Desolate Grief March 20, 2018

Desolate Grief
by Faal

Faal has gone through a few line-up changes since their last full length The Clouds Are Burning came out back in 2012, but that hasnt slowed them down. Though theyve only released one song as part of a split with Eye of Solitude prior to this years Desolate Grief, one listen is all it will take to c...

Immersion March 19, 2018

Immersion (Animus Complex)
by Animus Complex

The Pitch: Animus Complex is a progressive metal/rock band out of Pheonix, Arizona. They are currently working on a new release due later this year, but we trecked back to 2015 to explore their previous release, Immersion. FFO: Novallo, Good Tiger, Binary Code What I Like: Immersion should excite p...

Raffy Reviews - Pestilent Reign: 'Pyres' March 16, 2018

Pestilent Reign - Pyres
by Pestilent Reign

Background Many of the German extreme metal bands that we've reviewed on this site in the past have both blown us away and left a positive impression on the underground heavy music scene.Pestilent Reignis one such act rooted in death metal that we're dying to have a crack at. Started in 2013 Stuttg...

Stormcaller March 16, 2018

Stormcaller
by North Hammer

The Pitch: "Created by Andrew James of Edmonton, ABs Eye of Horus and Shotgunner, his new project, one man folk / viking metal band North Hammer is drawing inspiration from the mighty Quorthon; for Andrew is not so much a one-man band as a one-warrior metal machine. Andrew wrote and recorded the gui...

Spanish Inquisition March 15, 2018

Spanish Inquisition
by The Conspiracy

The Pitch: Spain-based hardcore/crossover/powerviolence band The Conspiracy have a simple mission statement: "Violent music for violent minds." What I Like:These days I have to toss out the disclaimer that I don't support actual violence, but I DO love me some aggressive music. Sometimes it's just ...

Six March 15, 2018

Six
by For The Fallen Dreams

The Pitch: Michigan metalcore band For the Fallen Dreams releases their new album Six through Rise Records. FFO: Make Them Suffer, Architects, Underoath What I Like: When I came across Six, I was just looking for a fun, poppy metalcore album to break the monotony. That's exactly what you're going t...

Raffy Reviews - Gortuary: 'Divine Indigenous Sacrament' March 14, 2018

Divine Indigenous Sacrament
by Gortuary

Background The world of slamming brutal death metal is one that not too many tread into, even within the metal community. Having its origins sometime in the 1990s, the genre expanded all across the globe and has spawned countless bands with sounds akin to the likes ofPyrexia,Devourment, andInternal...

Exhaust March 14, 2018

Exhaust
by Infraktor

The Pitch:The debut album of Portuguese thrashers Infraktor viaRastilho Metal Records. The album "offers a heavy, yet catchy thrash/death metal sound brimming with pummelling rhythms, fast and aggressive riffs and ferocious vocals." What I Like: Exhaust is an album bursting with energy and tight pe...

Raffy Reviews - Aorlhac: 'L'esprit des vents' March 13, 2018

L'esprit des vents
by Aorlhac

Background Aorlhacis one of those bands that strives to break the boundaries of black metal and engage as well as entertain their audiences as much as possible through the mystifying music they convey. For the last decade or so, this French "Aurillac" act has made their Medieval style of extreme me...

Where Owls Know My Name March 13, 2018

Where Owls Know My Name
by Rivers Of Nihil

The Pitch:"Where Owls Know My Name is Rivers of Nihil's most visceral, accomplished, and satisfying offering to-date. Few metal bands will ever create anything with such scope and ambition....an album which is often just as punishing as its predecessors while assimilating ingredients from musical ge...

Raffy Reviews - Kosmogyr: 'Eviternity' March 12, 2018

Eviternity
by Kosmogyr

Background Kosmogyrfollows a bit of a different musical cycle and formula due to a few factors. For one thing, the band is a two-piece black metal project that originates from a joint creative partnership between two individuals who happen to live in separate parts of the world. One member resides ...

Perverse Offerings To The Void March 12, 2018

Perverse Offerings To The Void
by Golgothan Remains

The Pitch: Australian blackened death metal brimming with atmosphere from Golgothan Remains, supported by Impure Sounds. FFO: Adversarial, Immolation, Incantation What I Like: With Golgothan Remains, the vocals may be pure death metal, but these guitars (and the title for that matter) are straight ...

Raffy Reviews - Horn: 'Retrograd' March 9, 2018

Retrograd
by Horn

Background Horn isa black metal project situated in Germany that has been active in the scene for at least the last decade-and-a-half or so. Since the inception of this act back in the early 2000s, seven mainline albums were released in addition to a few EPs and such...with the central themes of th...

Mire March 9, 2018

Mire
by Conjurer

The Pitch: Holy Roar Records brings us the progressive blackened hardcore and sludge of UK band Conjurer. "Equal turns bleak, dark, stark, and beautiful, Mire is an album which makes true the clich; a journey of a listen.'" FFO: Hellkeeper, LLNN, Sibiir What I Like: Mire is an emotional, momentous ...

LIVE RECAP: Enslaved / Wolves In The Throne Room / Myrkur / Khemmis March 9, 2018

Live At The Hawthorne 3/7/18
by FlightOfIcarus

Another addition of Live Recap. This month I tackled Enslaved at Portland's Hawthorne Theater, featuring Wolves In The Throne Room, Myrkur, and Khemmis as presented by Decibal. Full disclosure, I know that I always malign my photography (lack of) skill, but I was messing with a new camera this time ...

Vacvvm March 8, 2018

Vacvvm
by Balmog

Balmog has been one of the strongest forces in Spanish black metal scene for a number of years, with their sophomore full length Svmma Fide serving as a particular high point of 2015. Since that time the band has continued to push forward and spread their variant of darkness and hatred, releasing sp...

Vaitojimas March 8, 2018

Vaitojimas
by Erdve

The Pitch: "Erdve unleashes a dark and virulent strain of negative hardcore on their debut album Vaitojimas (meaning Shout). The Lithuanian quartet mine the veins of the genre-smashing metallic noisecore of the late 90's, and filter those influences through an especially hostile attack." - Season Of...

Raffy Reviews: Voltumna: 'Dodecapoli' March 7, 2018

Dodecapoli
by Voltumna

Background One of Italy's finest blackened death metal acts has made a return to the playing field in October of last year. This versatile little band namedVoltumnais one that has been prowling the scene for several years now and has released one EP and three full lengths, with this album being the...

On Taake and Antifa March 7, 2018

Flight On The Scene
by FlightOfIcarus

Taake will not be performing at the Karmygeddon festival after all, due to ruthless pressure put on the organizer from, among others, none other than Kreator. Let it be said that this does not hurt Taake, as we are not at all doing this for the money. But it certainly hurts innocent parties like...

Solem Vatem March 7, 2018

Solem Vatem
by Krosis

The Pitch:Raleigh, Nc based progressive deathcore unitKrosis release their latest full length and Unique Leader debut,Solem Vatem. Featuring guest spots from members of Vulvodynia, Kadinja, andThe Last Ten Seconds Of Life. FFO: Born Of Osiris, Within The Ruins, Entheos What I Like: "Show me what yo...
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