Tidal Fall - Tidal Fall (Album Review) April 1, 2021

Tidal Fall
by Tidal Fall

Tidal Fall came across my desk by chance through one of the journalist/radio promotional services, but the one-man project made an immediate impression. Formed last year by New England based guitarist/bassist Chathai Khammol, Tidal Fall seeks to recapture the same type of powerful yet melodic metalc...

The Best Metal On Bandcamp #37 April 1, 2021

The Best Metal On Bandcamp #37
by Metal Trenches

Sharing more of the latest requests and recommendations in search of the best underground metal bands and albums on Bandcamp from black and death metal to metalcore and deathcore. - Review by FlightOfIcarus SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can al...

Torture Rack - Pit of Limbs (EP Review) March 31, 2021

Pit of Limbs
by Torture Rack

Since their formation in 2012, Portlands Torture Rack has offered a more straightforward and bludgeoning take on death metal. Where others had too much filler or dragged out ideas to the point of repetition, the compactness of this bands songwriting and the sheer density always made them appealing. ...

Youth Code / King Yosef - A Skeleton Key in the Doors of Depression (Album Review) March 31, 2021

A Skeleton Key in the Doors of Depression
by Youth Code / King Yosef

Although a few remixes and singles have come out since 2016s Commitment to Complications, fans have been awaiting a proper new album from EBM/industrial duo Youth Code for a little while now. This year theyve returned but maybe not in the way everyone was expecting, instead doing a full album collab...

Wode - Burn In Many Mirrors (Album Review) March 31, 2021

Burn In Many Mirrors
by Wode

Review of Wode and their new 2021 album Burn In Many Mirrors via 20 Buck Spin. WODE is an English black and death metal band formed in the 2000's and previousyly praised for their album Servants Of The Countercosmos. Burn In Many Mirrors is the band's third album with six tracks spanning forty minut...

Decline of the I - Johannes (Album Review) March 30, 2021

Johannes
by Decline of the I

Since their creation Frances Decline of the I have sought to push the boundaries of black metal outwards while exploring elements of the psyche. Over three albums founder A.K. explored the experiments neurobiologist Henri Laborit did on rats, bringing an avant-garde and sometimes insane sounding tak...

Marasmus - Necrotic Overlord (Album Review) March 30, 2021

Necrotic Overlord
by Marasmus

Back when the Transcending Obscurity webzine was still around I remember praising the sophomore effort from US death metal band Marasmus, and nearly five and a half years later things have come full circle as theyve put out their third full length Necrotic Overlord on the label. For the uninitiated,...

Demande à la Poussière - Quiétude hostile (Album Review) March 30, 2021

Quiétude hostile
by Demande à la Poussière

If theres one common thread between a lot of French metal bands, its their ability to create bleak and desolate soundscapes. No matter what sub-genre they fall into, French bands seem to touch upon an atmosphere that seeks to destroy everything in its path and represent what that destruction feels l...

Motionless In White Tier List March 30, 2021

Ranking Motionless In White
by Motionless In White

Ranking the albums of Motionless In White best to worst Tier List Style. Motionless In White is a band that has gone through several phases over the years from metalcore to industrial metal, and now it's time to take a look at their current discography through 2021 SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Po...

Turnstiles - The Turnstiles EP (EP Review) March 29, 2021

The Turnstiles EP
by Turnstiles

Turnstiles, not to be confused with the hardcore band Turnstile out of Baltimore, hail from Galway, Ireland and play dark and jagged post punk and alternative rock. After releasing a handful of songs over the past year and a half the group put out their first EP, The Turnstiles EP, back in January w...

George Tsalikis - Return to Power (Album Review) March 29, 2021

Return to Power
by George Tsalikis

Fans of US heavy and power metal may have heard George Tsalikis in some capacity, as he got his start fronting Gothic Knights near the beginning of their career and has also performed with bands like Zandelle and Overlorde. In more recent years Tsalikis has gone the solo route and put out The Sacrif...

Taake / Helheim - Henholdsvis (Split Review) March 29, 2021

Henholdsvis
by Taake / Helheim

With new Taake material typically coming out every three years or so, fans began to wonder last year what Hoests long-running black metal band would have in store for them next. But rather than putting out a new full-length, the focus has instead been on shorter split releases that offered some new ...

Emptiness Interview: Vide March 29, 2021

Emptiness Interview
by Emptiness

An interview with Belgium-based bandEmptiness regarding their new 2021 albumVideviaSeason Of Mist. Starting out as a more or less traditional blackened death metal band in the late 90's it wasn't until 2014's Nothing But The Whole that they really started turning heads with a sudden left turn in the...

Best METAL Albums March 2021 March 29, 2021

Best METAL Albums March 2021
by Metal Trenches

Listing off the best metal albums of March 2021. This month my favorites included Wolf King, Estuarine, Reaper, Stortregn, Exanimis, Grind Of The Dead, Brand Of Sacrifice, Mork, and Cryptosis. - Review by FlightOfIcarus SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChu...

Creeping Fear - Hategod Triumph (Album Review) March 26, 2021

Hategod Triumph
by Creeping Fear

Formed in 2010, Frances Creeping Fear play dark and brutal death metal that takes a lot of influence from many of the classic 90s acts from Florida. Their debut full length Onward to Apocalypse, released in 2017, offered up plenty of familiar elements but did them with the level of precision and pow...

Evanescence - The Bitter Truth (Album Review) March 26, 2021

The Bitter Truth
by Evanescence

Review of Evanescence and their new 2021 album The Bitter Truth via BMG. Evanescence is group originally formed in Little Rock, AR in 1995 by vocalist and pianist Amy Less and guitarist Ben Moody; who hit it big with their first album Fallen in 2003, with several big singles including Bring Me To Li...

Grand Celestial Nightmare - Forbidden Knowledge and Ancient Wisdom (Album Review) March 25, 2021

Forbidden Knowledge and Ancient Wisdom
by Grand Celestial Nightmare

Its often difficult to keep up with the sheer number of projects Mories is involved in. Chances are good that youve heard Gnaw Their Tongues at some point, but Mories also has a slew of different black metal, noise, and ambient projects that all go under different names. Whenever I receive a promo f...

Wenches - Effin' Gnarly (Album Review) March 25, 2021

Effin' Gnarly
by Wenches

Formed by ex-members of two of the most underrated punk/noise rock bands in the Midwest (Racebannon and Medusa), Indiana based Wenches knows how to make an immediate impression on their debut Effin Gnarly. Described as a take on hard rock and proto punk but run through a much noisier and metal filte...

Cryptosis - Bionic Swarm (Album Review) March 25, 2021

Bionic Swarm
by Cryptosis

Review of Cryptosis and their 2021 debut album Bionic Swarm via Century Media Records. Cryptosis is a brand new band based out of the Netherlands, having only begun dropping music just last year. Their take on the thrash metal sound is one unites the raw aggression of Power Trip with the progressive...

Sanguisugabogg - Tortured Whole (Album Review) March 24, 2021

Tortured Whole
by Sanguisugabogg

Death metal in recent years has had several bands who seemingly exploded in popularity in a matter of months. While the likes of Blood Incantation and Gatecreeper had some material out there already before hitting a level of notoriety where it felt like you were seeing their t-shirts at live shows e...
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