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…
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Bohemyst – Čerň A Smrt
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Featuring ex-members of Avenger and Master’s Hammer, Bohemyst are a black/death quintet from Czechia. Čerň A Smrt is their first full-length release under this moniker. “Bohemyst is a follow-up to Czech dark horde Avenger. Various personal and practical reasons…
Lost Division – Cuts and Scars
Reviewed: May, 2021 Released: 2021, Inverse Records Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: Rebecca Bush Founded in Oulu, Finland in 2015, Lost Division released their first single ‘Wish You Were Dead’ in 2018, before swapping singers and beginning their journey to compose their debut album which was recorded back in 2020. Without knowing…
Avaland – Theater of Sorcery
AVALAND – Theater of Sorcery Reviewed on: 4 February 2021 Release date: 2 April 2021, ROCKSHOTS Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewed by: Matt Dreadful Every hero needs a journey and every journey starts with a call to an adventure. Avalon’s journey starts with the Theater of Sorcery which is the name…
AVALAND – THEATER OF SORCERY
Reviewed: 04 January 2021 Release Date: 2 April 2021, Rockshots Records Rating: 3.5/5 Review by: Matt Dreadful Every hero needs a journey and every journey starts with a call to an adventure. Avaland’s journey starts with the Theater of Sorcery which is the name of their debut album that they…
Hearts and Hand Grenades – Turning To Ashes
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2021, Eclipse Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Rebecca Bush Hailing from Buffalo, NY, Hearts & Hand Grenades explodes onto the scene with their debut release of ‘Turning To Ashes.’ After being discovered by none other than Goo Goo Dolls bassist Robby Takac, the band were taken to…
Sanity Control – War on Life
Reviewed: August 2020 Released: 2020, Selfmadegod Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Sanity Control is a crossover thrash metal band hailing from Warsaw, Poland who pay homage to the classic metal sounds while combining it with a distorted hardcore punk assault and shoving the whole thing through a blender repeatedly. I…
Velkhanos – The Wrath
Reviewed: July, 2020 Released: 2020, Art Gates Records Rating: 4.0/5.0 Reviewer: Kat Knite Velkhanos are a five piece band that combine melodic death metal and black metal to perfectly blend the brutality of an extreme genre with the emotion and passion of heavy metal. They formed in 2018 in Spain, and have released…
Sinistral King – Serpent Uncoiling
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, Vendetta Records Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine What do you get when the members of the bands Unlight, Triumph Of Death and Vredehammer (from Germany, Switzerland and Norway respectively) collaborate? A mix of pulverising death vocals, shattering black metal screams and otherworldly chorals that perfectly…
War Dogs – Die By My Sword
Reviewed: January 2020 Released: 2020, Fighter Records Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter Whatever walk of life you pass through, comparisons are always made between you and someone or something else. It may be an overt thing, or something far more subtle, but it is always there. You may even do…
Nevaria – Finally Free
Reviewed: October 2019 Released: 2019, Dr. Music Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Formed in Bayreuth, Germany, Nevaria are a symphonic metal band comprising of ex-Dawn of Destiny lead vocalist Tanja Schneider, keyboardist Markus Spiethaler, guitarist Kim Wölfel, bassist Kevin Deese, and drummer Alexander Dahlen. Finally Free is their eleven-track…