Reviewed: November 2021 Released: 2021, Electric Talon Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite From a pair of distant countries comes a beautiful doom marriage of two equally melancholic, heavy groups – Costa Rica’s Age of the Wolf and Tel from the United States. While the former lay an intriguingly intense, sludgy…
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Sunless – Urraca
Reviewed: October 2021 Released: 2017, Willowtip Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite American death-metal band Sunless have made significant impact in recent years with their unique and outside-the-box take on the genre, melting groove and chaos together in their bottomless cauldron of creation. Honouring legendary bands like Gorguts and Gojira, they write music…
Sunless – Ylem
Reviewed: October 2021 Released: 2021, Willowtip Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Back and even bigger than before, Sunless are breaking soundwaves again with the much awaited release of Ylem, part 2 of a dissonant and terrifying experimental death-metal trilogy. On October 29th, we’ll be lucky to witness the evolution of…
Interview with Rat King
Interview with Kyle Wilcher Interview by Kat Knite Evansville, Indiana natives Rat King have just released their new full-length doom metal album, ‘Omen’. We got a chance to catch up with drummer/lead vocalist Kyle Wilcher and talk about the music, future plans, and more! Check out the interview down below…
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…
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…
Bottomless – Bottomless
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Spikerot Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Italian doom metal trio Bottomless are a sweltering and hazy heat wave rolling over a mysterious desert of sound with their brand new self-titled release, unleashed in 2021 to set fire to your senses and stir your mind with feverish…
Northmaan – Northmaan
Reviewed: June 2021 Released: 2021, DevFire Entertainment Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Graeme Smith Debut albums can be a bit a hit and miss. Often they are raw at the edges but offer hope and promise of what’s to come later, and then sometimes they can be the omen of doom and…
Aversed – Impermanent
Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, Self-Released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Progressive melodic death metal band Aversed have broken through the mould with their first full-length album Impermanent. Following up to their two previous EP’s, they are back with a bang after taking time apart so members could focus on other…
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…
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…
Fates Warning – Long Day Good Night
Reviewed: December, 2020 Released: 2020, Metal Blade Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite I don’t even know where to start with this one. An impressive force in progressive metal for over 35 years, Fates Warning return to the scene with their longest and most epic album yet: Long Day Good Night. Compared…
Without Mercy – Seismic
Reviewed: December, 2020 Released: 2020, self-release Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Vancouver based groove-infused death metal band Without Mercy rise like a supermassive tsunami wave over the West coast of Canada and send ripples across the planet with their new release, Seismic. As the skies turn fatal blue and dominate the…
Basilysk – Emergence
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2019, Self-Released Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Courtney Solloway These guys know how to rock and they know how to rock hard. Especially with a death metal anthem spanning nearly sixteen minutes. This band is completely insane and I’m here for it but you need to buckle in…
Slow – IV – Mythologiae
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2019, www.code666.net/ Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Courtney Solloway This album is hauntingly beautiful. It’s completely unlike anything I have ever heard before. I’ve done a doom metal album this month and unfortunately it wasn’t to my taste, however, this is something entirely different. From the very start, the…