Hailing from Giessen in central Germany, thrash metal band Blizzen have just released their blistering second full length album – World In Chains (You can read our thoughts on it HERE). We spoke to their guitarist, Andi Heindl about the band, the new record, life before lock-down and how things…
Torrefy – Life is Bad
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: Year, torrefy.bandcamp.com/ Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Ambra Chilenwa Life Is Bad is the third full length album released by Canadian thrash metal group Torrefy, which could possible be any thrasher’s new collection piece. The production consists of fiery rhythms and elevating pieces. This will be there first…
Ignea – The Realms of Fire and Death
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2020, Kadabra Music Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Ukrainian melodic metal band IGNEA release ‘The Realms of Fire and Death’, a three-part experience of a heavy collision between metal and symphonic, electronic, and folk elements. Each part consists of three songs, outlining different perspectives on the…
Hyems – Anatomie des Scheiterns
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Black Sunset/MDD Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis “Anotamie des Schieterns” is the third full-length studio album by Germany’s black metal force, Hyems, who hail from the North Rhine area. Whilst I am not a fluent German speaker, I do know the album deals with…
Mad Hatter – Pieces of Reality
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2020, Art Gates Records Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Swedish power metal act Mad Hatter released their sophomore album ‘Pieces of Reality’ through Art Gate Records on May 22, 2020. Their sound is influenced by classic heavy metal acts, which has won over fans and led the band to…
Ancient Curse – The New Prophecy
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Pure Steel Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Rossy Maguire ANCIENT CURSE is neither an ordinary power metal formation nor a prog metal band. Founded in 1985, they are also not a typical band of the eighties because their storm and stress phase emerged in the mid-1990s…
Wolftooth – Valhalla
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Ripple Music Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Do you like the classic sound of the early albums of The Sword or Mastodon? Then Wolftooth have got you covered! That sound much more dismissive than it’s intended to, though the score given should help offset that.…
Ravenlight – Project Genesis
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Novus Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Formed only two years ago, Northern Irish symphonic power metallers Ravenlight are set to release their debut Project Genesis at the end of June. It will be the follow up to their four-track EP End Of The World…
Voodus – Open the Otherness
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2020, Shadow Records / Regain Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Swedish black metal outfit VOODUS return with a brand new mini-album entitled “Open the Otherness.” Consisting of two songs clocking in at 25 minutes in length, the four-piece have honed their craft and put out an…
Pale Horseman – For Dust Thou Art
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Independent Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Chicago, Illinois has been a breeding ground for sludgy doom metal in recent years with the emergence of bands such as The Atlas Moth, Bongripper, Indian and Ledge, yet there’s another lesser-known yet equally deserving name who have been…
Sinisthra – The Broad And Beaten Way
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Rockshots Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Beandog 15 years in the making, Sinisthra’s follow-up to their 2005 debut, Last Of The Stories Of Long Past Glories, has taken a lengthy and arduous route from conception to realisation. Significantly, The Broad And Beaten Way is a reference to…
Re-Armed – Ignis Aeternum
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Black Lion Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Finnish melodic death metal band RE-ARMED strike again with their fourth full length album, ‘Ignis Aeternum’. Together since 2001, the band has undergone several lineup changes and released three previous albums in their two-decade long journey.…
Atavistia – The Winter Way
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2020, independent Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Hailing from Vancouver, death metallers Atavistia return with their sophomore album The Winter Way. Coming three years after the band’s debut One Within the Sun, The Winter Way is an epic melodic affair, filled to the brim with a real melting pot…
Stargazery – Constellation
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Pure Steel Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Constellation is the third album from Finnish metallers Stargazery. And it’s a damn good time. The Finns bring us a form of melodic heavy metal sitting comfortably within the power metal spectrum. To some, that might conjure…
Gomorra – Divine Judgement
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Noble Demon Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Let’s get this out of the way right now: these guys really need to tour with Sodom. They even feature Damir Eskic of Destruction, so there is a German thrash connection. Maybe he can put in a good…