Vøidwomb - Altars of Cosmic Devotion EP Review Feb. 16, 2021

Altars of Cosmic Devotion
by Vøidwomb

While not always mentioned as frequently as the Scandinavian countries, Portugal has been responsible for quite a few stand out bands in both black and death metal. One of the newer entities to emerge from there is Vidwomb, who showcase blackened death metal on their debut EP Altars of Cosmic Devoti...

Surut - Surut EP Review Feb. 15, 2021

Surut
by Surut

Originally self-released in August of last year before being picked up by Petrichor, Suruts debut EP blends the raw emotion of hardcore and screamo with some black metal edges. While blackened hardcore has tended to be associated with countries like France, England, and the US, Surut hails from Finl...

HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY - Maere ALBUM REVIEW Feb. 15, 2021

Maere (2021)
by Harakiri for the Sky

Review of the new 2021 Harakiri For The Sky album, Maere, via AOP Records. Harakiri For The Sky is an Austrian melodic black and post-black metal band that has seriously turned heads in the underground scene since their conception in 2011, even dare I say getting some more mainstream attention with ...

Sibireal - Blood Color Sky Album Review Feb. 15, 2021

Blood Color Sky
by Sibireal

Russian band Sibireal formed back in 2013, with roots extending as far back to 2008 when they went under the name Истерия. Despite being around for this long it wouldnt be until 2017 when they released their first EP, and three years later the group followed it up with full-length Blood Color Sky. W...

The Best Metal On Bandcamp #33 Feb. 13, 2021

The Best Metal On Bandcamp #33
by Metal Trenches

Sharing more of the best new underground metal albums on Bandcamp as requested by viewers, bands, and labels. More diverse picks again today from black and death to crust. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on the social ...

Evil - Possessed by Evil Album Review Feb. 12, 2021

Possessed by Evil
by Evil

Quite a few metal bands have used the name Evil over the years, but the subject of todays review is the Japanese group that has been capturing the earlier sound of black/thrash for the good part of a decade now. On their debut 邪悪を讃えよ (Rites of Evil) Evil channeled the rabid nature of early genre pio...

Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse Album Review Feb. 12, 2021

Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
by Ad Nauseam

Ad Nauseams roots go back to the early 2000s, as the Italian band got their start in death metal under the names Kaos and Death Heaven. As their music got more experimental and complex it warranted a name change, with their first release under Ad Nauseam coming courtesy of 2015s Nihil Quam Vacuitus ...

Estuarine - Prophecy Denial (Track Premiere) Feb. 12, 2021

Prophecy Denial (Single)
by Estuarine

Today we're premiering the latest track "Prophecy Denial" from the new 2021 Estuarine album/EP Nyarlathotep. Estuarine is a one man experimental/technical blackened deathgrind project based out of Tampa, Florida. This follows a debut self-titled album in 2013, as well as 2018's excellent Sic Erat Sc...

Vestindien - Null Album Review Feb. 11, 2021

Null
by Vestindien

While Norway tends to be best associated with black metal, there have been a number of bands over the years that have taken some of that genres aesthetics and fused it with punk, hardcore, and noise rock. One of the latest groups to do so is Bergen based Vestindien, likely a new name for many outsid...

Misotheist - For the Glory of Your Redeemer Album Review Feb. 11, 2021

For the Glory of Your Redeemer
by Misotheist

Norways Misotheist left an impression on many listeners with their self-titled debut in 2018, providing three lengthy tracks that offered murky black metal which recalled the roots of Norwegian black metal while still pushing forward in meaningful ways. Nearly three years later the mysterious band h...

Emptiness - Vide (Album Review) Feb. 11, 2021

Vide
by Emptiness

Review of the new 2021 Emptiness album Vide via Season Of Mist. Vide is the 6th album from the Belgium-based band and their first in four years. 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 starte...

Abiotic - Ikigai Album Review Feb. 10, 2021

Ikigai
by Abiotic

Originally formed in 2010, Miamis Abiotic was a prominent part of Metal Bladesroster between 2012 and 2015 thanks to their take on technical death metal and deathcore. After two successful albums the band would go on hiatus for a few years, emerging in 2019 with a new single Emerald. Now split betwe...

Serenity In Murder - Reborn (Album Review) Feb. 10, 2021

Reborn
by Serenity In Murder

Review of Serenity In Murder and their new 2021 album Reborn. Serenity In Murder is a melodic death metal band based out of Tokyo, Japan; and if you ask me, they are one of the best modern bands in the genre. I first caught wind of them back in 2015 with The Highest Of Dystopia, but it was with 2017...

SWAMPBEAST - Seven Evils Spawned of Seven Heads ALBUM REVIEW Feb. 10, 2021

Seven Evils Spawned of Seven Heads
by Swampbeast

Review of SWAMPBEAST and their debut full-length album, Seven Evils Spawned Of Seven Heads via Translation Loss Records. Swampbeast is a Los Angeles, California black/death metal band formed in 2017 that I would recommend to fans of Vermin Womb and Primitive Man. Definitely hearing some Ethan McCart...

Humanity's Last Breath - Välde REVIEW Feb. 9, 2021

Välde
by Humanity's Last Breath

Review of the new album from deathcore band Humanity's Last Breath, Vlde via Unique Leader Records. Formed in 2009 in Helsingborg, the Sweden, Humanity's Last Breath hit the scene HARD in 2013 with their debut full length self titled album alongside several EP's and finally 2019's highly popular Aby...

Ploho - Фантомные Чувства (Phantom Feelings) Album Review Feb. 9, 2021

Фантомные Чувства (Phantom Feelings)
by Ploho

Russian post punk and synth pop have had a significant underground presence for quite some time but finding these bands and their material outside of their home country has been difficult until recently. With more and more signing to labels that give them some widespread distribution, theres now a w...

Periphery Tier List Feb. 8, 2021

Ranking Periphery
by Periphery

Been dreading this one as to be honest it's really hard for me to put any one above another. Ranking the albums of progressive metalcore band Periphery from Best to Worst Tier List style. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow ...

Enforced Interview Feb. 8, 2021

Enforced Interview
by Enforced

Interview with thrash and hardcore band Enforced. Formed in 2016, Richmond, Virginia's Enforced cultivate their own volatile, hardcore fury into the thrash crossover sound of the late 80s. "Fronted by a voice that could only belong to that of a madman and unloading nonstop blazing riffs and pummelin...

Phantom Elite - Titanium Album Review Feb. 8, 2021

Titanium
by Phantom Elite

Having spent the last few years almost entirely on the extreme side of metal, I decided to start 2021 off grabbing more symphonic and traditional heavy metal in order to get back to some of the styles that I reviewed earlier in my reviewing days. What better way to jump right in than with the sophom...

The Ruins of Beverast - The Thule Grimoires Album Review Feb. 5, 2021

The Thule Grimoires
by The Ruins of Beverast

While The Ruins of Beverast has shifted stylistically from one album to the next, one thing thats never changed is Alexander von Meilenwalds ability to captivate listeners for long spans of time. In a time where attention spans are shorter than ever and metal bands have a tendency to run out of idea...
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