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;…
2020
Return To Void – Infinite Silence
Reviewed: February 2021 Released: 2020, Inverse Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Finnish progressive hard rock/metal band Return To Void unleashed their third studio album Infinite Silence on December 18th, 2020 via Inverse Records. After 2017’s self-titled debut album and its follow up Memory Shift: The Day After in 2018, the group has…
Best of 2020: Kieron Hayes
01. Igorrr – Spirituality and Distortion (SAMPLE) Spirituality and Distortion is a truly strange album, and it plays into that as its strength just perfectly. It’s one of those avant-garde metal albums that throws in a ton of different sounds, either one after another or at the same time. You’ll…
ALITOR – II
Reviewed: Jan 2021 Released: 2020, Ragnaröck Records Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Dennis I reviewed an awful lot of music this year only to almost miss one of the best Thrash Metal outputs of the year. The record of the Serbian Thrash band Alitor is simply named II. Alitor was formed in…
Corrosium – Undertow
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Inverse Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Bombastic metal band Corrosium from Kytäjä, Finland emerged in the final stretches of 2020 to deliver us their brand new EP, Undertow. Unlike their debut album, for which some of the songs were written before the formation of the band, the…
Bron – Pred Dverima Noci
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Nordvis Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Scotland, New Zealand and Serbia are three very different nations all with very deep and enriched attractions and mystical qualities. It is no surprise that said qualities and mythologies, and the natural beauties of these lands would inspire black…
Endezzma – The Archer, Fjord & The Thunder
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Dark Essence Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter Ask anyone with even a passing interest in metal to offer a description of black metal and you’ll likely get at least one person mention the word “dark”. And you would usually expect most black metal records…
Bhleg – Odhin
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2021, Nordvis Produktion Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Like all other metal genres, black metal is in a constant state of change, with its numerous subgenres emerging and rising in popularity across the global fandom. With atmospherics and the raw sound marking some of the biggest…
Hatebreed – Weight of the False Self
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Nuclear Blast Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Hailing from Connecticut, metalcore and hardcore punk outfit Hatebreed have unleashed their ninth studio album Weight of the False Self unto the world, and it arrives on the heels of the band’s sold-out 2019 anniversary shows and the unprecedented…
Theragon – Where the Stories Begin
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Art Gates Records Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Theragon is a young new entrant into the crowded field of power metal. Hailing from Valencia, Spain, they formed just a couple of years ago and are now releasing their debut full length, the appropriately-titled Where the…
Empyrean Fire – Deliverance
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, independent Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter In some circles, there is a school of thought to keep music genres pure. By drawing influence from other genres, the one that forms the core of a band’s sound becomes diluted. For some, this makes it worse: a…
Seraph In Travail – A Black Death Incense
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis The world of symphonic death metal is one that I’ve noticed emerging from obscurity into a wider audience over the past few years, particularly with Fleshgod Apocalypse leading the way. Combining decent death metal extremities with the kind of…
Apocalyptic Fear – Decayed Existence & Dawn of the Ritual
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Awakening Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Apocalyptic Fear was a little-known early death metal band from Canada, releasing just two demos: Decayed Existence (1992) and Dawn of the Ritual (1994). These have now been combined and reissued by Awakening Records. And for early 90s…
Interview with Empyrean Fire
Interview with Tricia Myers (vocals) of EMPYREAN FIRE Interview by Lee Carter www.youtube.com/channel/UCya0242W32bKGm4WrC2K4ew www.instagram.com/empyreanfire666/ www.facebook.com/empyreanfire666 empyreanfire666.bandcamp.com/album/deliverance Hey and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in the band. Tricia Myers, vocals. How did the band come into existence? How did you all get into music and…
CORROSIUM Interview
Interview with Olli Laine (Drummer) and Teppo Tirkkonen (Vocalist) of CORROSIUM Interview by Kat Knite Official Website – Facebook – Instagram – Spotify Listen to Undertow here: Spotify – Amazon Music Bombastic metal band Corrosium from Kytäjä, Finland, have recently released their new EP Undertow through Inverse Records. Check out what they had to…