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…
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Meuchelmord – Mordmelodien
Reviewed: March, 2021 Released: 2021, Purity Through Fire Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry For a decade now, Meuchelmord has been holding high the banner of traditional German black metal. The sole work of one Cernunnos AKA Kriegstreiber, the band have quietly built a body of work that is deeply reverent…
Darklore – The Evil of Man
Reviewed: February 2021 Released: 2021, independent Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, a metal quintet by the fitting name of Darklore release their brand new album from fantastical realms. The Evil of Man combines symphonic and melodic elements with a recognisable blackened thrash metal foundation, cemented by lyrics that call upon…
Abduction / Nocturnal Prayer – Intercontinental Death Conspiracy [Split]
Reviewed: September, 2020 Released: 2020, Inferna Profundus Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Certain readers of Metal-Rules may be surprised to find out that this split EP created by UK band Abduction and Canadians Nocturnal Prayer is my first real experience with the genre of black metal. Entitled Intercontinental Death Conspiracy, the seven-track…
SUMMON-Fallen-The Covideo Chronicles-Day 26 (April 26th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2005, Moribund Cult Rating: 2/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly…
Artach-Chronicles Of A Black Winter
Reviewed: April, 2020 Released: 2020 Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Hailing from the desolate wastes of Newfoundland, Canada it is not hard to imagine this type of music coming from the rock . Artach is a mysterious two-piece Black Metal band who have issued their debut CHRONICLES OF A BLACK WINTER.…
Imperium Dekadenz Interview with Horaz: Vocals, Guitars, Synths, Lyrics
Imperium Dekadenz Interview Interview by Ambra Chilenwa Hey, and thanks for your time today. You’ve been established for quite a while now, what keeps the band going and to keep gaining new fans? Passion. It feels good to have something valuable in life which is increasing. You’re about to release “When…
Blackrat – Dread Reverence
Blackrat – Dread Reverence Label: Shadow Kingdom Released: 2018 Reviewed: December, 2018 Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP The Kings of Kanadian Karnage!- The Frozen North Rides Forth! This feature is so good, I had to name it twice! About once a year I indulge my patriotism and review a bunch of…
Ye Goatherd Gods – Ashes Shall Be Made Of Them
Ye Goatherd Gods – Ashes Shall Be Made Of Them Label: Indie Released: 2018 Reviewed: December, 2018 Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP The Kings of Kanadian Karnage!- The Frozen North Rides Forth! This feature is so good, I had to name it twice! About once a year I indulge my patriotism…
Hertkorn, Andreas- Seven Metal Inches (Book Review)
Hertkorn, Andreas – Seven Metal Inches Reviewed: August, 2018 Publisher: Independent Year Published: 2018 Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: JP It is hard to pinpoint who could be the world’s foremost expert in anything. If there is such a title of the ‘world’s foremost expert of Heavy Metal 7-inch vinyl, picture discs,…
The Flesh – Dweller
Reviewed: July, 2018 Released: 2018, Self released Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Gabor Csete New bands are always exciting, especially when members are known from other bands. In The Flesh’s case the members are from Herder, Verwoed and Blood Diamond. One night the Dutch guys had had a few which then became…
Venom Inc + Suffocation + Nervosa + Aeternam @ O2 Islington Academy, London
Venom Inc + Suffocation + Nervosa + Aeternam @ O2 Islington Academy March 13, 2018 Review by Gabor Csete Photography by Sabrina Selkis & Ryan Whitwell
Abaddon Interview – With Nulifer and Candy Bones
Abaddon Interview By Jarod Lawley Abaddon is the latest metal project by Nulifer and Candy Bones; the married couple behind the gothic industrial group Spectrum-X. They describe their sound as black/thrash, and have just released a new song, ‘Dominator’. We spoke to them to find out more about their music and…
Bloodstock Countdown – Five New Blood Bands To Check Out
With many classics and popular bands to look forward to at Bloodstock this year, we must remember all the most successful of bands started off as new blood at one point or another. And with the Hobgoblin New Blood stage’s line up now complete, Metal Rules have compiled five bands…
Cradle of Filth @ KOKO, London
Cradle of Filth + Ne Obliviscaris + She Must Burn @ KOKO, London 23rd October 2015 Review by Jacob Ovington Photography + Videos by Jo Blackened www.facebook.com/Altercarnated.Photography