Dissection's US Counterparts July 14, 2016

Hope Misery Death
by Pestifere

I've made mention lately that it gets harder to review bands of the same genre over and over again. I suppose that is part of the reason why innovation plays an important part of ratings on Metal Trenches: it makes an album easier to write about in a refreshing way. But sometimes an album manages to...

Mini-Review Roundup: Some Bands You Might Have Missed... July 14, 2016

Sweet Cobra is a band from Chicago whose sound seems heavily grounded in the 90'sgrunge/alternative and 00's indie scenes. I hear elements of early Nirvana, Foo Fighters, and Quicksand as well as the stoner hard rock of Queens of the Stone Age. The LP was recorded and produced by Matt Talbot of Hum ...

Blackened Grind Supergroup July 13, 2016

Scour
by Scour

Scour is a black metal supergroup of sorts, which becomes more notable when recognizing that none of the members are from black metal bands. John Jarvis is known for his work with grindcore on Pig Destroyer, Derek Engemann works deathgrind magic on Cattle Decapitation, Chase Fraser plays progressive...

Hammer Smashed Brain July 12, 2016

Repulsive Existence
by Hellsworn

Hailing from the UK, Hellsworn are an amalgam of members fromSheol, Scythian, Qrixkuor (great stuff), Towers of Flesh, Funeral Throne, Theoktony, Left to Bleed and Haizum. Repulsive Existence is the album in question. This slice of old school Swedish death metal was released a while back, but is now...

Super Group Alert July 12, 2016

Bloodworship
by Underling

Underling was formed in Northern California in 2012 by Robert Morey of Fallujah and Antonio Palermo. Theband features musicians from other Metal Trenches favorites and veteran groupslike Fallujah, Arkaik, Battlecross, WRVTH and Sidian. And unlike most of these other projects, Underling is an outlet ...

Mini-Review Roundup: Lovgun, Michel Anoia, Vulvodynia, and more July 12, 2016

Lovgunis a powerviolence trio from Lyon, France featuringmembers of Warfuck, Michel Anoia (see below), and Belladone. This album isan absolute mess of grindy chaos that will steal the clothes off of your back and leave you wondering why it's suddenly so drafty.Riffs are less played as they are beate...

Converge-a Jean July 11, 2016

Raptor's Breath
by Snake Tongue

I love Converge and Norma Jean. These two bands helped elevate metalcore/mathcore to a new level early on, and still manage to pump out prime material to this very day. It pleases me greatly that their influence still holds strong, and such seems to be the case for Sweden's Snake Tongue. And once ag...

Rises, then Falls July 8, 2016

XX: The Rising Vengeance
by Dominance

XX: The Rising Vengeance is not your latest Michael Bay movie. It is actually the new album from Italian melodeath and groove metal band, Dominance. This is the group's third album and features some line-up changes as well. The band definitely didn't go for subtle when it came time to pick a title a...

Youthful Angst July 7, 2016

Catharsis
by Monument of a Memory

New Jersey band Monument of a Memory have a sound beyond their years. With a vocalist only 18 years old, they are channeling bands that have been around since I was much younger than that. The band's reported influences are varied, reaching from the heaviness ofThe Black Dahlia Murder to poppier act...

Wretched Blackened Death July 6, 2016

Apokalypse
by Diabolizer

When we premiered Diabolizer's "Process the Void" on Transcending Obscurity, I had one word to share with with Chris Dahlberg: "Wretched." The blackened death metal band from Turkey consists of members of Decaying Purity, Engulfed, Deggial and Godslaying Hellblast. The new album, Apokalypse, will re...

Earworm Death Doom July 5, 2016

Zeta Reticuli
by Monolithe

French-based doom bandMonolithe have previously released four recordsforming ascience-fiction musical saga. Each album has seen a rise in the band's reach, culminating in their current part of Debemur Morti's roster. And the band seems to be just getting started. With the addition of new members, Mo...

A Testament July 5, 2016

Resilient
by Remote

Remote isa mathcore band from Paris beginning formally in 2010.Itfeaturesmembers of HKY and Quartier Rouge.They describes their music as a "chaotic, aggressive kind of post-hardcore with a hint of dark noise. It's inspired by negative feelings." The band has released a previous LP,Starving Blaze and...

Heathen Beast, Archaic Decapitator, Countess, and more July 5, 2016

Eleanora is a band you may already be aware of. The Belgian sludge crew's new album, Allure, has been getting some attention from the major metal outlets. Plodding, wave-likeguitar riffs are driven by energetic rhythms and incendiary vocals. Fire and water. These shrieks cut through steel like a blo...

From hell's heart I stab at thee! July 4, 2016

Paradise Gallows
by Inter Arma

Honestly, this is what I thought I would be hearing the first time I listened to Ahab: the sounds of the titular captainbellowing from the mast at the circling white beast below. That is exactly what Inter Arma sounds like: a fanatic chasing an uncatchable, lumbering beast. The band is from Richmond...

Only Child July 4, 2016

100 Years
by 100 Years

It is a crying shame that Sweden's 100 Years are not being given more attention this year. While on the one hand I can take pride in knowing that Metal Trenches is one of the few sites out there carrying the torch, on the other it's not doing the band as much good as getting that mainstream marketin...

Heaven and Hell July 1, 2016

Miserycorde
by Oracles

First of all,just check out thisline-up: Sven De Caluw (Aborted) - harsh vocals, Sanna Salou (ex-Dimlight) - clean vocals, Mendel Bij de Leij (Aborted, Mendel) - guitar, Steve Miller (ex-System Divide, Loculus) - guitar, Andrei Aframov (ex-System Divide) - bass, Ken Bedene (Aborted, ex-Abigail Willi...

Mini-Review Roundup: Athame, Carnal Decay, Eteritus, and more July 1, 2016

Athame has been recommended to fans of Craft, Gorgoroth, Aosoth. The band plays a particularly wretched bit of black metal with the occasional added blast of old school death and thrash. The growls are vicious and grim, the drums utterly destructive and chaotic. One need only listen to the first sin...

Helmet Meets Wolf King June 30, 2016

Seeing Hell
by Left Behind

Ever listened to Helmet and said, "hm...this is great, butcould it be heavier"? Well wonder no further. West Virginia's Left Behind are a metallic hardcore band that seem torepresentan alternative timeline branching from1990'sStrapit On. The band keeps the groove and some other stylistic hallmarks, ...

Swinging Pendulum of Post-Black June 29, 2016

Divination
by Vukari

The hometown strikes again. Chicago's Vukari have released their new album, Divination, and will be seeing a CD release on Bindrune August 1. This is dark and aggressive atmospheric black metal a la UADAand Regarde Les Hommes Tomber. The quartet has already released two other albums since 2013, but ...

Russian Mathcore June 29, 2016

The Deathsongs
by For You.Earth

The Russian Federationsends a lot of great music our way, but I was not expecting this. How often do you get a Dillinger Escape Plan equivalent from the region? This is mathcore at its finest. For You.Earth has put out a few splits and this 2012 LP, The Deathsongs. I only pray they have more in the ...
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