Reviewed: August, 2021 Released: 2021, ACFM Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Sober Truth is a German band born in 2007. A year later, in 2008, they released their debut album: RIVEN (2010). In September 2021 the group will present its fifth work entitled: LAISSEZZ FAIRE, LUCIFER! (2021), through the…
In the Company of Serpents – Lux
Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor (original release: 2020) Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes In the Company of Serpents’ fourth full-length was initially a self-release last year, but is now seeing a fresh issue by Petrichor. Listening to it now, you can easily hear how it caught the label’s attention;…
Wraith – Undo the Chains
Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, Redefining Darkness Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes “WRAITH hasn’t set out to reinvent the style,” states the band’s biography, “or introduce some new ‘core element, they only live to thrash and do it better than most.” A bold claim, but after listening to Undo…
Akiavel – Vae Victis
Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis “Vae Victis”, from Latin for “woe to the vanquished”, is one memorable album title, suitable for any band who deal with themes of loss and anguish, which is certainly the case for France’s melo-death outfit Akiavel, who return with…
Sign of the Sorcerer – Obsessions of the Vile
Sign of the Sorcerer – Obsessions of the Vile Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, Bandcamp Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz On their OBSESSIONS OF THE VILE debut, Knoxville’s Sign of the Sorcerer pull deep from their bag of inspired tricks to deliver a murky, drug n’ occult (can we just…
Tipton, Denton (ed.) Crystal Planet (Book Review)
Reviewed: September, 2021 Released: 2021, Incendium/Opus Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Incendium is a company that specializes in entertainment; books, games, comics, toys and all sorts of cool stuff. Not so long ago they opened a sub-division called Opus which sub-specializes in music related cross-over material. Opus has been getting a bit…
Quick Jabs for September 2021
Welcome to the one year Anniversary of “Quick Jabs.” We started this section to post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on in previous months. With so many album releases, it has been great for me and the artists…
Ground-Force – Tree of Life
Reviewed: August, 2021 Released: 2021, Independent Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Ground-Force is a power metal band born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It began to take shape in 2017 and, after a lot of work and excellent planning, the group finally presented in mid-August their debut album: TREE OF LIFE (2021),…
Remah – Une Main
Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, Avantgarde Music Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine International black metallers Remah have released their debut album, Une Main, through Avantgarde Music. With members from both Belgium and France, the band is the result of a seventeen-year long friendship. After a 10-year gap in their musical…