Reviewed: October 2021 Released: 2021, Transcending Obscurity Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Old school death metallers Bizarre bring forth their debut album Invocation Codex via Transcending Obscurity Records. Hailing from Spain, they are heavily influenced by late 80s-90s metal from Finland and the stories of H.P. Lovecraft. “Exhumed from…
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Aversio Humanitatis – Silent Dwellers – Live MMXX
Reviewed: October 2021 Released: 2021, Lunar Apparitions Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Spaniards Aversio Humanitatis have delivered a live album comprised of performances of five songs from last year’s LP, as well as four tracks from their prior releases. “Since their formation in 2010, Spain’s AVERSIO HUMANITATIS have patiently perfected…
Vargstuhr – Dystopia
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Vacula Productions Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Svetlana Likhacheva Dystopia is a second creation of Vargstuhr, a melodic black metal one man project from Spain. Just as his previous full-length Howlings, it is a concept record telling us a finished and philosophical story. As Vargstur claims itself,…
Vargstuhr talks about their second album: Dystopia
Interview by Svetlana Likhacheva www.facebook.com/vargstuhr /https://vargstuhr.bandcamp.com www.vacula.com.ua/ Vargstuhr is a melodic Black metal one man project from Spain (Canary Island). They are about to release their second album – Dystopia. It describes a dystopian future of a technocratic society in which an alienated human being has forgotten the fascination with…
Angelus Apatrida – Angelus Apatrida
Reviewed: May, 2021 Released: February 5, 2021, Century Media Records Rating: 4.5/5.0 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead Modern thrash can sometimes be a polarizing subject. Sometime around late 2014 and early 2015, I somehow started discovering bands that carried the thrash torch loud and proud. What I found a lot of…
Bonecarver – Evil
Reviewed [April 2021] Released [2021 Unique Leader Records] Rating [3.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Much as I applaud the notion of a band that would call themselves Cannibal Grandpa, if you want to be taken seriously in brutal death metal circles – if indeed one can be taken seriously in brutal…
Song of Anhubis – guitarist/keyboard player Polvareda Johnson and singer Rei Reych
Guitarist/keyboard player Polvareda Johnson and singer Rei Reych – Song of Anhubis Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Roberto at Rockshots Records for setting up the interview. Thanks to Rockshots Records for the promo pictures of the band. Songs Of Anubis is the name of a Spanish goth metal act…
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…
Undead – Existential Horror
Reviewed: September 2020 Released: 2020, Kadabra Music Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Pete Mutant Undead were an unknown band for me but, I have to say, they will be one that sticks from now on. Their first full length effort ‘Existential Horror’ is a fine example of modern death metal which comes…
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…
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…
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…
Neter – Inferus
Reviewed: September, 2018 Released: 2018, Satanath Records Rating: 3.5/5.0 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Coming a little tardy to the party with this since it was issued in January – via Russia’s Satanath Records, which is perhaps why it turned up only recently in the promo mailbox thanks to the band’s own…