Anatomia - Corporeal Torment (Album Review) May 25, 2021

Corporeal Torment
by Anatomia

Japanese metal bands may still not get quite as much exposure internationally compared to other countries, but if youve spent long enough in the underground youve most likely spent some time listening to Coffins and Anatomia. Both have become known for lengthy discographies primarily made up of spli...

Mental Cruelty - A Hill To Die Upon (Album Review) May 25, 2021

A Hill To Die Upon
by Mental Cruelty

Review of Mental Cruelty and their new 2021 album A Hill To Die Upon via Unique Leader Records. Mental Cruelty is a German deathcore with this the follow up to 2019's Inferis. Key tracks: A Hill To Die Upon, Ultima Hypocrita, Death Worship - Review by FlightOfIcarus SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk ...

Ironbourne - Ironbourne (Album Review) May 24, 2021

Ironbourne
by Ironbourne

They may have only formed under the Ironbourne name in 2019, but this Swedish group sounds like they could have been around some three or four decades earlier. Falling somewhere between the hard rock of the 70s and the heavy metal boom of the 80s, the group delivers a mixture of soaring melodies and...

Tvær - Uvaer (Album Review) May 24, 2021

Uvaer
by Tvær

While I appreciate plenty of metal labels that try and cover as many sub-genres within their rosters as they can, its always nice to have ones that excel at a particular niche. In Bindrune Recordings case, you usually know youre getting atmospheric black metal or material that channels a similar ton...

Portal Album Tier List May 23, 2021

Ranking Portal
by Portal

Portal albums ranked best to worst tier list style. Portal is an Australian blackened, atmospheric death metal band. We rank albums from Seepia to Avow. 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 choic...

Hanging Garden - Skeleton Lake (Album Review) May 21, 2021

Skeleton Lake
by Hanging Garden

Finlands Hanging Garden has kept a steady stream of music coming, releasing full lengths every two years with plenty of EPs in between. 2019s Into That Good Night was another turning point for the long-running group, as it saw the introduction of singer Riikka Hatakka who significantly changed the d...

The Best Metal On Bandcamp #41 May 21, 2021

The Best Metal On Bandcamp 41
by Metal Trenches

More of the best underground metal albums to be found on Bandcamp from black and death metal to progressive and post-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 with Facebook, Twitter, and...

Yautja - The Lurch (Album Review) May 20, 2021

The Lurch
by Yautja

There may be plenty of bands that try and branch out into various metal sub-genres, but often they are still rooted in one style. Its harder to find ones that truly seem to shapeshift from one song to the next and channel a little bit of everything this type of music has to offer, but Yautjas manage...

Best FEMALE FRONTED Metal Bands (Part 2) May 19, 2021

Best FEMALE FRONTED Metal Bands (Part 2)
by Metal Trenches

Review of the best new female fronted metal bands around right now. My current favorites covered in this list include Spiritbox, Jinjer, Vexed, Capra, and Sharptooth. All incredible metal bands in their own genres from metalcore and djent to progressive metal and groove metal. Watch out for new albu...

Best DEATH METAL Albums 2021 So Far May 17, 2021

Best DEATH METAL Albums 2021 So Far
by Metal Trenches

Review of the best death metal albums of 2021 so far from melodic death metal to technical and blackened death 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 with Facebook, Twitter, and Insta...

Dying Fetus Tier List May 16, 2021

Ranking Dying Fetus
by Dying Fetus

Dying Fetus albums ranked best to worst Tier List style. Dying Fetus is a legendary technical death metal band with a lauded discography. 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...

Panopticon - ...And Again Into The Light (Album Review) May 15, 2021

...And Again Into The Light
by Panopticon

Review of the new 2021 Panopticon album ...And Again Into The Light. Panopticon is a legendary US atmospheric black metal project fronted by Austin Lunn and famous for its fusions of Appalachian folk and bluegrass into the black metal genre. - Review by FlightOfIcarus SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Tal...

The Best Metal On Bandcamp #40 May 14, 2021

The Best Metal On Bandcamp #40
by Metal Trenches

More of the best underground metal albums to be found on Bandcamp from black and death metal to progressive and post-metal. Today we check out underground metal albums from: SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on the socia...

The Very End - Zeitgeist (Album Review) May 13, 2021

Zeitgeist
by The Very End

If you followed the Steamhammer/SPV roster closely back around the early 2010s, chances are good you came across Germanys The Very End. Formed in 2004, the band released three albums between 2008 and 2012 that took elements of death metal, thrash, and groove metal with vocals that had a little bit o...

Wreche - All My Dreams Came True (Album Review) May 12, 2021

All My Dreams Came True
by Wreche

Review of the new 2021 Wreche album All My Dreams Came True. Wreche is a black metal duo based out of Los Angeles with an interesting twist on the formula. Foregoing use of guitars completely, the music is driven entirely by the classical piano and tortured howls of John Steven Morgan alongside the ...

Grave Miasma - Abyss of Wrathful Deities (Album Review) May 11, 2021

Abyss of Wrathful Deities
by Grave Miasma

Alongside bands like Dead Congregation and Cruciamentum, Grave Miasma has released some of the more powerful and substantial death metal to come from outside of the United States. Like some of the others that rose in the early 2000s, Grave Miasma started off on a murky and cavernous path that emphas...

Against Evil - End of the Line (Album Review) May 10, 2021

End of the Line
by Against Evil

Although India doesnt come up as often when mentioning metal bands, the country has had quite a few promising acts over the past couple of decades and thanks to my prior work with Transcending Obscuritys webzine I was exposed to quite a few over the years. One name thats come up a lot is Against Evi...

Best Deathcore Albums Of 2021 So Far May 10, 2021

Best Deathcore Albums Of 2021 So Far
by Metal Trenches

Sharing my favorite deathcore albums of 2021 so far from Brand Of Sacrifice, Darko, To The Grave, Humanity's Last Breath, and Anna Pest. 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,...

Metal and Horror Movie MASK Tier List May 9, 2021

Metal and Horror Movie MASK Tier List
by Metal Trenches

Ranking my favorite metal and horror movie MASKS from best to worst Tier List style. Slipknot, Mushroomhead, Imperial Triumphant, Gwar, Slaughter To Prevail, Ghost, Buckethead, Lordi, The Locust, Hollywood Undead, Necrogoblikon... we rank em all. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Ca...

Grey Aura - Zwart vierkant (Album Review) May 7, 2021

Zwart vierkant
by Grey Aura

Dutch black metal has a tendency to push boundaries a bit more often than the equivalents from other countries, and bands like Fluisteraars, Laster, and Terzij de Horde (to name a few) have all stood out in recent memory for this reason. Grey Aura certainly deserves a spot in the conversation too, a...
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