NES Blackened Thrash March 2, 2016

Demonicon
by Haiduk

Ever wanted an NES soundtrack comprised of thrashy metal music? You may have just gotten your wish granted. Haiduk is a one-man blackened death and thrash metal project from Calgary, AB fronted by Luka Milojica. While it is not an instrumental project, the guitar is still the star of this show. Take...

Bridled Wild Stallion March 1, 2016

Bright Side
by Make Me A Donut

Make Me a Donut are a Swiss progressive deathcore group. Let me put the emphasis on progressive here, because you're not about to hear the latest Whitechapel or Suicide Silence album. Actually, when I heard the goofy name, I expected the output to sound a bit like Germany's We Butter the Bread with ...

Came for the Art, Stayed for the Hardcore Feb. 29, 2016

Weltschmerz
by Totem Skin

Sweden's Totem Skin last October released the follow-up to their debut full-length, Still Waters Run Deep. Weltschmerz is now being released on vinyl, and I have gotten a chance to catch up on an album I missed in 2015. Totem Skin delivers a mix of crust and hardcore with a few post-metal touches as...

Issue #5: Abysmal Dawn, Obituary, Cannibal Corpse Feb. 26, 2016

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Astonishing Debut Feb. 26, 2016

Astral Possession
by Ghost Horizon

Ghost Horizon are a band from Phoenix, Arizona. This is their debut EP, and the style has been recommended to fans of Alcest, Wolves in the Throne Room and Alcest. Guitarist Dan Stollings: "Ghost Horizon, to me, is everything I ever wanted in a band. I can express both my anger/depression and hap...

The Call of the Overlook Feb. 25, 2016

Nihl
by Altarage

Altarage is a death metal band from Spain, not one from the standard camp either. Once again, the genre of atmospheric, blackened death metal in the style of bands like Portal, Abyssal, and Vorage continues to grow and expand. An army is being built, andNihl is the latest set of enlistment papers. ...

Perverse Feb. 24, 2016

Asexual Anger
by Love Sex Machine

Good grief, look at that cover. It's like a Where's Waldo of repressed violent and sexual urges. It's a quantification of the id. Such seems appropriate for blackened sludge outfit, Love Sex Machine, from northern France. With an album called Asexual Anger, it should be no surprise that the group i...

Riff Factory Feb. 23, 2016

Tectum Argenti
by Divine Realm

Divine Realm began as aone-man brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Leo Diensthuber in 2010. The first release, Mor[t]ality, was the work of this lone Canadian. But soon after, Divine Realm developed into a full band. This resulted in a reportedly well received EP in 2014 called Abyssal Light. Now in...

Cinematic Metal Feb. 18, 2016

Shores of the Abstract Line
by Hypno5e

Hypo5e are a band formed inMontpelier, France in 2004. Playing a unique brand of "cinematice metal," Hypno5e fuse elements of audio samples, djent, post metal, and progressive into an atmospheric and somewhat avantgarde end result. The music has been compared to everything from Between the Buried an...

Dealing with Dirt Feb. 17, 2016

Dig Deep
by After the Burial

Burials, digging, literal deaths in that past year: in a sad way, it's like all of these dirt references were leading to this moment. I am in no way making light of the death of Justin Lowe, former (massively talented) guitar player for the band. But in light of this tragic incident, the band's name...

Blizzard's Comin' Feb. 16, 2016

The Prowess Of Dormition
by Frozen Ocean

Frozen Ocean is the mindchild of Vaarwel, a multi-instrumentalist in Russia. Since 2005, the project has put out a number of releases that can be found on the bandcamp page. But now with the help of known label Apocalyptic Witchcraft, we will witness life of a new EP, The Prowess of Dormition. Fusin...

Post Black: Not Always User Friendly Feb. 15, 2016

Ufonaut
by Entropia

Polish band, Entropia, debuted on the scene initially withVesper in 2013. While there is currently a girth of bands in the style right now, few blend black metal and post-rockso effectively and without pretension. Reportedly inspired by "journeys deep into their own consciousness," the band hasshare...

8 Metalcore Albums You Might Have Missed in 2015 Feb. 15, 2016

It's that rare frat party one gets dragged to and finds that these blokes are actually quite alright. "The Fever" might be a good summation of The Hell's sound: corny cinematic intro, 80's hair metal radio-ready vocal hook, insane megadeath boogy bass, and some f@#king thrashy riffs. Self-aware avan...

Post and Black Feb. 12, 2016

Avenoir
by Solifvgae

Solifvgae is a group from Rio de Janeiro. The name is Latin for the being that avoids the sun. They also desire to "represent an unavoidable escape from reality, in despite of all subconscious efforts." The group is made up of Vitor Coutinho (guitar, programming and composition), Vitor Teixeira (voc...

Discography Review: Enslaved Feb. 12, 2016

While I doubt anyone who followed Enslaved from the beginning could have guessed how much their sound would change over the next two decades, a few must have sensed that there was something special here. Its 1994: Varg is in jail, Euronymous dead; and peers Darkthrone, Immortal, and Mayhem have rele...

Aealo Pt. 2 Feb. 11, 2016

Rituals
by Rotting Christ

I was a late-comer to Rotting Christ. Even so, I have spent the last couple years loving the variety of different styles and shifts they have accomplished over the years. There is the melodic black metal opus that is A Dead Poem, the highly Septicflesh-colored, symphonic Sanctus Diavolus, and the fo...

Mathematical Milestone Feb. 11, 2016

Église
by Église

I caught on to this release by glise simply by lucky chance while browsing the Mathcore Index group on Facebook. With literally hundreds of demos spilling into my mailbox per week, sometimes its these little surprises that pop up to make the most impact.That is to say, wemay have a new rising star o...

Surprise! Feb. 10, 2016

Incantations Through The Gates of Irkalla
by Akhenaten

I just did a double-take as I pulled up the band info to write this review: Akhenaten truly had me fooled. "Surely," I thought, "This is some band out of India or somewhere in the Middle East...perhaps North Africa." Nope. Manitou Springs, Colorado. Well played, boys. Region of origin aside, I still...

Issue #4: Neobliviscaris Feb. 9, 2016

We return to FUBAR for Australian prog/death band NeObliviscaris... ...

Sci Fi Industrial Black Metal Feb. 9, 2016

Phobonoid
by Phobonoid

Distant flames, overlapping in the cloud of time. The Alpha Centauri army moves towards the Solar System. The will to power darkens the smell of putrefaction. The Satellites Alliance must defend its territory, Phobos will have to embrace his weapons again. Winning today to get lost tomorrow. D...
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