Utopia - Stalker (Album Review) Aug. 25, 2021

Stalker
by Utopia

Utopia was formed last year by guitarist John Bailey in collaboration with Chris Reese of Corrupt Moral Altar, as well as a slew of guest musicians from across the metal world. Though Baileys main career as a touring guitarist has him supporting various classical/pop artists, here he brings together...

The Best Metal On Bandcamp #48 Aug. 25, 2021

The Best Metal On Bandcamp #48
by Metal Trenches

Sharing the latest requests and recommendations in search of the best metal bands and albums on Bandcamp from black and death metal to mathcore and metalcore. 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...

Fluisteraars - Gegrepen door de geest der zielsontluiking (Album Review) Aug. 24, 2021

Gegrepen door de geest der zielsontluiking
by Fluisteraars

The Dutch black metal scene has continued to be responsible for some of the most interesting albums in the genre over the last decade, and Fluisteraars is right there at the top. From the beginning theyve showcased black metal with an emphasis on introspective, haunting melodies and an emphasis on t...

Wolves in the Throne Room - Primordial Arcana (Album Review) Aug. 23, 2021

Primordial Arcana
by Wolves in the Throne Room

Chances are if youve dabbled in the atmospheric variants of black metal that youve spent time listening to Wolves in the Throne Room. Formed in 2002 by the Weaver brothers, the bands first two albums Diadem of 12 Stars and Two Hunters went on to define this type of black metal in the United States, ...

Jinjer - Wallflowers (Album Review) Aug. 23, 2021

Wallflowers
by Jinjer

A review of the new 2021 album Wallflowers from Jinjer via Napalm Records. Jinjer is a progressive and groove metal band from Ukraine with Wallflowers the highliy anticipated review to the incredibly successful Macro. - Review by FlightOfIcarus SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Cas...

Jinjer Tier List Aug. 22, 2021

Ranking Jinjer
by Jinjer

Ranking the albums of Jinjer from best to worst Tier List style. Jinjer is of course the fan favorite Ukranian band specializing in groove metal and progressive metal about to drop their much anticipated new album Wallflowers. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and...

Wolves In The Throne Room Tier List Aug. 20, 2021

Ranking Wolves In The Throne Room
by Wolves in the Throne Room

Ranking the albums of Wolves In The Throne Room from best to worst tier list style through their 2021 Relapse effort Primordial Arcana. WITTR are an atmospheric black metal band from Olympia, WA. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and ...

Necronautical - Slain in the Spirit (Album Review) Aug. 19, 2021

Slain in the Spirit
by Necronautical

Manchester based black metal band Necronautical has been releasing symphonic and melodic black metal for a little over a decade now, with each album tightening up the performances and seeming to be more epic in scope than the last. This remains true for this years Slain in the Spirit, their fourth o...

Black Wound - To the Endless Depths (Demo Review) Aug. 19, 2021

To the Endless Depths
by Black Wound

Swedens Black Wound has been around in different forms for about two years, starting off as Odium before changing to Rotten Incarnation last year and then changing again to their current name earlier in 2021. Where their two demos under those other band names were closer to standard death metal and ...

Jordsjø - Pastoralia (Album Review) Aug. 18, 2021

Pastoralia
by Jordsjø

Norway has really become a go-to country for progressive rock, with plenty of new bands emerging since the mid-2000s. It has been exciting to hear how different many of them are, as rather than channeling the same influences there have been a wide range of stylistic elements that can offer more acce...

Sodom - Bombenhagel (Album Review) Aug. 18, 2021

Bombenhagel
by Sodom

Review of Sodom and their new EP Bombenhagel via Steamhammer and SPV. Sodom are a classic thrash metal band and pioneers of the genre's German scene alongside the likes of Kreator and Destruction. Bombenhagel follows up 2020's very strong Genesis XIX, which proved that these guys still have steam 5 ...

Touch - Tomorrow Never Comes (Album Review) Aug. 17, 2021

Tomorrow Never Comes
by Touch

There have been plenty of older bands getting back their original lineup back together after a decade or two, but US melodic rock/AOR group Touch might have set the record for reunions. Their self-titled debut saw some success in the charts in 1980 and gave them spots on some prominent festivals, bu...

Commander Agares - Legions of Descending Twilight (Album Review) Aug. 16, 2021

Legions of Descending Twilight
by Commander Agares

Commander Agares is a new one-man black metal project hailing from Finland, and like a lot of other raw and underground material from the country the amount of information available about the artist is scarce. Instead, the band has chosen to let the music do the talking for them on debut Legions of ...

Between The Buried And Me - Colors II (Album Review) Aug. 16, 2021

Colors II
by Between the Buried and Me

Review of Between The Buried And Me and their new album Colors II via Sumerian Records. BTBAM is of course a legendary band to fans across genres from metalcore and mathcore to progressive metal. This is the follow up to 2018's Automata and a direct sequel to their much lauded 2000's classic Colors....

Between The Buried And Me Tier List Aug. 15, 2021

Ranking Between The Buried And Me
by Between the Buried and Me

Ranking the albums of Between The Buried And Me BEST to WORST Tier List style. Between The Buried Me is of course the incredible mathcore, metalcore, and progressive metal band that is dropping their latest opus Colors II in 2021. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube,...

Bohemyst - Čerň a Smrt (Album Review) Aug. 13, 2021

Čerň a Smrt
by Bohemyst

While Czech metal tends to fly under a lot of peoples radars in North America, Avenger always seemed to get even less exposure even for those that were aware of bands from the country. My first exposure came courtesy of 2012s Bohemian Dark Metal, which I found to be a great balance of black and deat...

Slaughter To Prevail - Kostolom (Album Review) Aug. 13, 2021

Kostolom
by Slaughter To Prevail

Review of the new 2021 album Kostolom from Slaughter To Prevail. Slaughter To Prevail is a deathcore band from Yekaterinburg, Russia who have quickly been gaining steam not only due to their music, but also the charisma and antics of frontman Alex Terrible, who had already been gaining a cult follow...

Sundrowned - Become Ethereal (Album Review) Aug. 12, 2021

Become Ethereal
by Sundrowned

Sundrowned is the solo project of Norwegian musician J. A. Piscopo, created with the aim of merging the power and fury of different metal styles with the beauty and emotion of shoegaze and post rock. For the bands debut full length Become Ethereal Piscopo has been joined by three collaborators who h...

Metallica Tier List Aug. 12, 2021

Ranking Metallica
by Metallica

Ranking the albums of Metallica best to worst Tier List style. Metallica is of course the legendary thrash metal band responsible for countless hits in the genre particularly in the 80's and 90's. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and...

ZOË - Back Into the Light (Album Review) Aug. 11, 2021

Back Into the Light
by ZOË

Last year French stoner/hard rock band ZO returned after a seven-year absence with Back Into the Light, which came across my desk a few months back. Despite the fairly lengthy gap between this album and its predecessor, the group has continued where they left off with high energy material that blurs...
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