No Saints No Solace March 4, 2020

No Saints No Solace
by Monolith

The Pitch:UK djenty deathcore/metalcore band Monolith deliver a clothesline directly to the throat with their new album No Saints No Solace. FFO: Cabal, Whitechapel, Krosis What I Like:Even with the glut of djent projects out there, I just can't get enough of those classic Meshuggah riffs combined ...

Locus March 3, 2020

Locus
by Satyr

The Pitch:Progressive mathcore/post-hardcore band Satyr continue to charm the underground with their new album Locus. FFO: Protest The Hero, The Fall Of Troy, Novallo What I Like:For someone like myself who has serious memories associated with listening to the likes of "F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.," Locus is ...

Ascension (2020) March 3, 2020

Ascension (2020)
by Regarde Les Hommes Tomber

The Pitch:French black metal group Regarde Les Hommes Tomber return from the abyss with another fiery album, this time with the support of Season Of Mist. FFO: Bolzer,Misyrming,Schammasch What I Like:"Gigantic, oppressive, masterful": these were the words I chose to describe the band's excellent 20...

Fluid Existential Inversions March 3, 2020

Fluid Existential Inversions
by Intronaut

When it comes to progressive metal, few bands have had as interesting of an evolution as Intronaut. Fifteen years ago they fell closer to the post metal end and sludge end of the spectrum, seeming as though they might be on a similar trajectory to groups like Isis and Rosetta. But since then theyve ...

Raffy Reviews - Reflections: 'Willow' March 2, 2020

Willow
by Reflections

Background It seems as though that, in the recent years at least, the core community has seen an influx of 'sludgewave' or downtempo-esque artists making their way onto the scene. Some are pretty legit and stick out in some way (whether it be vocally or riff-wise), but they mostly just kinda blend ...

The Number Twelve Looks Like You Changed My Life (Video) March 2, 2020

BTCML The Number 12
by The Number Twelve Looks Like You

Flight continues the series by sharing how New Jersey mathcore crew The Number Twelve Looks Like You, and more specifically their album Worse Than Alone, changed the trajectory of his musical tastes great once more. ...

February Recommendations Feb. 28, 2020

Recommendation Roundup February 2020
by Metal Trenches

FlightOfIcarus runs down some of his favorite February releases that you should not miss. Don't forget to Subscribe. - Review by FlightOfIcarus 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 F...

Bloem Feb. 28, 2020

Bloem
by Fluisteraars

Dutch black metal has been around for almost as long as the genres inception in other parts of Europe, but its only been in recent years that the countrys talent has exploded and each album has been a conversation starter. 2020 is proving to be another banner year with the likes of material from Tur...

Impius Viam Feb. 28, 2020

Impius Viam
by Night Crowned

The Pitch:Symphonic blackened death metal from Night Crowned, ft. members of Dark Funeral and Nightrage, via Noble Demon. FFO: Dimmu Borgir, Dissection, Fleshgod Apocalypse What I Like:I've limited myself to using the word "epic" to only once per month, but I feel pretty confident using it here. If...

Spectres from the Old World Feb. 28, 2020

Spectres from the Old World
by Dark Fortress

Dark Fortress has been a regular name in German black metal over the past twenty five years, and while they havent gained the same level of worldwide notoriety as some of their Scandinavian peers each of their albums has generated a significant amount of buzz in the underground. More recent efforts ...

Raffy Reviews - Machinations of Fate: 'Machinations of Fate' Feb. 27, 2020

Machinations of Fate
by Machinations of Fate

Background Kentucky, US-based eclectic heavy metal dealers over atMachinations of Fateare now on the radar with their debut full-length album. This release, which brings together a collective ensemble of different musical elements, metal influences and destructive forces follows an eight year gap f...

Neaera Feb. 27, 2020

Neaera
by Neaera

While they never seemed to make as big of a dent in North America, German melodic death metal band Neaera was a regular name on Metal Bladesroster for almost a decade. With elements of Gothenburg melodeath and some metalcore aspects, each of their six albums had the right amount of heavy breakdowns ...

Nine Altars Feb. 27, 2020

Nine Altars
by Primeval Mass

The Pitch:Blackened thrash metal majesty from Greece's Primeval Mass devlivered viaKatoptron IX Records. FFO: Absu, Destroyer 666, Skeletonwitch What I Like:F#$%ck yeah. Really great blackened thrash metal albums are relatively few and far between these days, but Nine Altars is already setting a hi...

Proselyte Parasite Plague Feb. 27, 2020

Proselyte Parasite Plague
by Abhomine

A few years have passed since Pete Helmkamp released his debut solo effort under the Abhomine name, which saw the former Order From Chaos and Angelcorpse member writing stripped down black/death metal that went back to a more primitive and barbaric approach to the genre. In the time since Helmkamp h...

Waldvolk Feb. 26, 2020

Waldvolk
by XIV Dark Centuries

Pagan and folk metal have seen a bit of a resurgence in recent years thanks to a number of bands in the genre touring around North America, but beyond the major label acts there are still plenty of worthy underground ones for fans who want to dive deeper. XIV Dark Centuries is a great example, as th...

No Good To Anyone Feb. 26, 2020

No Good To Anyone
by Today is the Day

Today is the Day has remained completely unpredictable over the last twenty-five years, bridging the gap between noise rock and metal while offering plenty of experimentation that made the band impossible to pin down. In the years that have passed since 2014s Animal Mother band leader Steve Austins ...

The Funeral Pyre Feb. 25, 2020

The Funeral Pyre
by Kvaen

One of the best parts of being a metal reviewer is coming across the sheer amount of hidden talent out there, whether its from long-running bands you hadnt come across before or newcomers. Swedens Kvaen is the latter, with this years The Funeral Pyre serving as an introduction to their take on black...

Less Feb. 25, 2020

Less
by Demersal

The Pitch:Emotive post-hardcore/screamo from Copenhagen band Demersal. FFO: Bosse-De-Nage, Erlen Meyer, Glassing What I Like:Demersal take the raw, heartstring-pulling emotion of groups like Touche Amore and weaponizes it with the cold, aggressive energy of Scandinavian groups like Hexis and Telos ...

Devil Crisis Feb. 25, 2020

Devil Crisis
by The True Werwolf

Werwolf may be one of the busiest metal musicians in Finland, as in addition to his sizable discography with Satanic Warmaster hes been involved with bands like White Death and Gestapo 666 in recent years (to name a few) along with other solo projects. One of the more active solo projects over the p...

The Illusory Self - //FUMES// (Guitar Playthrough) Feb. 25, 2020

FUMES
by The Illusory Self

You may or may not have caught our Trench Talk podcast episode with The Illusory Self (members of The Hudson Horror) a few months back to discuss their EP, Dead Gods. Regardless, the band is back with a guitar playthrough of the new track "//FUMES//"; a straight ripper that is clearly running on any...
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