Tag Archives: Album review

Artist: The Infernal Sea Album Title: Hellfenlic Label: Candlelight Date of Release: 26 January 2024 It is always painful to me when I realise that yet another band has escaped my gaze. I know that it is nigh-on impossible to be across everything that’s going on in the world of heavy metal, but I do  Continue Reading »

Artist: Madder Mortem Album Title: Old Eyes, New Heart Label: Dark Essence Records Date of Release: 26 January 2024 I really do love it when I get to listen to a band that is worthy of the ‘original’ or ‘unique’ tag. I’ve said it before in reviews, most notably in my piece about 2018’s ‘Marrow’,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Cognizance Album Title: Phantazein Label: Willowtip Records Date of Release: 26 January 2024 I come to this review with little knowledge of Cognizance, other than they are a UK-based band that fits somewhere within the technical death metal spectrum, with more than a hint or two of deathcore. And it was the latter that  Continue Reading »

Artist: Vipassi Album Title: Lightless Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release: 26 January 2024 The description of ‘instrumental progressive metal’ is one that will either have you flocking to it, like a moth to a flame, or running away as if your life depended upon it. Not normally the biggest fan of completely instrumental  Continue Reading »

Artist: Vemod Album Title: The Deepening Label: Prophecy Productions Date of Release: 19 January 2024 It has taken a decade for this album to see the light of day but there’s an argument to suggest that time has little meaning in the town of Namsos, Norway. Inhabited by just over eight thousand, Namsos is an  Continue Reading »

Artist: Advocacy Album Title: The Path Of Decoherence Label: UPRISING! Records Date of Release: 19 January 2024 When there’s a debut progressive metal album thrust under my nose, that references Haken, Dream Theater, and Threshold in the accompanying press release, you’ve got my attention. Then, add a striking piece of artwork that’s been created by  Continue Reading »

Artist: Exocrine Album Title: Legend Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release: 26 January 2024 It was only eighteen months ago that I was sitting open-mouthed, experiencing my first taste of Exocrine via their fifth full-length release, ‘The Hybrid Suns’. The quartet from Bordeaux, France had eluded me despite being in existence since 2015, but  Continue Reading »

Artist: Metalite Album Title: Expedition One Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 19 January 2024 It is the year 2055 and the world is in turmoil. A team of renegades headed by five ‘commanders’, plans to undertake a survival expedition to other planets, in the hope of transferring mankind from Earth to a new world.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Ryujin Album Title: Ryujin Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 12 January 2024 Like all good New Year’s resolutions, I’ve broken another before we’re two weeks into 2024. I said to myself that I’d not review any album that is only available as a stream, because it’s so difficult to give it the time  Continue Reading »

Artist: Manticora Album Title: Mycelium Label: Mighty Music Date of Release: 26 January 2024 On paper, Manticora are a band that I should thoroughly enjoy. The Danes have been around seemingly forever – well, since 1996, so the healthier end of thirty years – with ‘Mycelium’ being their ninth full-length release in that time. I  Continue Reading »