021 Interview by Kat Knite Italian doom metal trio BOTTOMLESS are back with a stunning new self-titled record, out now via Spikerot Records. We got a chance to catch up with lead singer & guitarist Giorgio Trombino and learn all about the process and inspiration behind the new release, as well…
Hexorcist – Evil Reaping Death
Reviewed: August, 2021 Released: July 26, 2021, Memento Mori Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead Miami, Forida’s Hexorcist makes no bones about it, they are old school Florida death metal. Their debut full length, EVIL REAPING DEATH, was just released 30 years after the explosion of bands from that very…
Powerwolf – Call of the Wild
Reviewed: August, 2021 Released: July 16, 2021, Napalm Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead Powerwolf are one of my favorite bands and have been since I heard 2007’s LUPUS DEI. That album is mounds of cheese wrapped in some of the most fun and entertaining power metal to come…
Entierro – El Camazotz
Reviewed: August, 2021 Released: June 18, 2021 Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead I learned of New Haven, Connecticut’s Entierro when I discovered that founding Fates Warning guitarist Victor Arduini was in the band. His fretwork was top notch on the first two Fates albums, how can I go wrong?…
Anakim – The Elysian Void
Reviewed: [August 2021] Released [2021 Self Released] Rating [3.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson British death metallers Anakim step up their game considerably with the second album, and first in four years. With volatile new singer Matt Small in tow, and a more evolved, technically adept and professional approach, the band build…
McIver, Joel-The Saga Of Skalmold (Book Review)
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Black Harbour Entertainment Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP It is no secret that the Heavy Metal business has been evolving down into a massive global cottage industry. Hundreds of bands run their own labels, recording studios, record and produce their own albums, create merchandise and then tour. The…
Quick Jabs for August 2021
This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Helgrind – Return To Motherland September 1st, 2019…
Darkthrone – Eternal Hails……
Darkthrone – Eternal Hails…… Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Peaceville Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz A new Darkthrone album is always an event, because you’re never really sure “which” Darkthrone you’re getting until you hear it. Across 3 decades, the dynamic duo of Fenriz and Nocturno Culto have charted…
Internal Bleeding – Heritage of Sickness II
Internal Bleeding – Heritage of Sickness II Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Comatose Music Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz If a demo compilation falls in the woods and no one was there to hear it, was it ever really released? If you’re Internal Bleeding, you find a better label distributor…
Rat King – Omen
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 2.5/5.0 Reviewer: Kat Knite Hailing from Evansville, Indiana come Rat King, a doom metal outfit formed in 2016 by Andrei Stirbu (lead guitar), Kyle Wilcher (drums/lead vocals), Jason Wilcher (rhythm guitar/backing vocals), and Nick Graman (bass). While the young band members are ambitious and draw…
El Destazador – Utopist Visions of Home
Reviewed: February, 2021 Released: 2021, Independent. Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres El Destazador is a thrash metal band from Guatemala born in the distant year of 2010. Their debut album THE HORN OF DOOM was released in 2014 and five years later they released: BRUTAL BLASPHEMY. Just in June the…
Bloodbound – Creatures of the Dark Realm
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, AFM Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Swedish power metal outfit Bloodbound have returned in 2021 with their ninth studio album entitled Creatures of the Dark Realm, the follow-up to 2019’s well-received Rise of the Dragon Empire. Continuing the trend of anthemic, fist-pumping power metal akin…
Rampart – WWII: Memories For The Future
Reviewed: July, 2021 Released: 2021, Sleaszy Rider Records. Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Rampart is a Bulgarian band born in 2006. In their 16-year history they have released five albums, the most recent being WWII: MEMORIES FOR THE FUTURE, released in early July. This work marks the return of the…
Ashen – Godless Oath
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Bitter Loss Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes As has been said before, not every band or release needs to break the mould. Sometimes, doing something tried and tested can be great if you just do it well enough. And Aussies Ashen are damn good…
Unendlich – Paradox Of A Broken World
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Paradox Of A Broken World is the latest full-length from one-man black metal band Unendlich (aka Michael Connors), from Baltimore, Maryland. Formed in 2010, the project now has four albums under its belt. The three prior releases are: Thanatophobia…