Procession – Doom Decimation
“Doom Decimation” is the third doom metal effort in a role. It has been a great year for doom bands, I must say. The number and the quality of the …
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Hooded Priest – The Hour Be None
Hooded Priest are a classic doom metal act. In “The Hour Be None” the band chooses to be mature and to work not far from their comfort zone. Is that …
Purple Hill Witch – Celestial Cemetary
It is great that bands are kind of redescovering the tones and cadences from the 1960’s. It was a time of great music. So much hapenned in such a little …
Infected Dead – Archaic Malevolence
Right-in-the-face straight-ahead death metal! This what Infected Dead with “Archaic Malevolence” have to offer us today. And a class of metal instrumental playing. If you want to show your buddies a …
Темнолесье (Darkshire) – Сказания (Legends)
Let’s begin this review quoting the words of Deena Weinstein from her acclaimed book about our beloved Heavy Metal: (…) Metal is more vulnerable to appropriation by the media, but …
Руины вечности (Ruins of Eternity) – Шёпот забытых холмов (The Whisper of Forgotten Hills)
Руины вечности (Ruins of Eternity) are the most weird band to have been reviewed this year. In their musical melting pot there are room for almost everything. From medieval tunes …
Tyakrah – Wintergedanken
Ah, the diversity of Metal! The beauty of the many subgenres and creativity of Metal musicians. If you come to think of it, Black Metal was in the beginning synonym …
Cortex Impulse – Once In a Lifetime
Time for a change. After reviewing so many extreme metal bands, it’s time for something refreshing. That’s the beauty of Metal. One day you listen to a raw black metal …
ABYSMAL GRIEF And “Blasfema Secta” Are Geting Out of the Abysm
“Then while the flood of moonlight still fell on the marble tomb, the storm gave further evidence of renewing, as though it was returning to its track. Impelled by some …
Abysmal Grief – Blasphema Secta
“Blasphema Secta” comes with the coolest intro I’ve heard this year. A sick church organ makes the introduction to a hard and very well cadenced song, The sound of it …
Deathcult – Cult of the Goat
It’s been some time that an effort with such punk attitude musically speaking comes to me. Pure first wave of black metal with all the hardcore influences. Deathcult is raw …
Loch Vostok – Strife
It’s hard when you finally notice that you’ve been misusing a word. Not the best feeling, I must tell you, my dear readers. You feel like a complete nothing. As …
