One Morning Left - Hyperactive (Album Review)

June 18, 2021

Hyperactive
by One Morning Left

Fear Factory - Aggression Continuum (Album Review)

June 18, 2021

Aggression Continuum
by Fear Factory

Morgarten - Cry of the Lost (Album Review)

June 17, 2021

Cry of the Lost
by Morgarten

Helloween - Helloween (Album Review)

June 17, 2021

Helloween
by Helloween

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Ossaert - Pelgrimsoord (Album Review) June 16, 2021

Pelgrimsoord
by Ossaert

Ossaert appeared without warning last year and proved to be one of the most exciting new black metal bands to hail from the Netherlands. With elements that pulled equally from the bleak, aggressive side of the genre as well as haunting melodies from both the instrumentals and vocals, Bedehuis was an...

Fear Factory Tier List June 15, 2021

Ranking Fear Factory
by Fear Factory

Ranking the albums of Fear Factory best to worst all the way through the new 2021 album Aggression Continuum tier list style. Fear Factory is a legendary industrial metal band formed in 1989 and known for benchmark albums in the genre. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouT...

Code - Flyblown Prince (Album Review) June 14, 2021

Flyblown Prince
by Code

UK based Code has tended to shift gears from one album to the next, having started off with a progressive take on black metal that eventually gave way to the more prog and post rock directions showcased on more recent releases like Mut. Some of this has come about because of changes in the lineups s...

Bands Like AT THE GATES June 13, 2021

Bands Like At The Gates
by At The Gates

Recommending lesser known metal bands for fans of bands like At The Gates. Lots of great melodic death metal bands influenced by the Swedish sound: SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on the social media of your choice wit...

Best METAL Albums Of 2021 So Far June 11, 2021

Best METAL Albums of 2021 So Far
by Metal Trenches

Sharing my choices for the Best New Metal Albums of 2021 So far from progressive and death metal to metalcore and deathcore. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on the social media of your choice with Facebook, Twitter, an...

Twisted Rose - Now (EP Review) June 9, 2021

Now
by Twisted Rose

Despite rock fading from the roster of a lot of the major labels, theres still plenty of good material to be found around the world. Having jumped back into hard rock of all types last year, Ive noticed that outside of the US and Canada there is still a high percentage of newer rock bands hailing fr...

Best Black Metal 2021 So Far June 9, 2021

Best Black Metal 2021 So Far
by Metal Trenches

Sharing our picks for the best new black metal albums of 2021 from Wode to Panopticon featuring appearances from Forgemaster Reviews, The Metal Meltdown, Pair Of Jeans Reviews, Feigner. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow u...

Tygers of Pan Tang - Majors & Minors (Album Review) June 7, 2021

Majors & Minors
by Tygers of Pan Tang

They might not have quite as much recognition as some of the biggest names, but Tygers of Pan Tang were as much a part of the formative days of NWOBHM as Saxon, Judas Priest, or Iron Maiden. Although they would break up a few times and go through more of a rock-oriented transition in the late 80s, t...

The Best Metal On Bandcamp #42 June 7, 2021

The Best Metal On Bandcamp #42
by Metal Trenches

The best new underground metal albums on bandcamp explored here from black and death metal to metalcore, deathcore, and progressive. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on the social media of your choice with Facebook, Twi...

Industrial Metal Band Tier List June 6, 2021

Ranking Industrial Metal
by Metal Trenches

Ranking industrial metal bands best to worst Tier List style including Fear Factory, Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein, Skinny Puppy, Godflesh, Front Line Assembly, Marilyn Manson, Ministry, Author Punisher, Rob Zombie, KMFDM, Anaal Nathrakh, 3Teeth, Motionless In White, Strapping Young Lad, Dawn Of Ashes...

Seputus - Phantom Indigo (Album Review) June 4, 2021

Phantom Indigo
by Seputus

Review of Seputus and their new album Phantom Indigo via Willowtip Records. Seputus is a Philadelphia and New York extreme metal tro featuring members Pyrrhon, Weeping Sores, Glorious Depravity including maniacal vocalist Doug Moore. FFO bands like Ad Nauseum, Altarage, and Portal. - Review by Fl...

Liar Thief Bandit - Deadlights (Album Review) June 3, 2021

Deadlights
by Liar Thief Bandit

Swedens always been a great source of rock of all kinds, whether thats 70s influenced blues rock or more punk leaning rock n roll. Liar Thief Bandit is one of the relatively newer additions from the country, having began in 2015 with the goal of merging that classic rock n roll spirit with some of t...

Dordeduh - Har (Album Review) June 2, 2021

Har
by Dordeduh

Every few years Ive found myself looking for status updates on new music from Romanias Dordeduh. Formed by ex-members of Negură Bunget, the groups 2012 debut Dar de duh explored atmospheric/progressive folk and black metal like their former work while still heading in its own direction. It was a lof...

Black Moon Mother - Illusions Under the Sun (Album Review) June 2, 2021

Illusions Under the Sun
by Black Moon Mother

Petrichor has been on a roll in recent months, grabbing up a slew of previously unsigned artists that released albums and EPs which went under the radar in 2019 and 2020. One of their recent finds is Nashvilles Black Moon Mother, a band that fuses elements of psychedelic rock, shoegaze, and doom. Fo...

NEW Metal Albums June 2021 June 2, 2021

NEW Metal Albums June 2021
by Metal Trenches

Running down the new metal albums coming out in June 2021 from death and black metal to metalcore and deathcore including the likes of Hannes Grossmann, Red Fang, Fear Factory, Helloween, Sojourner, Atreyu, Beartooth, more. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and Bi...

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