Bonded - Into Blackness (Album Review) Nov. 11, 2021

Into Blackness
by Bonded

Bonded was formed a few years back by ex-members of Suicidal Angels and Sodom which set some high expectations for their debut full-length Rest in Violence in 2020. I found it to be an enjoyable mix of old-school thrash with some modern grooves, and while there were some lulls around the halfway poi...

Nu Metal Tier List 2 Nov. 7, 2021

Ranking Nu Metal 2
by Metal Trenches

It's finally time to update my nu metal tier list while also responding to Finn McKenty of The Punk Rock MBA for a few hot takes from his own. 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 Fac...

Bullet For My Valentine - S/T (Album Review) Nov. 5, 2021

Bullet For My Valentine
by Bullet For My Valentine

Review of Bullet For My Valentine's new self-titled album. Bullet For My Valentine is a classic-era metalcore band recommended for fans of Bring Me The Horizon, As I Lay Dying, and Avenged Sevenfold. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like ...

War of Ages - Rhema (EP Review) Nov. 4, 2021

Rhema
by War of Ages

Its hard to believe that War of Ages is only one year away from their twentieth anniversary, but they have a lot to show for those two decades with nine full-length releases (or eight depending on how you consider the re-packaging of the self-titled for 2007s Fire From the Tomb). For me they served ...

Omnium Gatherum - Origin (Album Review) Nov. 4, 2021

Origin (2021)
by Omnium Gatherum

Where some bands find a sound quite early on and then make tweaks to it for years to come, Finlands Ominium Gatherum had developed slowly and tried quite a few different things before finding the huge, booming choruses and entrancing keyboard melodies fans think of today. Their earlier efforts are a...

New Metal Albums Coming November 2021 Nov. 1, 2021

New Metal November 2021
by Metal Trenches

Getting the hype train going on the most anticipated metal albums of November 2021 from both your recommendations and mine 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, and ...

Archspire - Bleed the Future (Album Review) Oct. 28, 2021

Bleed the Future
by Archspire

Technical death metal has been one of those sub-genres that remains very hit or miss for me, as while almost every band categorized as tech death has some level of impressive musicianship quite a few releases havent had anything my brain could latch onto and remember days or even hours afterwards. T...

Mastodon - Hushed & Grim (Album Review) Oct. 28, 2021

Hushed & Grim
by Mastodon

Review of the new 2021 album 'Hushed Grim' from Mastodon. Mastodon is of course a very popular progressive metal band from Atlanta known for classic albums in the genre including 'Leviathan,' 'Blood Mountain,' 'Crack The Skye.' SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, a...

Kayo Dot - Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike (Album Review) Oct. 27, 2021

Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike
by Kayo Dot

Over the past few decades Toby Driver has taken a wide range of musical styles and spun them outwards into an avant-garde and sometimes hard to decipher mixture. maudlin of the Well explored some elements of metal through a wildly progressive context, while Kayo Dot has taken on everything from cham...

Whitechapel Tier List Oct. 27, 2021

Ranking Whitechapel
by Whitechapel

Ranking the albums of Whitechapel from best to worst Tier List style through 2021's Kin. Whitechapel are a foundational deathcore band that helped formalize the blueprint for the genre in the 2000's. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like ...

Dream Theater Tier List Oct. 24, 2021

Ranking Dream Theater
by Dream Theater

Ranking the albums of Dream Theater best to worst Tier List style through 2021's A View From The Top Of The World. Dream Theater is a progressive metal band known for such classics as Images And Words and Metropolis Pt 2. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitCh...

Every Time I Die Tier List Oct. 23, 2021

Ranking Every Time I Die
by Every Time I Die

Ranking the albums of Every Time I Die best to worst Tier List style through 2021's 'Radical.' Every Time I Die is a Southern-fried mathcore and metalcore band that blew up in the 2000's. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow u...

Slow Crush - Hush (Album Review) Oct. 22, 2021

Hush
by Slow Crush

Belgium based Slow Crush has been crafting their own take on shoegaze and dream pop since 2016, with their 2018 full-length Aurora generating quite a bit of buzz. Like many of their peers, Slow Crush retained a healthy dose of crushing feedback and fuzz but had some actual substance behind it, captu...

Dream Theater - A View From The Top Of The World Oct. 22, 2021

A View From The Top Of The World
by Dream Theater

Review of the new 2021 album 'A View From The Top Of The World' from Dream Theater. Dream Theater is a highly lauded progressive metal band known for such classics as Images And Words and Metropolis Pt 2 SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also l...

Every Time I Die - Radical (Written Album Review) Oct. 21, 2021

Radical (Written Review)
by Every Time I Die

Every Time I Die has been one of those rare bands in metalcore/hardcore that established their own early on and has managed to make tweaks to it over time without alienating their core fan base. With each album you know youre getting some heavy hitting and raw riffs with a healthy amount of rock n r...

Every Time I Die - Radical (Album Review) Oct. 21, 2021

Radical
by Every Time I Die

Review of the new 2021 album 'Radical' from Every Time I Die. Every Time I Die is a metalcore and mathcore band from Buffalo, NY known for such classics as The Big Dirty and Gutter Phenomenon in the 2000's. This is the follow up to 2016's Low Teens. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes,...

Cradle Of Filth - Existence Is Futile (Album Review) Oct. 20, 2021

Existence Is Futile
by Cradle of Filth

Review of the new Cradle Of Filth album Existence Is Futile via Nuclear Blast Records. Cradle Of Filth is, depending on who you ask, a symphonic black metal and/or extreme metal band from the UK known for such classics as Cruelty And The Beast and Midian. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on i...

Knife - Knife (Album Review) Oct. 19, 2021

Knife
by Knife

Its rather surprising that there arent more metal bands that have used the name Knife, but these Germans are more than happy to make up for lost time with a sound that could have been ripped straight out of the 80s. Spanning a little bit of everything speed/heavy metal and hard rock with some hints ...

Misanthur - Ephemeris (Album Review) Oct. 18, 2021

Ephemeris (2021)
by Misanthur

When it comes to modern Polish black metal, one element that often ties bands together is a grittier, urban tone. No matter what wide range of influences bands pull in, theres something about those from Poland that nail that bleak and chaotic feeling of everyday life, and this holds true of Misanthu...

The Best Metal Albums Out 10/22 Oct. 18, 2021

Best Metal Albums Out This Week 10/22
by Metal Trenches

Sharing some of the best new metal albums I listened to this week that you should definitely check out for yourself from death metal to black metal. 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 wi...
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